Charity Assistant

This is your time to make a real difference! This role offers ample opportunities to make your mark and to work with us in the Hospital and the Community on our projects, appeals and campaigns. Working within the wider Charity Team you will have the opportunity to gain skills and have variety within your working hours. If you have an interest in giving back and want to gain valuable experience, this could be for you!, JOB SUMMARY:This exciting role places you as the front line face of the Charity Team! Your role is central to the whole team as you will be the first face to greet donors, patients and their relatives, volunteers, Trustees of the Hospital Charitable Fund and Hospital staff with regards to fundraising, volunteering and work experience.

As part of a diverse team you will lead on administrative functions and financial/banking tasks for the Charity team and help in the organisation of fundraising and volunteering activities on and off the hospital site, keeping track of assigned projects and tasks to ensure that support is optimised.

The successful candidate will benefit from working in a dynamic and well-supported team. As a part time role this is the perfect opportunity for a parent returning to work or as a great role to re-kick start a career. You must be self-motivated, creative and enthusiastic, with a minimum of 1 year's administration experience .The post holder will ideally have good IT and communication skills (both written and verbal), attention to detail, as well as maintaining total honesty and integrity. We are looking for someone with a strong teamwork ethic and a passion for helping others. You need to be able to support at events during the week, in the evenings and the weekends as and when required and to be confident in managing an internal stall.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatric.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career.

We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required.