This is an exciting time to join St Margaret’s Hospice. With a new organisational strategy on the horizon, we have the opportunity to renew our fundraising messaging with an aim of increasing income and supporter retention. This is a new role, and we are looking for a creative, experienced Copywriter to work collaboratively across the organisation, building strong relationships with key stakeholders and supporters.
You will join us on a full time (37 hours), permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £29,400 per annum. This role is based in Taunton although we can be flexible on location with the opportunity to be based in Yeovil if preferred.
In this role, you won’t just be joining a fantastic team – you’ll be part of a supportive, community minded charity. Our mission is to provide excellent specialist palliative care for patients and support to their families. Everyone at St Margaret’s Hospice contributes and has a part to play towards our goal of delivering the very best care to the people of Somerset whilst always remaining patient centred.
What can you expect to be doing?
In this role, you will gather, develop, and create written content for use across all fundraising campaigns and communication channels, with a particular focus on our Individual Giving programme. This will include leading on our newsletters (Major Donor & Trust newsletter and General Supporter mailing), Appeals and Thank You Campaign, as well as creating copy for regular giving, lottery, raffle, and our new Legacy campaign.
In addition, you will work with the Head of Fundraising to create cases for support for each of our departments. You will also support the Marketing and Engagement team with promotional and stewardship content for our events and community engagement activities.
What can you expect to be good at?
We are looking for someone who:
- Is able to write creative, engaging content that connects our supporters to the cause.
- Can build good relationships with stakeholders, taking the time to understand their area of work to then build into a case for support that our supporters will find inspiring.
- Has a firm understanding of storytelling and brand, whilst being versatile with tone of voice.
- Has strong proofreading skills.
- Is also excited by working on a number of different projects, from leading on the copywriting for our general supporter newsletter, to writing copy for our legacy marketing campaign to then working on leading on our annual supporter thank you campaign. Every day will be different.
What can we offer you?
Holiday entitlement
- 33 days holiday including bank holidays rising to 35 days after 1 year, and increasing with length of service (pro-rata if part-time)
- Recognise continuous service for clinical staff paid at band 5+ who join directly from the NHS or another hospice
- Ability to buy and sell annual leave
Pension scheme
- NHS employees eligible to continue with their NHS pension scheme*
- Non-NHS employees will receive 5% employer and 5% employee contribution.
Award-winning Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family offering:
- Vitality & wellbeing health portal for non-emergency care
- Unlimited access to 24/7 online GP Consultations for employees, their partners, and dependent children as well as Expert Case Management
- Confidential and free 24-hour Employee Assistance
- Counselling and support
- Legal, financial, and medical information and advice
And more…
- Life assurance cover – 2x salary
- Health Cash Plans - help with covering the cost of healthcare needs by providing cashback on a range of health benefits
- Blue Light Card – Discounts on retailers and restaurants saving up to 35%
- Enhanced maternity/paternity leave*
- Excellent learning and development opportunities
- Free on-site parking in Yeovil and Taunton
- Volunteering and fundraising opportunities
*Eligibility criteria applies
If you want to get to know our team or have a chat before applying, we'd love to hear from you. Just reach out to Matt Smith (Supporter Acquisition Manager) at matt.smith@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk
Unfortunately, we are not able to offer visa sponsorship at this time.
For any questions about our recruitment process or to request an application form is sent to you, please contact Recruitment@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk
We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact us for a chat if there's anything you want to talk about before you apply.
If you have all the information you need, just click apply. We can't wait to hear from you!
Closing date: 30th August
Interview date: 16th and 18th September
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