Events & Community Officer (Community) Bath, England
Job description
At RUHX, we’re more than a hospital charity. We go further to give every patient the extra extraordinary care they deserve, while supporting our staff to do what they do best and furthering innovation within our hospitals. We’re out there in our community, collaborating with the people and organisations who drive real change. We’re making sure that every penny we raise goes towards improving health, happiness and wellbeing for everyone in Bath and beyond. Because together, we have the power to do more.
We would love you to join our team as our new Events & Community Officer focusing on our Community programme. Working with the Events and Community Manager you will lead the development of new fundraising groups and community fundraising appeals which attract a wide range of audiences to the support the charity. You will regularly travel around our catchment area proactively build relationships with key volunteers and community supporters, RUH staff, patients and families, creating inspiring ways for them to engage with the charity.
No two days in our team are the same and we are flexible about where you work. We split our time evenly between working at home and in the office as well as being out and about in our community. You will need bags of initiative, be innovative, brave and positive.
You will also provide support to the organisation of the charity’s large scale, annual flagship events such as ‘Walk of Life’ Bath Half Marathon team and other key fundraising events with recruitment and management of event volunteers.
It would be great if you have experience in community fundraising and and experience of working with volunteers. We will help support you to develop a career in the charity sector whilst being part of an ambitious team going further to give every patient the extra extraordinary care they deserve in Bath and beyond.
At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more aboutliving and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about ourextensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future withthe landmark Dyson Cancer Centreand ourpassion for research.
Please find attached detailed person specification and job description for further information on the role.
