Community Fundraiser based in Cheshire

Community Fundraiser based in Cheshire

Supporting MHA services in Cheshire

Full time role - 37 hours per week 

For more than 80 years, families have been choosing MHA to support the needs and aspirations of their loved ones in later life.

People have been forging friendships through our community programmes; fundraising to drive our charitable goals; and spreading the warmth, comfort, and spirituality that you’ll find across every MHA home, community, and development.

All our work is always for one reason, which will always stay the same: helping older people to live later life well. Could you be the person to join MHA as our Community Fundraiser for Cheshire as we continue to enable people to thrive in later life?

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference by playing a vital role in our work across Cheshire. Reporting to the local team and supported by the national fundraising team, this role will be responsible for engaging volunteers, both as individuals and groups, across the area to raise funds for MHA.

You will work closely with all MHA services, building relationships, and inspiring and empowering local fundraising to enable those who choose to use our services to thrive. This will include supporting those who wish to fundraise In Memory and utilising MHA’s fundraising products.

A portion of your time will also be spent collaborating with community fundraisers across the country on fundraising initiatives and guides, benefiting both your area and community fundraising nationally. You will provide an effective and efficient service supporting the organisation and our homes and schemes to meet our vision, values, and strategic objectives. The role will be target-driven with regular reviews throughout the year to ensure fundraising goals are met.

For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.

About You
Are you a passionate and skilled community fundraiser keen to play a key role in building a local network of community fundraising volunteers? Do you have a passion for working with supporters, building meaningful relationships, and inspiring supporters while ensuring your work aligns with the results we need? If so, we would love to hear from you.

Ideally, you will have experience working with high value donors and supporter groups, including businesses, and are able to evidence making a difference at scale across a wide geographical area., formally working in roles where you have successfully met targets. You will work well as a team player, closely collaborating with both operational colleagues in your area and the wider Fundraising Team, ensuring a focus on achieving the right results for the organisation and building lasting and substantial relationships with funders. You will be an effective communicator, developing trusting relationships, and taking everyone with you on the journey.

In return, we offer a committed and supportive team and a great staff membership scheme which includes training, pension, life assurance, access to high street vouchers, and lots more.

About us
Methodist Homes (MHA) is the largest charity care provider in the UK. With 80 years of experience delivering care and support to over 18,500 older people, we understand what it takes to help people live later life well through our care homes, retirement schemes, and MHA Communities.

At MHA, we place great importance on nurturing the mind, body, and spirit of those we care for and their families, with the commitment and dedication of our 7,000 employees and 4,000 volunteers, regardless of faith, background, or belief.

As the largest charity care provider in the UK, we offer some of the highest quality care, accommodation, and support services for older people throughout Britain. Our mission is to inspire the best care and wellbeing at every stage of later life.

Why join MHA?

• We have a supportive 'family' like culture; the people at MHA are genuinely warm, friendly, and a pleasure to work with.
• High colleague employee engagement scores.
• Highly supportive and compassionate leadership team.
• Colleagues have access to Chaplaincy and Pastoral support.
• Employee Assistance Programme, including independent free counselling and legal advice.
• Favourable pension scheme.
• Hardship/welfare fund.
• Competitive pay and benefits, including a discount scheme.
• A range of flexible benefits, including an option to buy or sell additional annual leave.
• Genuine career progression and development.

Please Note: We will interview on a rolling basis and reserve the right to close the recruitment period early if we successfully recruit for this role.

MHA are fully committed to the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) as this is embedded in our values: respect, nurture and inspire.  In addition, as a committed employer we have been awarded level 2 under the Disability Confident Scheme. Click here to read more about this.

Recruitment agencies: please note, MHA do not accept unsolicited CV’s from recruitment agencies, regardless of whether they are on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL). We only accept CV’s from agencies that have been appointed and briefed by MHA’s Talent Acquisition Team