Senior Individual Giving and Legacy Officer

Role Summary

Royal Devon Hospitals Charity supports patients, families and staff across North, Mid and Eastern Devon by funding projects and enhancements that go beyond core NHS provision.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Royal Devon Hospitals Charity as a Senior Individual Giving and Legacy Officer in a newly created role, playing a key part in shaping and growing sustainable income from individual supporters. The role offers the opportunity to lead high-quality, insight-led fundraising campaigns, develop Individual Giving, In Memory and Legacy activity from the ground up, and build long-term supporter relationships that directly benefit patients and services. It is a strategic, delivery-focused position with a high degree of autonomy and the opportunity to make a lasting impact across a large and diverse region.

About the Role

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More detail about the role

Royal Devon Hospitals Charity supports patients, families and staff across North, Mid and Eastern Devon by funding projects, equipment and enhancements that go beyond core NHS provision. Through the generosity of our communities and supporters, we help improve patient experience, invest in innovation and make a meaningful difference to local healthcare.

As our Senior Individual Giving and Legacy Officer, you will take the lead in developing and delivering Individual Giving, In Memory and Legacy fundraising across the charity. This is a newly created role, offering a unique opportunity to build and shape this area of fundraising from the ground up, establishing strong foundations, systems and supporter journeys that will support long-term growth.

With a strong marketing and campaign focus, you will design and deliver engaging, multi-channel fundraising campaigns, develop compelling communications and use data and insight to grow income and supporter retention. Working closely with the Charity Leadership Team and marketing colleagues, you will help define the charity’s approach to individual supporter fundraising and translate strategy into high-quality delivery.

The role also includes managing legacy income and a caseload of estates, working sensitively and professionally with solicitors, executors and bereaved families. You will ensure all activity is delivered with empathy, integrity and in line with best practice.

This is a hybrid role, with a base at either North Devon District Hospital or the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, and the flexibility to work from home. You will work across North, Mid and Eastern Devon, collaborating with colleagues across sites and building relationships across the wider Trust.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with proven experience of delivering successful Individual Giving campaigns, who is confident working with autonomy and motivated by building something new that will have a lasting impact on local healthcare.

Working hours per week. Flexibility required due to occasional evening and weekend events; time off in lieu provided in line with Trust policy.

Interview Date: rd June 6

For further information please contact: Lucy Ashton, Head of Charityat style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">As an inclusive employer, the Royal Devon values diversity and is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We believe in fostering a sense of belonging and actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities. We recognise the advantages of having a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.

About Us

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over , staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than , people, cover more than 2, square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more

It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.

Benefits

Looking after you is important to us.

We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.

If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to days plus bank holidays.

You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.

We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.

This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.

Salary is not the only financial benefit

You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:

• National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
• Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
• Car lease schemes.
• The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
• Cycle to work scheme

These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.