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Events Fundraising ManagerNHS

Colchester, CO4 5JL Permanent £32,073 to £39,043
Posted 17 September 2026 Closing date 30 September 2026
Colchester Rail Station (0.7 miles, direct) Epping Underground Station (36.7 miles, direct) Colchester North Park-and-Ride (1.2 miles, direct)

Job summary

We are looking for a driven Events Fundraising Manager, who is passionate about health charities and the role the charity plays in supporting the needs of local patients.

As a key member of the Charity Team, the Events Fundraising Manager must have the creativity, skill and knowledge to deliver the best charity community fundraising, events and stewardship of our supporters, that support the wider strategy.

The post-holder will sit within the Charity team and provides an important link between the Charity and the local community, volunteers,fundraisers and hospital staff. The post holder will work closely with colleagues to deliver an effective community and events program.

The purpose of this role is to ensure that a sustainable program of events fundraising is in place, has a high profile and is well marketed and managed to generate funds to agreed targets and awareness of the charity.

You will require good knowledge of fundraising and considerable energy and enthusiasm that will inspire the patients, visitors and localcommunity to choose the ESNEFT charity as their preferred charity.

Main duties of the job

  • To support specific fundraising projects and appeals
  • In conjunction with the Head of Fundraising plan and manage the charities current events fundraising programme and contribute to its continual development
  • Research and develop new charity led events
  • Monitor and feedback competitor activity in the region in relation to event fundraising
  • Deliver an excellent customer experience and supporter journey so that the hospital's charity is the charity of choice for people in the trust's catchment
  • Keep up to-date with fundraising codes of practice and regulations in relation to events, fundraising and sponsorship

Job description

If you require more information regarding main responsibilities, please see attached job description.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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