The Organisation

Children's Health Foundation is focused on raising funds to fulfil our mission of providing world class medical facilities, research, and compassionate loving care for every sick child in Ireland cared for in Children's Health Ireland (CHI). The Foundation supports CHI at Crumlin, Temple Street, Tallaght, and Connolly.

The creation of Children's Health Foundation in 2019 brought together the existing Temple Street Foundation and The Children's Medical and Research Foundation Crumlin to continue to support Ireland's sickest children in their treatment journey today, tomorrow and into the future.

This is an exciting time to join Children's Health Foundation, full of challenges and opportunities that allow us to support CHI hospitals and urgent care centres in the best possible way, whether that's through family and patient support, vital research, medical equipment or redevelopment.

The Role

Working with the Major Gifts Manager, the Major Gift Administrator will support the planning and implementation of all major gift fundraising activities and ensuring the provision of excellent stewardship and supporter care to all supporters and prospective supporters. 

This role is ideal for an individual who is enthusiastic and is passionate about engaging with high-net-worth individuals and would like to make a difference in the lives of sick children.  

You need to be highly organised, process-driven, with acute attention to detail. This position will play an active role in engaging major donors with a specific focus on event management.  

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Member of the Major Gift team who are responsible for coordination, development and implementation of a highly engaging Major Gift strategy. 
• Research and data led skills are essential for this position as well as the ability to build competent donor profiles. 
• Support in event planning and event management   
• Database management with the ability to create, build and analyse data reports is essential for this position  
• Develop unrestricted funding proposals and  
• Co-ordinate and manage the delivery of high-quality donor reports, proposals, and funding agreements 
• Support the team to deliver on the Major Donor strategy to grow income and build a strong pipeline to scale for the future. 
• Provide administrative support to the MG and Trust and Foundations Manager 
• Look at new opportunities for creative ways to engage with and recognise Major Donors in a meaningful way 
• Work closely with colleagues within the CHF team to foster a team culture that is results driven, encourages accountability, innovation, kindness towards and support for colleagues, a commitment to continuous learning, and a creative approach to problem solving. 
• Represent the charity, as and when required, to promote the work and programme of the hospitals 
• Monitor and track expenditure and financial targets 
• Other responsibilities, as they may arise, to support the overall goals of the Foundation

Qualifications & Experience

• Educated to QQI Level 6 in a relevant discipline 
• Minimum of 2 years' experience in fundraising related activities or an equivalent client- focused environment 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Excellent organisation skills, detail oriented 
• Excellent event management skills  
• Collegial, collaborative style  
• Highly organised with the ability to prioritise 
• Good decision-making skills, tactful, good listener, willingness to search out answers, ability to recognise when others need to be involved in activities or decisions 
• Creativity, curiosity, high energy level, and an enthusiasm for meeting and working with a wide range of individuals 
• Knowledge of principles and techniques relevant to fundraising  
• Demonstrated skills in writing, organisation, and attention to detail 
• Experience with donor databases  
• Knowledge of key priorities of CHF and CHI 
• Work during evenings, weekends and unsocial hours will be a requirement of the role 

Terms & Application Details

• Full time, permanent role on the Administrator salary band. 
• Deadline for applications is 5pm on 26th April 2022
• CV and Cover Letter should be emailed to jobs@childrenshealth.ie