Martin House provides free specialist palliative care to babies, children and young people with complex and life-shortening conditions. Families from across West, North and East Yorkshire have access to our care 24/7, 365 days a year, including specialist doctors. Every year we care for more than 550 families, at the hospice, in hospital and in families’ own homes, as well as supporting around 200 bereaved family members.

We’re looking for an energetic, passionate Events Fundraiser to take the lead on our Martin House community events portfolio. You’ll plan, deliver, and elevate our range of exciting community events, working closely with the Regional team and our wonderful community supporter network, to maximise impact and reach.

Our ideal candidate will

• Be an experienced events fundraiser, with a background of leading on events.

• Have experience of working within the charity sector.

• Thrive on bringing people together for community events.

• Be committed to Martin House’s values – Excellence, Respect, Integrity and Compassion.

• Be results driven and passionate about fundraising

• Want to work in a well-established, award-winning hospice, working as part of the multidisciplinary team to support the children, young people and their families from the time of their referral through to end of life care.

Martin House places families at the heart of all that we do and this is reflected in the amazing benefits we offer our valued team members.

• Annual leave – eight weeks per year, including bank holidays

• Sick pay – six months full pay and six months half pay following successful completion of probationary period.

• Recognition of NHS pension scheme for candidates who are currently in the scheme and up to 10 per cent contributory AVIVA scheme.

• Enhanced maternity and partners leave to exceed the NHS entitlement

• Health and wellbeing programme including access to free of charge Employee Assistance Programme for employees and their families

• Accredited Menopause and Mindful employer

• Life insurance – two times annual salary

• Free parking at our children’s hospice in Boston Spa

Please apply via our website www.martinhouse.org.uk/get-involved/join-our-team/ and complete an application form, referring to the Job Description and Person Specification which can be found here. For further information contact Michelle Ford, Regional & Events Team Manager by email mford@martinhouse.org.uk, or by phone 07879 453761.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Tuesday 17th March. If you do not hear from us by Friday 20th March, we thank you for your interest, but you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. All interviews will take place on Wednesday 25th March.

Martin House is committed to providing care and improving services irrespective of race, ethnicity, disability, gender, religion or belief, age, marital status, or sexual orientation.

Martin House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment.

Recruitment checks are undertaken in accordance with safer recruitment standards and successful applicants may be required to undertake a DBS via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Please note all applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK.