Job summary
- Main area
- Corporate Services
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (October 2026 - October 2027)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 267-CS8281233
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Warneford Hospital
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum | pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Fundraising Manager
Band 7
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
Oxford Health Charity is entering an exciting period of growth, with an ambition to increase the scale and impact of charitable income raised to support patients, families, carers and staff across Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.
This is a new, fixed-term 12-month opportunity for an experienced fundraising professional to join the Charity team and provide dedicated capacity to develop our fundraising potential. The post has been created to enable the Charity to maintain momentum across its fundraising programme while the Head of Charity takes on additional operational and line management responsibilities.
Working closely with the Head of Charity and wider Charity team, the postholder will contribute to the development and delivery of the Charity's fundraising strategy, helping to build a stronger and more ambitious fundraising pipeline.
This is an opportunity for a proactive and creative fundraiser who can combine strategic thinking with practical delivery, build strong relationships and identify opportunities to generate greater income and impact. The successful candidate will play an important role in strengthening the Charity's fundraising capability and creating a strong foundation for future growth.
We are happy to accept full time and part time applications.
Main duties of the job
- Lead the development and delivery of Oxford Health Charity’s fundraising plans, aligned to strategic priorities, income targets and growth ambitions.
- Develop a diverse fundraising portfolio, growing sustainable restricted and unrestricted income across trusts and foundations, corporate partnerships, philanthropy, major gifts, legacies and individual giving.
- Lead high-value fundraising opportunities, developing compelling cases for support, strategic propositions, major projects and appeals.
- Build and manage a strong pipeline of prospective funders, donors and partners through prospect research, relationship management and CRM systems.
- Lead the strategic development of corporate fundraising, including partnerships, sponsorship and employee engagement opportunities.
- Identify funding opportunities for transformational projects and capital programmes, working with the Head of Charity and Trust colleagues.
- Provide specialist fundraising advice to Charity and Trust colleagues, strengthening funding propositions and fundraising activity.
- Develop effective stewardship to retain supporters and maximise long-term value.
- Monitor fundraising performance, forecasts and pipeline activity, using data and sector insight to drive growth and improvement.
- Contribute to fundraising, impact and pipeline reporting to the Charity Committee and other stakeholders.
Working for our organisation
Please note that this role will require us to undertake a DBS check as a part of your onboarding.
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
• Opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant professional fundraising experience, with demonstrable success in securing income against agreed targets
- Experience of developing compelling funding proposals, cases for support and fundraising propositions
- Experience of monitoring fundraising performance, forecasting income and reporting on fundraising activity and impact
Desirable criteria
- Experience of fundraising within a charity, NHS or other complex organisation
Skills
Essential criteria
- Strong relationship-building, influencing and negotiation skills, including the ability to engage senior stakeholders and high-value supporters
- Highly developed organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple fundraising opportunities and competing priorities
- Ability to develop innovating approaches and identify opportunities for income growth
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using a fundraising CRM such a donorfy
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of fundraising principles and restricted and unrestricted income generation
- Knowledge of fundraising and charity sector regulation
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emily Fry
- Job title
- Head of Charity
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 904100
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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