Job vacancy: Charity Engagement and Impact Officer, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 317 Trustwide

Job summary

Main area: 317 Charity Director 620226
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (From date of appointment)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 317-2025-24-004

Employer: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Trustwide
Town: 317 Trustwide
Salary: £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 17/08/2025 23:59
Interview date: 03/09/2025

Charity Engagement and Impact Officer

Band 5

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To support the Associate Director and Engagement and Impact Manager with Charity grant-making
• To support the Engagement and Impact Manager with the development and delivery of an Engagement and Impact Strategy for Charity grant-making, and to support the Charity Committee, a sub-committee of Trust Board, to fulfil its grant-making duties as defined in the Charity Policy and the Trust’s Constitution.
• To provide a high quality, effective and efficient administrative service to the grant-making of the Charity
• To liaise with colleagues in the Charity’s finance team, and with applicants, to ensure that grant payments are made quickly, accurately, and efficiently.
• To maintain efficient records of Charity grant applications and awards and assist with the monitoring and evaluation of Charity grants, analysing, and interpreting data and reporting on the cumulative and individual impact of grants made.
• To work with the Associate Director and the Engagement and Impact Manager to ensure that effective relationships between the Board of Directors, Council of Governors and Trust’s membership are maintained.
• To support the Engagement and Impact Manager with implementation,
monitoring, and audit requirements of grant-making governance for the Charity Committee to ensure compliance with the regulatory framework of the Charity Commission and associated bodies
• To provide publicity, training and education on Charity grant-making, grant programmes and the grant application process
• To prepare reports for the Charity Committee and Charity Working Groups
• To work as a key member of the Charity team, contributing to broader
engagement and administrative work that contributes to the Charity’s overall effectiveness.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria

Degree level or equivalent relevant work experience/qualifications

Desirable criteria

Specialist qualification or CPD in charity, public relations, communications or equivalent

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

Knowledge of key issues facing hospitals, and the communities they serve, and an understanding of how charitable grant-making might help address these.
Well-developed financial literacy and experience of undertaking financial administration tasks.
Experience of communicating effectively with different audiences and different backgrounds across all levels
Experience of delivering engagement and involvement related projects
Understanding of digital communication methods, including social media
Interpret and analyse complex data for communication to key stakeholders and decision makers within and outside the Trust / Charity.

Desirable criteria

Administrative / stakeholder engagement experience in the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector or within the NHS within clinical and/or corporate services
Communications/marketing experience, including social media.
Developing and delivering development and improvement programmes
Administrative / stakeholder engagement experience in the NHS or the charitable sector
Experienced in use of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems.
Understanding of the NHS and the way it works
Knowledge of the Data Protection Act and General Data Protection Regulation.
Knowledge of Equality & Diversity regulations

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

Ability to provide high-quality, Board level, administrative support, including high quality minute-taking at corporate meetings.
Excellent organisational skills including record keeping and time management.
Ability to organise and facilitate stakeholder engagement activities, events and meetings, PR activities/campaigns and the associated logistics.
Ability to work within a busy, fast-paced environment.
Ability to manage conflict and sensitive situations and to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
IT literacy across Microsoft suite including spreadsheets (Excel), with good keyboard skills.
Strong interpersonal skills, for effective working with colleagues and internal and external applicants.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.