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Fundraising Executive - Shropshire Field Based

Fundraising Executive - Shropshire Field Based

37.5 hours per week

Flexible Working (to include some evenings and weekends)

Salary - Negotiable

Manual Work Van will be provided

 

 

About us
Midlands Air Ambulance Charity is an independent health care provider and is rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We are responsible for delivering a pre-hospital emergency helicopter led service across the Midlands Region – we proudly serve the diverse communities of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands.


Midlands Air Ambulance Charity (MAAC) is the largest Air Ambulance Charity in England serving a population of nearly seven million over six counties. We are an established healthcare provider with over three decades of experience. Our core organisational divisions include:


Emergency critical care service – our three airbases play a pivotal role in delivering rapid critical prehospital emergency medical care, by ensuring that residents across the Midlands region have access to a network of air ambulance helicopters within 10 minutes. We provide a pre-hospital helicopter-led service, 24/7 operations, 365 days a year, to residents and visitors across the Midlands region, bringing hospital-level procedures and medicines to the patient at the scene of an accident or incident.


Charitable programme – we raise funds for our lifesaving service and play an active role within the communities of the six counties that we serve. We provide education programmes, volunteering opportunities and social engagement activities to support with community cohesion and wellbeing.


Retail network – we have a growing portfolio of charity shops which contribute towards raising funds for helicopter and critical care car missions. We also support environmental and ethical causes as part of our wider societal role.


Training provider – we deliver community life skill sessions, such as CPR, bleed control and defibrillation usage, alongside CPD accredited courses, ranging from workplace first aid training to specialist pre-hospital clinical training.
The organisation is driven by a longstanding and deep-rooted ‘One Team’ ethos:


Vision - Saving Lives by Saving Time - Today, tomorrow, and in the future.

Mission - To provide patients with outstanding pre-hospital care and life saving intervention through the operation of helicopter-led emergency medical services.

Values - Receptive, Recognition, Relevant, Respectful and Responsible

 


About the role


As the local face of Midlands Air Ambulance in Shropshire, the Fundraising Executive will raise agreed income by developing relationships with existing supporters, creating and building links with new supporters, and raising awareness of the cause within their defined area.


You will provide support to the Community Fundraising Manager, working within the wider fundraising division. As a key member of the team, the Fundraising Executive will implement the fundraising strategy for Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, comprising of both in person and online community engagement methods, leading on activity within the Shropshire region.


Your focus will be to ensure income growth from community sources and activity comprising of individuals, community groups, schools and small community businesses. As a longstanding charity which has recently celebrated 30 years of service, we have established networks in place. However, alongside this, the post holder will need to innovate and develop new ways of working in line with the ever-changing external environment (i.e., global/national trends and events), as well as in response to opportunities and challenges happening in the Shropshire region.


Please refer to the job description and person specification for further information.


How to apply

Please download the attached application form or send a full up to date CV with covering letter to introduce yourself and highlighting key achievements and experience relevant to the role and send to recruitment@midlandsairambulance.com. Please note that Midlands Air Ambulance Charity reserves the right to bring forward the closing date of any of its job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we recommend that you apply as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date.

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