About Us
St Michael's Hospice is nestled in the stunning Herefordshire countryside, in a state-of-the-art facility. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, a transferrable NHS pension or you can enrol onto our own Hospice pension. We offer Life Assurance, a superb working environment and facility, generous study leave allowance, discounts with local suppliers, individualised training needs analysis, advanced communication skills training, employee counselling service, free tea & coffee, a friendly & welcoming work environment and 30 days annual leave (pro rata if applicable), plus bank holidays. We are one of the top 100 best not for profit organisations to work for and have been caring to make a difference, to patients living with a terminal illness and their families, across Herefordshire and beyond for over 40 years.
About the job
St Michael’s Hospice is seeking a proactive, tactful and empathetic individual to join our Fundraising Team and help grow our legacy and in memory giving programmes.
Legacies and in memory donations are a vital and growing part of the charity’s fundraising income. As the first point of contact within the charity for legacy and in memory fundraising, this role is central to generating new partnerships, nurturing existing supporter relationships, converting pledges into gifts, and ensuring an excellent supporter experience throughout.
As a visible and proactive ambassador, you will be excited about finding new ways to promote legacy and in memory giving to our staff, volunteers and supporters. You will feel comfortable talking about gifts in wills, operating collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.
Working with our external partners, such as Muchloved, Crematoriums and funeral directors, you will bring your creativity and communication skills to develop engaging new opportunities for our donors and grow income across legacy and in memory giving.
This role works within the Fundraising Team at St Michael’s, an innovate, collaborative and energetic group that work hard and inspire each other to achieve. Join our team to help inspire supporters to leave a lasting impact, build meaningful relationships with donors and partners, and contribute to projects that make a real difference to patients and families in Herefordshire.
Pay: £14.78-£15.50 per hour
Expected hours: 30.0 per week
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Canteen
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Paid volunteer time
- Sick pay
- Store discount
Work Location: In person
