Job summary

The charity is one of more than 240 NHS Charities in the UK, which exist to enhance and support patient care and provide grants for projects that are over and above those served through government funding.

The Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity supports hospitals and healthcare facilities for patients across the East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) areas. It is the registered NHS charity which raises, manages and distributes funds on behalf of East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. The Trustees are the Board of the NHS Foundation Trust who are responsible for the charity under a corporate trusteeship model, with a Charitable Funds Committee (CFC) appointed to oversee strategic and operational matters.

We are looking for a driven Assistant Fundraising & Events Manager to cover north Essex and east Suffolk, who is passionate about health charities and the role the charity plays in supporting the needs of local patients. As a key member of the Charity Team, the Assistant Fundraising & Events Manager must have the creativity, skill and knowledge to deliver the best charity administrative support, supporter stewardship and support to the relationship fundraising, events and corporate team. The post-holder will sit within the Charity team and provides an important link between the Charity and the local community, volunteers, supporters, fundraisers and hospital staff.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of this role is to provide a support to the fundraising and events team. The post holder will require good knowledge of fundraising and considerable energy and enthusiasm that will inspire the patients, visitors and local community to choose the ESNEFT Charity as their preferred charity.

You must be flexible, creative and highly organised, to contribute to the wider team fundraising activities and events. There may be times when this role, will support the Fundraising Managers or the Events Manager, with delivering charity led activities and events appropriate for local people, community, businesses, staff and volunteers to participate in, to raise funds for specific appeals, campaigns, wards, departments and general purposes. Working closely with groups and individuals, the ideal candidate will have an outgoing personality, will be keen for direct contact with people, good at motivating and be self-confident.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Details

Date posted

17 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£28,392 to £31,157 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR823-26

Job locations

Colchester Hospital

Colchester Hospital, Turner Road, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5JL

Colchester

CO4 5JL

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with data entry, accurate record keeping, and running database reports.
• Demonstrable strong interpersonal, account management and stewardship skills and experience in a customer care setting
• Demonstrable experience of being involved with charity work e.g. fundraising and/or volunteering

Desirable

• oProven track record of administration within fundraising setting.
• oExperience of using a fundraising database for data entry, data manipulation and reporting

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to A Level or equivalent experience
• Further relevant training or work experience
• Clean UK Driving Licence

Desirable

• Educated to degree level

Knowledge

Essential

• oExcellent communication and presentation skills both verbal and written.
• oMethodical worker with excellent organisational skills and keen eye for detail
• oExcellent project management skills, with the ability to manage many different events simultaneously and manage priorities accordingly.

Desirable

• oAwareness of best fundraising practice in relation to event fundraising.
• oSocial media and e-communications capability

Person Specification Experience Essential Experience of working with data entry, accurate record keeping, and running database reports. Demonstrable strong interpersonal, account management and stewardship skills and experience in a customer care setting Demonstrable experience of being involved with charity work e.g. fundraising and/or volunteering Desirable oProven track record of administration within fundraising setting. oExperience of using a fundraising database for data entry, data manipulation and reporting Qualifications Essential Educated to A Level or equivalent experience Further relevant training or work experience Clean UK Driving Licence Desirable Educated to degree level Knowledge Essential oExcellent communication and presentation skills both verbal and written. oMethodical worker with excellent organisational skills and keen eye for detail oExcellent project management skills, with the ability to manage many different events simultaneously and manage priorities accordingly. Desirable oAwareness of best fundraising practice in relation to event fundraising. oSocial media and e-communications capability

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Colchester Hospital, Turner Road, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5JL

Colchester

CO4 5JL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Colchester Hospital, Turner Road, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5JL

Colchester

CO4 5JL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)