Acquisition Executive

The vacancy

Please note: This advert has been extended until 4th March 2025.

Are you currently working in sales, marketing, or a fundraising role and looking to transition into the charity sector, where your skills can make a real difference? Do you enjoy building meaningful connections to create a positive impact? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

Here at Rainbows Children's Hospice, we provide specialist palliative care and end-of-life support to over 750 Babies, Children, and Young People living with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, as well as approximately 3,000 people, including families, siblings, and carers, across the East Midlands. Simply put, we're here to brighten short lives and support families, wherever they are.

Rainbows relies on the incredible generosity of our donors, supporters, and fundraisers to operate. Without their contributions, we would only be able to open for seven weeks a year. To strengthen and grow these vital relationships, we are expanding our Acquisition Team.

As an Acquisition Executive, you will play a pivotal role in growing our supporter base and driving income to ensure we can continue to provide our essential services. Your role will focus on identifying and engaging with new donors and supporters across a variety of fundraising channels to build strong relationships and encourage long-term involvement with Rainbows.

Location: Hybrid and hospice-based. An initial hospice-based period of up to three months is required for onboarding and team integration, as well as to develop a deep understanding of our mission. Please note this period may be extended if deemed necessary.

Hours of work: Monday and Friday 9:00pm - 5:00pm

About the role

Some of the key responsibilities include (but not limited to):

• Develop and implement strategies to attract new donors and supporters, ensuring income growth across various fundraising channels (face to face, direct mail, telemarketing and digital).
• Build and maintain professional relationships with key stakeholders, fostering strong connections to secure ongoing support.
• Work collaboratively with internal teams to align acquisition efforts with wider organisational goals.
• Analyse data and monitor performance metrics to ensure acquisition targets are met, identifying areas for improvement and innovation.
• Further responsibilities in the role of a Acquisition Executive at Rainbows, can be found by downloading the Job Description.

About you

• You have experience in sales, marketing, or public fundraising, with a proven ability to engage and inspire potential supporters.
• You're an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills, able to build meaningful and lasting connections.
• You're results-driven, with a strategic mindset and the ability to identify opportunities for growth.
• Experience in fundraising or the charity sector is desirable but not essential-what matters most is your enthusiasm, drive, and commitment to making a difference.
• Further requirements can be found by downloading the Person Specification.

Our Benefits include:

• Free onsite parking at the Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough.
• Hybrid and Hospice working location (Need to be in the Hospice to start with).
• Eligibility to join blue light card discount scheme and Company Shop.
• Healthcare Cashback plan.
• Life Assurance.
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Contributory pension scheme or Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
• Affordable meals at the Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough.
• Free Tea, Coffee and Fruit whilst at the Hospice
• Free access to Health Assured employee assistance programme
• Wellbeing support and access to Mental Health First Aiders
• Unofficial benefits: Fun events like Total Wipe Out, All staff away days, Guest visitors

For further information about this role and the responsibilities please contact Jennifer Varnam, Acquisition Manager, on Apply

To apply for the role please click 'apply now' to complete an online application form. If you require an alternative method of applying or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments further, please contact the people team at Apply

This role is subject to an standard DBS (Disclosure and barring Service Check) and pre-employment checks.

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Important Salary Update: Please note that from April 2025, salaries for this role will be adjusted in line with the National Minimum Wage increase. This ensures compliance with updated legislation and reflects our commitment to fair pay. If you have any questions regarding this change, please feel free to contact the Recruitment Team.

Equality, diversity & inclusion

Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People is committed to improving the quality of its services to all people, irrespective of race/ethnicity, disability, gender, religion or belief, age, or sexual orientation. Our objective is to deliver high quality services that are accessible, responsive, and appropriate to meet the diverse needs of different groups and individuals. As such, we will continue to take action to ensure that staff and volunteers employed by Rainbows Hospice are culturally aware and treat every person with dignity, respect, and fairness, in a way that is sensitively responsive to differences and similarities. Unlawful discrimination and other forms of exclusion have no place within Rainbows Hospice.

About us

Rainbows cares for hundreds of families every year who have a baby, child or young person with a serious or terminal illness that means that their lives will be shorter than most.

We've been providing the highest level of professional holistic care and emotional support to babies, children, young people and their families since 1994. Our incredible team help to relieve symptoms, improve quality of life, and support their families to make the most of every precious moment, during life, through bereavement and beyond.

Our aim is to support every one of the thousands of babies, children and young people in the East Midlands, with a terminal or serious illness. To do this we've made it easier to access our services - wherever families are in our region. So, as well as providing end-of-life, short break care and bereavement support at our hospice, we also offer care and support at the point of need. Whether at our Lark Rise hospice, in the community, in hospital, or at home.

Simply put, we're here to brighten short lives, and support families, wherever they are.