MY Hospitals Charity is looking for a Funding and Impact Manager to play a key role in driving future development. This individual will take the lead in developing, managing and improving MY Hospital Charity's funding of charitable projects and initiatives. There will be the autonomy to design new processes and creative ways to promote and spend charitable funds. The role takes a strategic lead in ensuring projects with the greatest patient benefit are supported, which align with the strategic aims of Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. The role is also responsible for ensuring that all grant making activities appropriately reflect the expectation of donors, so working closely with individuals, families and partner organisations will be key.
The Funding and Impact Manager is a new role that has been introduced as part of the growth of the charity. The individual will report to the Head of Charity and be part of a dedicated and passionate charity team. This role is crucial in the charity being able to monitor, measure and demonstrate the positive impact it has, and to link the work of the charity to the wider social impact work of the NHS Trust.
As is typical of small charities, there will be scope to get involved in many other activities including supporting fundraising activity and assisting the Head of Charity in submitting funding applications.
Main duties of the job
The Funding and Impact Manager has lead responsibility for developing, managing and improving MY Hospital Charity's funding of projects and initiatives, and related processes and systems. The role takes a lead in ensuring projects with the greatest patient benefit are supported, which align with the strategic aims of the Trust. The role is also responsible for ensuring that all grant making activities appropriately reflect the expectation of donors whilst meeting charitable aims.
The role requires close working with stakeholders to ensure charitable funds deliver positive impact. There will be lead responsibility for gathering and collating data, and developing metrics, to evaluate funding. The role is responsible for demonstrating and showcasing impact, sharing learning and continually improving the management of charitable funds. This role will be an ambassador for social impact, and link the work of the charity into the Trust's ambitions as an Anchor Institution.
Key to this role is the requirement to actively and effectively promote charitable funding across Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, liaising with clinicians, management and staff at all levels to ensure high levels of engagement. This role is the main point of contact for funding enquiries and queries, whilst also working as part of a small charity team and taking on some general charity management tasks and supporting fundraising activity as required, particularly applications to grant-making organisations.
About us
We provide care and support to over a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).
Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our workforce.
We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.
We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently.
We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.
We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Job responsibilities
* Lead responsibility for developing, managing and improving MY Hospitals Charity allocation of funding, including all relevant processes and systems, to ensure they are efficient and effective, and that projects with the greatest patient benefit are supported.
* Be the main point of contact for all grant enquiries and queries. Work with applicants in a professional and responsive manner.
* Manage and monitor funding requests and awards, regularly reviewing progress, ensuring accurate record-keeping and reporting on progress.
* Support staff across Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust to ensure applications are proceeding as required and unblock any issues with the funding process. Provide an expert service to Trust teams and senior leaders.
* Develop metrics and manage the evaluation of all grants to showcase their impact, effectiveness and value. Share learning and further improve the grants programme, potentially including the use of an impact framework, supporting the work of Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust in its role as an anchor institution.
* Lead on the potential investment in, and development of, community projects and initiatives, with a requirement to forge strong working relationships both internally but also externally with partners.
* Actively promote the grants programme across Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, liaising with clinicians, management and staff at all levels to ensure high levels of understanding and engagement.
* Identify and explore new opportunities for charitable funding in line with Trust and charity strategic objectives.
* Undertake some general charity management tasks, and support fundraising activity as required, particularly drafting funding applications for the charity.
Person Specification
Experience
* Efficient at managing high volumes of email and other communications.
* Time and project management skills.
* Experience of dealing with difficult situations to achieve mutually acceptable outcomes.
* Experience in planning, budgeting, reporting on campaigns.
* Experience of people management.
* Experience of public relations/ communications.
* Providing timely & constructive feedback to develop others.
* Excellent level of numeracy and literacy.
* Peer management skills: know how to get the best out of people who may have multiple objectives and tasks that may be different to your own.
* Grant making experience.
* Experience of applying for grants.
* Communication and/or stakeholder engagement experience.
* Experience of delivering a funding strategy.
* Project management.
* Trained in use of databases, CRM systems and/or measurement frameworks.
* Experience in developing metrics to demonstrate impact, and calculating ROI and SROI.
* Website management.
Skills and abilities
* Technologically literate able to use the internet, email, a PC desktop environment, trouble-shoot IT problems, manage document preparation and use workflow management tools.
* Advanced keyboard skills.
* Be able to gather, analyse, interpret, and present extensive and/or complex data and information.
* Be able to monitor the processing of data and information.
* Able to design publications, presentations, and documents.
* Be able to provide, receive, develop, maintain, and present communication with people about difficult matters and/or in difficult situations.
* Organisational ability - able to arrange meetings, events, conferences, and photo calls as well as to co-ordinate campaigns.
* Ability to concentrate for long periods on report generation and fundraising administration duties, despite frequent interruptions for advice and guidance.
* Ability to communicate well, with a sound knowledge of the Charity sector, ensuring the reputation of the Charity protected and risks minimised.
Qualifications
* Relevant first degree level or equivalent.
* Fully trained in and with good skill levels in use of Microsoft Office 2007, specifically Word (advanced), PowerPoint (advanced) and Excel (intermediate).
* Evidence of further training/leadership courses.
* Relevant externally accredited qualification such as a grant making, social value, or project management qualification.
* Relevant marketing qualification or experience.
Personal attributes
* High emotional intelligence and exceptional interpersonal skills: a people person. Be able to empathise with people's stated needs and emotional drivers.
* Self-motivated and self-directing: able to organise and prioritise work.
* Demonstrates perseverance and resilience in difficult situations.
* Self-aware: know gaps in own knowledge and skills, and not be afraid to ask for assistance.
* Attention to detail as well as ensure accurate record-keeping and follow-up on assigned tasks.
* Demonstrates diplomacy when providing feedback.
* Ability to be emotionally resilient and respond to difficult organisational situations.
* Reliable and trustworthy.
* Honest with a high degree of personal integrity.
* Committed to working in line with Trust Core Values.
Trust HQ and Education Centre, Pinderfields Hospital
£46,148 to £52,809 a year pro rata for part time working
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Reference number
C9377-CORP0630
Job locations
Trust HQ and Education Centre, Pinderfields Hospital
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