University Hospitals Birmingham Charity
Fundraising Officer
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We are looking for an enthusiastic Fundraising Officer to join the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity Team.
Your role will be key in helping to build new relationships with the public to provide information about the work of the Charity and inspiring people to fundraise, as well as hospital staff within QEHB.
About the Role
This role is primarily based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, with the expectation of occasional travel to other hospital sites.
This post is within the Fundraising Team at University Hospitals Birmingham Charity, which is the official charity of Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital, Solihull Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
The purpose of the role is to help build relationships with the public and hospital staff within Queen Elizabeth Hospital, as well as with existing supporters.
The role includes proactively going out to meet people to provide information about the work of the Charity and inspiring people to fundraise for the Charity. It also involves spending time on the hospital wards meeting the clinical staff and supporting them with their fundraising efforts to raise money for their wards and departments and to benefit their patients.
Working as part of a team, the post holder will have specific responsibility for accurate data inputting of donations, fundraising and Gift Aid claims and correspondence with donors and fundraisers.
This role will involve occasional evening and weekend work at charity events and events organised by our supporters.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES
- Proactively helping to drive and increase income from community groups and individuals to advance the Charity's fundraising ambitions both individually and as part of a wider fundraising team.
- Providing excellent stewardship to key supporters and volunteers and build strong relationships with potential new supporters.
- Working alongside the Stewardship Team, ensuring accurate data inputting of donations, fundraising, Gift Aid claims and correspondence, both written and verbal, with supporters.
- Building excellent relationships with clinical colleagues to ensure the different wards and departments are working effectively with the charity.
- Collecting donations from across the hospital and meeting donors and fundraisers who come to the hospital.
- Working in our Charity Hub, working as part of a team to ensure that it is staffed during opening hours.
- Organising and attending cheque presentations, charity stalls and bucket collections both on and off site.
- Managing and prioritising unpredictable and frequently interrupted busy workload.
- Working with and deliver clear objectives and key performance indicators.
- Proactively contributing to the achievement of targets and the ongoing fundraising success of the Charity as a whole and to be a supportive, effective and collegiate team member.
COMMUNICATION
- Relaying accurate and timely information to the fundraising team, communications team, grants team and stewardship team. Communicating with clinical and non-clinical staff within the hospital. Communicating with donors and fundraisers.
- Dealing with enquiries from the general public, disseminating information and ensuring that the appropriate action is taken, whilst maintaining the Charity’s policies and procedures.
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ORGANISATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintaining Raiser's Edge donor management system. Accurate data inputting of donations, fundraising, Gift Aid declarations, thank you letters and general archiving, production and upkeep of databases.
- Recording fundraising activity for other members of the team, including amounts raised and events attended.
- To organise with the rest of the team and charity manning levels of the office to ensure a continual service to the public.
- Monitoring and managing stock levels of fundraising materials.
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ability to present oneself in a professional manner as a representative of the hospital and the charity.
- To maintain confidentiality in all aspects of duty, including fundraiser and donor data.
- To maintain an accurate, effective database, recording essential information and providing statistical data in accordance with guidelines and policy using Raiser's Edge, Microsoft Office, Word and Access.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- To represent the Charity in a variety of different contexts and to a variety of different audiences.
- To ensure that a positive image of the hospital and the Charity is projected at all times.
- To hold a flexible approach to working hours (the role will require the post holder to work evenings and weekends as necessary).
- To hold a flexible approach to work when asked to take on other fundraising or admin duties when the team needs to cover holidays or at times of workload pressure.
- To adopt a supportive approach when working with the fundraising team and other colleagues within the hospital.
The Fundraising Officer will also carry out other projects and duties as directed by the Head of Fundraising, Director of Fundraising and Charity Chief Executive.
NOTES
This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities but more an outline framework against which the post holder will be given flexibility to define the detail. Any changes will be the subject of consultation with the post holder. All employees must adhere to and perpetuate Charity Policies and Procedures relating to:
- Health and Safety
- No Smoking at Work
- Equal Opportunities in Employment, including responsibilities under the Disability Discrimination Act.
Your attention is drawn to the confidential nature of information collected within the NHS. The unauthorised use or disclosure of patient or other personal information is a dismissible offence and in the case of computerised information could result in a prosecution for an offence or action for civil damages under the Data Protection Act 1984.
Please note that employees are employed directly by the Charity and not the NHS. Employees of the Charity are eligible to join a defined contribution pension scheme, to which the Charity will contribute 8% of an employee’s annual salary in addition to employee contributions. Employees of the Charity are eligible for enhanced maternity and sickness pay. Employees of the Charity receive 27 days holiday per year, plus Bank Holidays.
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Personal Specification
The successful candidate must have:
- Excellent written skills with first-class spelling
- Use of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, along with other software packages
- Ability to produce accurately typed and photocopied documents efficiently and to a high standard
- Ability to ensure accurate data inputting
- Ability to work independently and under pressure, prioritising work to meet deadlines
- Ability to deal with heavy, unpredictable workloads
- Ability to set up and maintain organisational systems
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the charity
- Problem solving
- Record keeping
- Non-judgemental attitude
- Accepts responsibility for own decisions
- Ability to represent the Charity at events and functions
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to influence people at all levels
- Understanding and respect for the importance of patient confidentiality
- GCSE English Language or equivalent
- GCSE Mathematics or equivalent
Desirable
- Understanding of the NHS and wider health and patient issues
In terms of experience we require:
- Experience of working with one or more of the following: corporate groups, community groups, individual fundraisers.
- Experience of presenting to audiences/groups
- Experience of administration in an office-based environment
- Experience of working on own initiative
- Previous experience of working with senior staff
Desirable
- Experience of working with donors and fundraisers
- Experience in producing appealing and persuasive materials
- Raiser's Edge donor database experience
- Experience of working and consulting with patients and/or the public
How to Apply
If you are interested in joining our QEHB Charity Fundraising Team, please send your CV and a covering letter via email to: Laura.Power@uhb.nhs.uk
Post: Laura Power, UHB Charity, Fisher House, Mindelsohn Way, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, B15 2GN. (Please mark your envelope 'Private and Confidential'.)
In your covering letter, please tell us about your motivation for joining the Charity, what skills or experience you feel you will bring to the role and what you would like to learn.
If you would like an informal chat regarding the role, please email Laura, who will be happy to arrange a call.
Key dates:
Applications close on 3 August 2026 We will interview successful candidates as their applications come in. The final week of interviews will be w/c 17 August 2026
We value the time and commitment of anyone who applies for a position with us and all applicants will receive a response, whether or not you are successful this time.
For more details about the role, click here: https://hospitalcharity.org/about-us/jobs
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