One in seven babies is born premature or sick and needing care on a neonatal unit – this isn’t what most parents expect for their baby. Join the leading national charity dedicated to supporting babies, families and NHS staff at this critical time.
Role Summary
This role will lead on some of our most important and exciting fundraising events, such as the London Marathon and our Bliss Little Lights walks. The successful candidate will be responsible for helping us achieve our ambitious income targets and will have experience of working on a range of events from start to finish, including recruitment, income tracking, supporter journeys and event day activities
- Location: Hybrid (a minimum of three of your days over two weeks will be worked in the Bliss Head Office, London SE1)
- Salary: £34,000 FTE, permanent
- Terms: 28-35 hours a week (Occasional evening and weekend work when required)
Role Details
This is an excellent opportunity for someone to lead on a range of fundraising events, including running, treks, skydives, and community fundraising. You will help us grow our fundraising activities, identify new opportunities as well as ensuring excellent supporter care.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:
- Demonstrable experience of community and/or events fundraising
- Knowledge of the principles and methods of C&E fundraising and understanding of the principles of relationship marketing and supporter care
- Working to and exceeding income and recruitment targets
- Experience of project planning and event delivery
- Line management
If you believe your skills and experience align with this position, and you are passionate about improving outcomes for sick and premature babies, then we would very much like to hear from you.
We offer a generous package of benefits, including a positive approach to agile working, and are a vibrant organisation, dedicated to the cause but also to supporting each other and learning as we work.
If you don’t meet all the requirements but feel that you have transferrable skills, please do apply and use your application to illustrate this.
Bliss recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equity and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds, including applications from Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority communities, people who identify as having a disability, and LGB+, Trans and non-binary candidates.
For more details, please view the job description and person specification below.
How to Apply
Interested applicants are requested to submit the following documents to [email protected]. This information is used when shortlisting candidates for interview.
- Your CV (please ensure this does not include your age, gender or any other personal characteristics)
- Supporting statement explaining how you meet the criteria in the person specification. This should address the essential points of the person specification and is expected to be no more than 1000-1500 words long
Please ALSO submit an Equal Opportunities Form. This will not be used when shortlisting candidates, and is anonymous, but helps us monitor and improve our recruitment practices.
Recruitment Timeline
- The deadline for applications is 9am on Wednesday 15 January 2025
- First round interviews will be held virtually on Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 January
- Second round interviews will be in person at our London Bridge offices in w/c 27 January
It is Bliss’ policy not to contact applicants who have not been invited for an interview so if you have not heard from us three weeks after the closing deadline, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.
