Head of Charity

The head of charity will provide strategic and operational leadership for Gateshead Health Charity. The role is responsible for shaping and delivering the charity's strategy, growing charitable income and ensuring strong governance and compliance. Working closely with senior leaders, trustees and clinical teams, the postholder will align charitable activity with the Trust's priorities to maximise impact for patients, staff and local communities. The role will lead fundraising, partnerships, marketing and engagement activity, oversee the charity team and be accountable for income, expenditure and performance reporting to the Charitable Funds Committee and Trustee board.Main duties of the jobThe postholder will lead the strategic and operational management of Gateshead Health Charity, including the development and delivery of the charity's strategy aligned to the Trust's priorities. They will be responsible for growing charitable income through a balanced portfolio including corporate partnerships, grants, appeals, events and legacy giving. The role will oversee governance, compliance and reporting, ensuring adherence to charity law, fundraising regulation and Trust policies. The postholder will manage and develop the charity team, set and manage budgets and oversee the effective allocation of charitable funds. They will build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, represent the charity publicly and provide regular performance and assurance reports to the Charitable Funds Committee and Trustee board.About usBased in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.Job responsibilitiesprovide strategic and operational leadership for Gateshead Health Charity, ensuring all activity aligns with the Trusts corporate strategy and prioritieslead the refresh, implementation and ongoing review of the charity strategy, including income generation, engagement and impact plansdevelop and deliver a diverse and sustainable income portfolio, including corporate partnerships, grants, appeals, events and legacy givingbe accountable for achieving agreed income, engagement and impact targets and for monitoring performance against theseoversee the day to day management of the charity, ensuring effective governance, compliance with charity law and fundraising regulation and adherence to Trust policiesact as the Trusts lead adviser on charity governance, providing expert advice to trustees, senior leaders and the Charitable Funds Committeeset and manage the charitys annual operational budget and advise on the allocation and use of charitable funds in line with strategic prioritiesprovide line management, leadership and development support to the charity manager and marketing and communications officerlead marketing, communications and engagement activity for the charity in collaboration with the Trust communications team to raise profile and awarenessbuild and maintain strong relationships with clinical leaders, service managers and fund holders to identify opportunities for charitable investment and fundraisingdevelop and manage external relationships with donors, grant making bodies, local businesses, community organisations and third sector partnersrepresent Gateshead Health Charity at internal and external meetings, events and partnership forums, including occasional evenings and weekendsensure robust systems are in place for income management, reporting, impact measurement and evaluationprepare and present clear, timely reports and recommendations for the Charity Operational Group, Charitable Funds Committee and Trustee boardpromote equality, diversity and inclusion across all charity activity, ensuring fundraising and engagement reflect and serve local communitiesidentify and respond to changes in legislation, policy or sector best practice, adapting plans and approaches as requiredsupport the development of business cases and funding proposals that demonstrate value, impact and alignment with Trust prioritiesPerson SpecificationApplication formRelevant experience, qualifications and knowledge demonstrating the ability to meet the essential requirements of the role.Evidence in the application form demonstrating additional skills, experience or knowledge beyond the essential criteria.Application formQuality and strength of evidence provided, including clarity of examples, relevance to the role and demonstration of impact.InterviewDepth of knowledge, skills and experience demonstrated through interview responses, including ability to explain and apply learning in practice.Quality of examples provided at interview, including relevance to the role, judgement shown and evidence of impact or outcomes achieved.Evidence provided at interview that strengthens the application and demonstrates added value to the role.Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. #J-18808-Ljbffr