Fundraising Marketing and Communications Officer

Permanent Contract

Location: Hybrid, Crimple House, Hornbeam Park Avenue, Harrogate, HG2 8 NA

Hours: 37.5 hours ( 7.5 hours per day, 5 days per week, Monday to Friday. Ad-hoc evening/weekend work taken as TOIL)

Salary: £27,000 per year

Closing date: 2^nd January 2025 (the advert may close early if we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications)

Brand:  Herriot Hospice, Just ‘B’ and Saint Michael’s

Do you want to be part of an organisation that makes a real difference to our local communities? Our family of services including Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’ and Saint Michael’s Hospice provide vital support to people when they need it most. Our vision is of a community where everyone gets the care they need, want and deserve You can help make that a reality.

We are an independent charity powered by local communities. Every day, we help to improve quality of life for people living with terminal illness, bereavement and mental health concerns, because our belief is that no one should suffer. Our incredible teams work together to make this happen.

About the role

As a Fundraising Marketing & Communications Officer, you’ll help bring our stories to life and inspire more people to support the care we provide across Saint Michael’s Hospice, Herriot Hospice and Just ’B’. Your creativity and communication skills will help raise awareness, generate vital income and connect our communities with the difference their support makes.

Working within the Marketing & Communications team and collaborating closely with fundraising, retail and colleagues across the organisation, you’ll help shape how we share our message and engage supporters. You’ll create eye-catching content across social, email, print and digital; deliver marketing campaigns for events and appeals; produce engaging materials; gather and share powerful stories; support donor communications; and use insight to enhance campaigns and spot new opportunities. You’ll also represent the charity at community events, helping to spread the word about our work.

About You

You’re a strong communicator with a flair for creating engaging, multi-channel content and tailoring messages for different audiences. Confident with digital tools and social platforms, you understand how to keep communications consistent, warm and on-brand.

Organised and adaptable, you thrive in a busy, fast-paced environment and can juggle multiple priorities with ease. You bring compassion, sensitivity and professionalism to story gathering, and you’re confident analysing performance and spotting trends to improve future activity.

Ideally, you’ll have experience in marketing, communications or digital content creation—particularly within fundraising, charity or retail settings—but just as important is your enthusiasm to learn, collaborate and make a meaningful difference through your work.

How we look after you

• We put people first in all that we do, which includes our own team
• Wellbeing and resilience support with a dedicated team by your side
• Flexible and hybrid working for many roles
• A supportive and caring environment
• Opportunities to grow, develop and progress, with culture of lifelong learning
• Benefits include 8% employer pension contribution, enhanced family leave and pay, generous annual leave, staff discount on our online shop, shopping and lifestyle discounts platform.

How to apply:

Please click Apply and you will be forwarded to the vacancy page on our website. Click on the role and this will open the application form.

·       Download and read through job description (via the ‘Downloads’ section at the top of the advert) as you will need to tell us how you meet the essential requirements of the role.

·       Make sure you answer all supplementary questions as part of your application otherwise your application will be automatically rejected.

·       We recommend reading the application pack “Joining Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’ and Saint Michael’s” and browsing the “Join our team” pages of our website, which will provide lots of useful information about what it’s like working for us and how the recruitment process works. 

·       Did you hear about this role from a current employee as part of our recommend a friend scheme? Don’t forget to let us know after clicking apply.

Our values

• We put the people who use our services at the heart of everything we do
• We are caring and compassionate
• We are personal and supportive in our approach
• We engage positively
• We are responsive
• We are driven to do better
• We are fair
• We are professional
• We work collaboratively
• We are accountable

Living out our values

·    Our behaviour framework puts our values in the context of our everyday work. See what this includes at saintmichaelshospice.org/behaviour-framework

·    We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age, or sexual orientation. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we collect and monitor EDI data of applicants to help us ensure that our policies and procedures are effective in promoting equality. The information you provide in the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion section of the application form will have no bearing on your application, it is only used for diversity monitoring and is not visible to hiring managers.

·    We believe that children, young people and adults should never experience abuse of any kind.  Our safer recruitment and safeguarding processes help protect those accessing our services. Please see our safeguarding statement on our website: saintmichaelshospice.org/safeguarding-statement

·    If you require any support or adjustments to be able to apply for this role, please let us know by emailing people@saintmichaelshospice.org

·    We will need to complete satisfactory pre-employment checks before appointing you. These include but are not limited to identity checks, DBS clearance at an appropriate level for the role, verification of right to work in the UK, employment references and employment history. We will cover the cost of these.

Don’t quite meet the requirements for this role? We’d still love to hear from you, please get in touch via people@saintmichaelshospice.org to discuss other opportunities across our family of services.

PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately, we are not currently able to consider applicants who require sponsorship to work in the UK.

North Yorkshire Hospice Care has a duty to protect those who receive our support. Roles within our organisation are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All applicants aged 16 or over who are offered employment will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before the appointment is confirmed. This will include details of cautions, reprimands or final warnings, and convictions. Applicants will not be discriminated against due to convictions and cautions, but will be considered on their merit. Should a successful candidate have any convictions or cautions, the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of the offences will determine if it is possible to proceed with the appointment.

North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a registered charity in England and Wales (518905) with a family of services operating as Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’, Saint Michael’s Hospice, and Talking Spaces. North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (2121179).