Head of Fundraising Compliance - Guys' & St Thomas' Foundation

Your new company
At Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation, the mission is clear - to build the foundations of a healthier society. For over 500 years, they have been a constant in London's ever-changing landscape, at the leading edge of health. As an independent foundation, the foundation invest, partner, engage and influence to tackle big health challenges, working closely with communities, partners and hospitals to transform lives. As part of the Legal & Governance team, you will work alongside talented people from a mix of personal and professional backgrounds to support the foundation's fundraising charities: Guys' & St Thomas' Charity, Evalina London Children's Charity and Guy's Cancer Charity.

Your new role
The foundation are recruiting an experienced legal compliance professional looking to make a difference in how the foundation fundraise and support their fundraising charities (as mentioned above). As Head of Fundraising Compliance, reporting to the Legal Director & Company Secretary, you will lead and maintain a culture of compliance across all elements of fundraising and supporter engagement. You will be the focal point for compliance, providing guidance and advice to colleagues ensuring that the foundation have sufficient controls and processes in place across all areas of fundraising. In addition, you will provide comprehensive front line and administrative support, to facilitate best practice across Fundraising/Charity regulation and the General Data Protection Regulation and help embed this in the foundation's ways of working. You will produce and deliver training and supporting documents to upskill staff and to ensure consistency across the team, as well as identifying areas for improvement and development. You will keep your knowledge up-to-date and will be confident in communicating with staff at all levels and with varying levels of understanding; in an engaging and accessible manner. Excellent organisation and project management skills will be required to ensure that projects and the day-to-day delivery and reporting of compliance is on track.

What you'll need to succeed
To succeed in this role, you will need to meet the following essential criteria:

• Experience: You should have experience of working in a compliance or similar function, with fundraisers, and in a regulated environment. You should also have experience in creating and delivering strategic objectives and plans, reviewing a variety of legal agreements, including gift agreements and similar documentation, and writing policies and procedures. Knowledge of the Raiser's Edge or similar fundraising CRM system is desirable, or you should have a demonstrable ability to quickly grasp new data systems.
• Knowledge: Extensive knowledge of UK Law, UK Data Protection legislation (in particular UK GDPR and PECR), Fundraising Regulations (Code of Fundraising Practice and Charity Commission regulations) and a track record of how to apply them is essential.
• Skills: You should possess problem-solving skills, the ability to understand and interpret complex legislation, regulations and guidance and make it accessible to others, and the ability to constructively challenge the status quo and see alternative solutions to overcome barriers.
• Teamwork and Organisation: You should be an excellent team player willing to be flexible to support colleagues in a busy environment. You should be numerate with the ability to record and assimilate complex information accurately. Excellent time management with the ability to prioritise the work of a team and produce high-quality outputs is also required.

What you'll get in return

• Up to 12% employer pension contribution
• Annual personal development budget: the foundation believe in continuous learning and provide a yearly budget for your personal development
• Annual health and wellbeing personal allowance
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and parental leave pay: accessible without length of service requirements
• Health and wellbeing programme
• Agile working, flexible hours, and supportive IT Kit
• Generous annual leave: the foundation offers 27 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Employee Assistance Programme

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