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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

About

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.

Contact

Address: Trust Headquarters; Warneford Hospital; Warneford Lane; Headington; Oxford; Oxfordshire; OX3 7JX
Contact Number: 01865 901000

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Ref: 267-CS8281233 Vacancy ID: 8281233

Senior Fundraising Manager

Accepting applications until: 21-Oct-2026 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 21-Oct-2026 23:59

Location

Gwefan: Warneford Hospital
Tref: Oxford
Cod post: OX3 7JX
Major / Minor Region: Oxfordshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract

Fixed term: 12 months (October 2026 - October 2027)

Oriau

Full time
Part time

37.5 hours per week

Salary

Cyflog: £49,387 - £56,515 per annum | pro rata
Cyfnod cyflog: Yearly
Gradd: (Band 7)

Specialty

Prif leoliad: Corporate Services

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.

Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl

This is a particularly exciting time to join Oxford Health Charity.
We are developing a more ambitious approach to fundraising, strengthening our relationships with supporters and partners and building the foundations for significant future growth.

For the right person, this role offers the opportunity to have a real impact: not simply managing an established fundraising programme, but helping shape what comes next.

You will join a small, committed Charity team with the opportunity to work across a diverse range of services and projects and develop partnerships capable of making a meaningful difference across mental health and community healthcare.

If you are an experienced fundraiser looking for a senior role where you can bring ideas, build relationships and help develop an ambitious fundraising programme, we would love to hear from you.

All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing

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.

Person specification

Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol

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

Meini prawf dymunol

Experience of fundraising within a charity, NHS or other complex organisation

Skills

Meini prawf hanfodol

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

Meini prawf dymunol

Experience of using a fundraising CRM such a donorfy

Knowledge

Meini prawf hanfodol

Knowledge of fundraising principles and restricted and unrestricted income generation
Knowledge of fundraising and charity sector regulation

Documents

Further details / informal visits contact

Enw: Emily Fry
Teitl y swydd: Head of Charity
Cyfeiriad ebost: [email protected]
Rhif ffôn: 01865 904100
Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais: 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.