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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

About

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Contact

Address: Royal Victoria Infirmary; Queen Victoria Road; Newcastle upon Tyne; Tyne and Wear; NE1 4LP
Contact Number: 0191 282 0999 option 2

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Ref: 317-2025-50-025 Vacancy ID: 7679667

Campaign Officer

Accepting applications until: 20-Jan-2026 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 20-Jan-2026 23:59

Location

Site: Trustwide
Town: 317 Trustwide
Postcode: NE1 4LP
Major / Minor Region: Tyne and Wear

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Fixed term: 2 years (from date of appointment)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 5)

Specialty

Main area: 317 Charity Director 620226

Interview date: 02/02/2026

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To support the Individual Lead with income generation.
To support the Fundraising Campaign Manager with the development and delivery of an engaging fundraising campaign for SBRI in line with Fundraising Regulator and Charity Commission.
To provide a high quality, effective and efficient administrative service to the Fundraising team.
To liaise with colleagues in the Charity’s finance team, to ensure that campaign budgets are accurately, and efficiently spent on time and in budget.
To maintain efficient records of donor details and income generated, including the monitoring and evaluation of campaign tactics and approaches, analysing, and interpreting data and reporting on the cumulative and individual impact of campaigns.
Work to ensure that effective relationships between Trust and Charity are maintained.
To support the Fundraising Campaign Manager with implementation, monitoring and audit requirements of fundraising for the Charity Committee to ensure compliance with the regulatory framework of the Charity Commission and associated bodies.
Engage Trust staff and external partners where required in campaign fundraising.
To prepare reports for the Charity Committee and Charity Working Groups.
To work as a key member of the Charity team, contributing to broader engagement and administrative work that contributes to the Charity’s overall effectiveness.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria

Degree level or equivalent relevant work experience/qualifications

Desirable criteria

Specialist qualification or CPD in fundraising or equivalent

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

Knowledge of key issues facing hospitals, and the communities they serve, and an understanding of how charitable grant-making might help address these
Experience of working across income streams – individual, community and corporate giving programmes
Well-developed financial literacy and experience of undertaking financial administration tasks
Experience of communicating effectively with different audiences and different backgrounds across all levels
Experience of delivering engagement and involvement related projects
Understanding of digital communication methods, including social media
IT literacy across Microsoft suite including spreadsheets (Excel), with good keyboard skills as well as experience of CRM database packages
Interpret and analyse complex data for communication to key stakeholders and decision makers within and outside the Trust / Charity

Desirable criteria

Administrative / stakeholder engagement experience in the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector or within the NHS within clinical and/or corporate services
Communications/marketing experience, including social media
Developing and delivering fundraising campaigns
Administrative / stakeholder engagement experience in the NHS or the charitable sector
Experienced in use of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems
Understanding of the NHS and the way it works
Knowledge of the Data Protection Act and General Data Protection Regulation
Knowledge of Equality & Diversity regulations

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

Ability to design, deliver and manage high-quality fundraising campaigns that engage a wide range of donors
Excellent organisational skills including record keeping and time management
Ability to organise and facilitate stakeholder engagement activities, events and meetings, PR activities/campaigns and the associated logistics
Ability to develop personal credibility with Trust staff and to provide a proactive and high-quality donor-focused service
Ability to manage conflict and sensitive situations and to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships both within and outside the organisation
Ability to work within a busy, fast-paced environment
Ability to work on a flexible basis, including the occasional meeting outside of normal working hours and some travel across Newcastle in support of engagement programme of activities