About Us:

St. Vincent's Hospice is a leading charitable organisation dedicated to providing compassionate end-of-life and palliative care across Renfrewshire and North Ayrshire. We are on a mission to ensure that everyone in our community has access to quality care during their most challenging times.

Role Overview:

Working closely with the Director of Income Generation, this role is responsible for Trusts and Foundation applications, cultivating relationships with funders and maximising on the funding needs of the Hospice. You will work with key audiences and a wide range of stakeholders to embed an effective income stream.

Key Responsibilities:

• Successfully grow our portfolio of Trusts and Foundations, by developing the Trusts pipeline through identifying and profiling prospects, plans for approach, cultivation, and solicitation of prospects.

• Research and identify new funding opportunities, as well as approaching lapsed funders, identifying the funders’ motives and requirements.

• Write compelling and professionally presented funding applications, each tailored for its audience and making the case for supporting the Hospice in the most persuasive terms whilst addressing funders’ priorities and deadlines.

• Collaboratively work with internal stakeholders to maintain a broad and detailed knowledge of our funding needs, identify fundraising opportunities, gather information and develop projects needed for applications, tenders and reports.

• Report to the Director of Fundraising and Supporter Relations with regular verbal and written reports on key developments.

Qualifications:

• Min HNC in relevant subject (or equivalent by experience).

• Excellent knowledge of fundraising and, in particular, of Trusts and Foundations.

• Good IT skills including demonstrable working knowledge of the Microsoft Office packages including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• Ability to use main social media platforms.

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

• Good level of numeracy.

• Excellent negotiating skills.

Working Hours:

This is a full-time position, 37.5 hours per week and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £28,000-£30,000 per annum.

It’s an exciting time at EMMS International, with the creation of two new roles to develop our income generation capacity. We’re looking for a highly motivated, experienced fundraiser to join the small, yet highly efficient team.

Leading on creating new philanthropic relationships, developing existing support from mid-level donors, and growing strategic partnerships, you will enjoy creating and implementing plans to cultivate and steward new and existing donors.

EMMS International is Scotland’s longest serving healthcare charity, with programmes focusing on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Our current programmes take place in Malawi, Inda, Nepal, Zambia. Rwanda, and Scotland.

Become Chair of the Board of Trustees

EMMS International is Scotland's oldest international healthcare charity. We work in India, Malawi, Nepal, Rwanda, Scotland, and Zambia. We maintain the highest standards in all our work, and our donors include the UK Government, generous philanthropists, trusts, foundations, and many general individuals.

Our Board has 8 trustees, and seeks an 9th, to be Chair. The Board meets quarterly, and the Chair agrees the Agenda with the CEO, chairs Board meetings, may be a member of our Finance, Audit and Investment Committee, and line-manages the CEO.

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