Philanthropy Manager

Philanthropy Manager

London, W2 (with hybrid working)

About Us

We’re Imperial Health Charity, an organisation that helps our hospitals do more through grants, arts, volunteering, and fundraising. We support the five hospitals of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust: Charing Cross, Hammersmith, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea, St Mary’s, and the Western Eye.

We are now looking for a Philanthropy Manager to join us on a full-time basis, working 35 hours per week, for a 12 month fixed term contract to cover a period of maternity leave.

The Benefits

– Salary of £47,552 per annum

– 25 days’ holiday per year plus bank holidays

– An extra day’s holiday to be taken one week either side of your birthday

– Pension (with employer contributions of 10%)

– Sick pay

– Support towards healthcare costs, including eye tests and dental, and access to mental health support through counselling

– Additional access to gym discounts

– Interest-free season ticket loan

– Life assurance

– Staff arts club, including free entry to London galleries

– Access to a range of high street and online discounts

This is a fulfilling opportunity for a confident relationship-builder with a track record of securing major gifts to join our impactful organisation.

You’ll play a vital role in funding life-changing projects across five NHS hospitals, helping to transform patient care whilst further developing your expertise. We’ll ensure that you are equipped to grow and advance your skills as you help us to continue our life-changing work.

So, if you’re ready to use your fundraising panache to make a lasting difference for NHS hospitals, we want to hear from you.

The Role

As our Philanthropy Manager, you will lead on securing significant donations from individuals, trusts, corporates, and statutory bodies to support vital projects.

You’ll identify and cultivate new high-value supporters, manage your own portfolio of major donors, and ensure exceptional stewardship through bespoke reports, site tours, and exclusive events.

Working closely with colleagues across the charity and NHS Trust, you’ll shape and deliver compelling fundraising propositions, prepare high-quality written applications and impact reports, and ensure donor contributions are used meaningfully and effectively.

Additionally, you will:

– Play a key role in our grateful patient engagement programme

– Track income against KPIs and report progress to senior leadership

– Represent the charity at cultivation events and contribute to strategic planning efforts

About You

To be considered as our Philanthropy Manager, you will need:

– Experience of securing five-figure-plus gifts from major supporters

– Experience of engaging and stewarding major supporters

– Experience and an understanding of planning budgets

– Experience of managing and developing information on a CRM database

– An understanding of Institute of Fundraising (IoF) policies and procedures

– The ability to analyse complex information and compile it into concise, powerful and persuasive funding proposals

– The ability to travel between hospital sites in West London

Please note, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a DBS check.

The closing date for this role is 10th July 2025.

Other organisations may call this role Giving Manager, Partnerships Manager, Major Gifts Manager, Corporate Partnerships Manager, Fundraising Manager, or Development Manager.

Webrecruit and Imperial Health Charity are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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