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The creation of Children’s Health Foundation in 2019 brought together the existing Temple Street Foundation and The Children’s Medical and Research Foundation Crumlin to continue to support Ireland’s sickest children in their treatment journey today, tomorrow and into the future.
Children’s Health Foundation raises funds to support the delivery of services for children’s and adolescent health needs in Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) the new paediatric healthcare system in Ireland, including research and innovation, patient and parent support, infrastructure and equipment and any other health services associated with CHI.
Our purpose as a leading charity is to give every sick child In Ireland the very best chance and we are looking for bold and ambitious professionals to join our incredible team to deliver on an ambitious growth strategy.
This is an incredible opportunity to be part of the team who raise vital, life-saving funds and support some 300,000 children and their families who attend CHI each year in need of world-class paediatric care; ensuring that patients have access to the very highest standards of care, world-class facilities and the most up-to-date research that will change young lives for the better. Children’s Health Foundation offers a hybrid flexible work environment.
Community & Campaigns Manager
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Campaign Planning and Delivery
- Support the day-to-day planning, delivery, and evaluation of CHF’s community fundraising and campaigns, including key moments in the fundraising calendar.
- Manage the end-to-end delivery of assigned campaigns and community initiatives,
- ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and to agreed targets.
- Translate strategic objectives set by the CCE Lead into clear operational plans and timelines.
- Ensure effective coordination of activities across the community and campaigns calendar to maximise impact and efficiency, working closely with Brand, Marketing, and Communications team.
Campaign Performance and Optimisation
- Monitor and analyse campaign performance, using data and insight to optimise activity during and after delivery.
- Produce regular campaign performance reports, highlighting results, learnings, and recommendations.
- Test and learn across messaging, channels, and creative approaches to improve
- campaign effectiveness.
- Identify opportunities to grow income, improve ROI, and enhance supporter engagement through campaigns.
Team Management and Leadership
- Support CCE Lead with providing day-to-day support to CCE Team
- Help allocate workload, set clear priorities, and ensure high standards of campaign delivery.
- Foster a collaborative, resultsdriven, and creative campaign culture within the team.
Community Engagement and Campaign Development
- Support the development and delivery of grassroots fundraising and community engagement initiatives.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with community fundraisers, volunteers, and supporters.
- Contribute ideas and insight to the development of engaging fundraising campaigns and activations.
- Ensure community and campaign activity reflects CHF’s values, brand, and supporter promise.
Financial and Operational Management
- Support the management of campaign income and expenditure budgets.
- Ensure effective use of resources, suppliers, and agencies to deliver campaigns.
- Manage relationships with external suppliers and partners as required for campaign delivery.
- Collaboration, Compliance and Continuous Improvement
- Work collaboratively across Fundraising, Brand and Communications to deliver integrated campaigns.
- Ensure all campaign activity complies with fundraising regulations, data protection, and CHF policies.
- Stay informed of trends and best practice in fundraising campaigns and apply learning to CHF activity.
- Support the CCE Lead with campaign planning, innovation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Qualifications and Experience
- 2 years’ experience in a similar role
- Proven ability to build donor pipeline
- Understanding of donor procurement and management processes
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Good interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to achieve results in
- collaboration with partners from a range of backgrounds
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise workload
- Ability to work as part of a team as well as take responsibility for own tasks and work on
- own initiative.
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Applying Deadline for applications is 16th of January 2026
CV and Cover Letter should be emailed to jobs@childrenshealth.ie
Community & Campaigns Executive
Background and Context
Children’s Health Foundation (CHF) is focused on raising funds to fulfil our mission of providing world class medical facilities, research and compassionate, loving care for every sick child in Ireland cared for in Children’s Health Ireland hospitals and urgent care centres.The Foundation supports Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s Hospitals, Children’s Hospital Tallaght and Connolly Urgent Care Centre.
The creation of Children’s Health Foundation in 2019 brought together the existing Temple Street Foundation and The Children’s Medical and Research Foundation Crumlin to continue supporting Ireland’s sickest children in their treatment journey today, tomorrow and into the future.
This is an exciting time to join Children’s Health Foundation, full of challenges and opportunities that allow us to support the hospitals in the best possible way, whether that’s through family and patient support, vital research, medical equipment or redevelopment. Being embedded in the hospitals crystallises our cause, and we see first hand the impact our work has.
Role Purpose / Summary
Purpose of the Role –Fundraising & Supporter Engagement
The Community & Campaigns Executive plays a key role in delivering income-generating fundraising campaigns while also building and nurturing strong relationships with community and individual supporters. Reporting to the Community & Campaigns Lead, you will support the planning, coordination and delivery of campaigns, community fundraising initiatives and events, ensuring an excellent supporter experience across all touchpoints.The role combines campaign operations, supporter care, community engagement and event delivery, with a strong focus on income growth, retention and supporter journeys.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- Support the delivery of key fundraising campaigns to agreed income targets
- Identify opportunities to grow income from campaign and community supporters
- Support the recruitment, acquisition and retention of supporters through effective supporter journeys
- Assist with campaign planning, scheduling, budgeting and delivery, ensuring high standards of execution
- Work with suppliers, agencies and internal teams to deliver campaign materials in line with brand guidelines
- Track, monitor and report on campaign KPIs, using insights to inform future activity
- Build and maintain strong relationships with community fundraisers and supporters, ensuring the Foundation’s supporter promise is fulfilled
- Provide guidance and support to individuals, groups and organisations fundraising for CHF
- Champion CHF campaigns, events and activities within the community
- Proactively engage supporters across multiple channels to maximise retention and lifetime value
- Respond promptly to supporter queries across email, phone, post and digital channels
- Support the coordination and delivery of fundraising events and community activities, including attendance at local and events as required
- Take ownership of specific projects or events (e.g. community or participant led initiatives), ensuring they are well planned, marketed and delivered
- Assist with event logistics, supporter communications and on-the-day delivery
- Maintain accurate and up-to date supporter records on Salesforce whilst ensuring compliance with data protection and privacy policies
- Deliver regular reporting on income, supporter activity and engagement
- Provide administrative support related to campaigns, community activity and events
- Work collaboratively across teams to ensure consistent messaging, tone of voice and supporter experience
- Foster a positive, inclusive team culture that values accountability, innovation, kindness and continuous learning
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve processes, supporter journeys and fundraising outcomes
- Undertake additional project work as required
Note: This is not an exhaustive list of duties. All CHF employees work collaboratively towards a shared organisational goal.
Qualifications and Experience
- Experience in fundraising, campaigns, community engagement, events, marketing or a customer-focused role
- Strong project management, planning and organisational skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities
- Confident using digital tools, social media and MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Experience working with databases/CRMs (Salesforce desirable)
- Strong relationship-building skills with internal and external stakeholders
- A proactive team player with a positive, flexible approach
- Willingness to attend events outside normal working hours as required
- Driving licence and access to a car required depending on event and community activity needs
Terms & Benefits
- Full-time role
- Flexible hybrid work policy
- 21 days annual leave and five privilege days per annum
- Paid sick leave (subject to eligibility criteria)
- PRSA: up to 6% contributory (subject to eligibility criteria)
- Death in Service scheme (subject to eligibility criteria)
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- TaxSaver Commuter Ticket Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Training and Education allowance
CV and Cover Letter should be emailed to jobs@childrenshealth.ie
Corporate Fundraising Manager
Reporting to: Head of Donor Engagement and Fundraising
Background and Context
Children’s Health Foundation (CHF) is focused on raising funds to fulfil our mission of providing world class medical facilities, research and compassionate loving care for every sick child in Ireland cared for in Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) hospitals and urgent care centres. The Foundation supports Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s Hospitals, National Children’s Hospital Tallaght, and Connolly Urgent Care Centre.
The creation of Children’s Health Foundation in 2019 brought together the existing Temple Street Foundation and The Children’s Medical and Research Foundation Crumlin to continue to support Ireland’s sickest children in their treatment journey today, tomorrow and into the future.
Role Purpose / Summary
The Corporate Fundraising Manager is a pivotal role within the Children’s Health Foundation, responsible for leading the Corporate Fundraising Team to deliver ambitious income targets through corporate partnerships, sponsorships, events and employee engagement programmes. This role requires an experienced corporate fundraiser with proven people management expertise who can elevate the team’s performance and output to a consistently high standard. The successful candidate will drive strategic growth in corporate income whilst developing team capabilities, refining processes, and ensuring excellence in donor stewardship and relationship management.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Team Leadership and Development
- Provide strong, visible leadership and line management to Corporate Fundraising Executives, setting clear expectations and holding the team accountable for delivery
- Work with Head of Fundraising to develop and implement strategies to raise the quality and consistency of outputs across the team, establishing standards for proposals, reports, and donor communications
- Coach and mentor team members to enhance their fundraising skills, relationship management capabilities, and professional development
- Conduct regular one-to-ones, performance reviews, and team meetings to monitor progress, provide feedback, and maintain high levels of motivation and engagement
- Foster a collaborative, high performance culture within the team that prioritises excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Identify skills gaps and training needs, coordinating appropriate development opportunities for team members.
Corporate Fundraising Strategy and Delivery
- Support development of the corporate fundraising strategy to achieve and exceed annual income targets.
- Identify and secure new corporate partnerships, sponsorships, and multi-year commitments from companies across all sectors.
- Personally manage a portfolio of high value corporate relationships, demonstrating best practice in donor stewardship to the team
- Oversee the team’s corporate portfolio, ensuring effective pipeline management, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of all corporate supporters.
- Develop compelling corporate partnership proposals and presentations that articulate CHF’s impact and value proposition.
- Design and deliver innovative employee engagement programmes including Charity of the Year partnerships, payroll giving, matched funding, and workplace fundraising initiatives.
Quality Control and Process Improvement
- Prepare all major corporate proposals, reports, and communications to ensure they meet professional standards and effectively represent CHF’s mission
- Establish and implement standardised processes, templates, and quality benchmarks for corporate fundraising activities
- Develop systems and workflows to improve team efficiency, donor experience, and income generation
- Ensure accurate and timely data management within the CRM system, maintaining comprehensive records of all corporate relationships and interactions
Stakeholder Management and Collaboration
- Build and maintain strong relationships with corporate partners, understanding their business objectives, ESG goals and creating mutually beneficial partnerships
- Work collaboratively with Brand, Marketing and Communications teams to develop compelling corporate fundraising materials and campaigns.
- Liaise with the Impact and Grants team to provide corporate partners with meaningful reporting on the impact of their support.
- Represent CHF at corporate events, networking functions, and industry forums to raise the Foundation’s profile and identify new opportunities
- Collaborate with Head of Fundraising to identify and leverage board and executive connections for corporate fundraising opportunities
Budget Management and Reporting
- Develop the corporate fundraising budget with Head of Fundraising
- Manage the corporate budget on a day-to-day basis, ensuring cost-effective delivery and strong return on investment
- Monitor and report on income performance against targets, providing regular updates to Head of Fundraising with analysis and recommendations
- Produce comprehensive reports on corporate fundraising activity, trends, and opportunities to inform strategic decision-making
- Track and analyse key performance metrics to measure team and individual performance, identifying areas for improvement
Qualifications and Experience
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in corporate fundraising with a proven track record of securing significant partnerships and achieving income targets
- Experience managing and developing a team, with demonstrable success in improving team performance and output quality
- Proven ability to build and maintain high-value corporate relationships and to influence senior business leaders
- Excellence in written and verbal communication, with the ability to produce compelling proposals and presentations
- Strong people management skills including coaching, performance management, and team development
- Strategic thinking combined with meticulous attention to detail and high standards for quality
- Ability to work at pace, manage multiple priorities, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Experience managing budgets and delivering strong return on investment
- Strong functional competency across the Microsoft suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, Design systems (e.g. Canva)
- Experience using CRM systems (e.g. Salesforce) to manage donor relationships and track performance
- Understanding of best practice in corporate fundraising, donor stewardship, and relationship management
- Passion for children’s health and alignment with CHF’s mission and values
- Relevant professional qualification (e.g. Institute of Fundraising, Chartered Institute of Marketing) desirable
Functional Competencies
- Understand CHF’s external environment, at home and abroad
- Ethics Management – including the application of financial controls and compliance with fundraising regulations
- Understands and promotes CHF’s Organisational Values, History and Culture
- Accountability Evaluation of fundraising activities to ensure value for money and impact
Terms & Benefits
- Full-time role
- Flexible hybrid work policy
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- PRSA: up to 6% contributory subject to eligibility criteria
- Death in Service scheme subject to eligibility criteria
- TaxSaver Commuter Ticket Scheme available
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Training and Education allowance
- Paid Sick leave – subject to eligibility criteria
- 21 days annual leave and five privilege days per annum
The Children’s Health Foundation is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants and employees with physical or mental disabilities. If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or hiring process, please send an email to jobs@childrenshealth.ie. This information will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of determining an appropriate accommodation for the interview process.
Applying
Deadline for applications is 13th March 2026. CV and Cover
Letter should be emailed to jobs@childrenshealth.ie
Individual Giving Manager
Reporting to
Head of Donor Engagement and Fundraising
Background and Context
Children’s Health Foundation (CHF) is focused on raising funds to fulfil our mission of providing world class medical facilities, research and compassionate loving care for every sick child in Ireland cared for in Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) hospitals and urgent care centres.
The Foundation supports Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s Hospitals, National Children’s Hospital Tallaght and Connolly Urgent Care Centre. The creation of Children’s Health Foundation in 2019 brought together the existing Temple Street Foundation and The Children’s Medical and Research Foundation Crumlin to continue to support Ireland’s sickest children in their treatment journey today, tomorrow and into the future
Role Purpose / Summary
The Individual Giving Manager is a key role within the Children’s Health Foundation, responsible for developing and delivering a comprehensive individual giving programme that maximises income from individual supporters across multiple channels. This role requires a creative, results-driven fundraiser with strong copywriting skills and experience managing direct marketing campaigns and third-party fundraising suppliers. The successful candidate will lead on direct mail, digital communications, donor newsletters, face-to-face fundraising, and door-to-door campaigns, ensuring an integrated approach that drives acquisition, retention, and supporter engagement.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Direct Marketing and Communications
- In collaboration with the Head of Fundraising, develop and deliver an annual direct mail programme, including acquisition, appeals, and stewardship mailings to grow and retain individual donors
- Write compelling, emotive copy for direct mail appeals, newsletters, email campaigns, and supporter communications that effectively convey CHF’s impact and drive supporter response
- Produce and distribute engaging donor newsletters on a regular basis, ensuring supporters are informed, inspired, and feel valued for their contribution
- Develop segmented communication strategies that recognise different donor types, preferences, and giving levels to maximise engagement and retention
- Work closely with the Brand, Marketing and Communications team to ensure consistent messaging and branding across all individual giving materials
- Implement testing strategies across copy, creative, channels, and offers to continuously improve campaign performance
Third-Party Supplier Management
- Manage relationships with third-party suppliers for door-to-door and face-to-face fundraising campaigns, ensuring delivery against agreed targets and quality standards
- Work with the Head of Fundraising to negotiate contracts, set KPIs, and monitor supplier performance to ensure value for money and strong return on investment
- Conduct regular review meetings with suppliers to assess performance, address issues, and identify opportunities for improvement and growth
- Oversee campaign planning, scheduling, and deployment for door-to-door and face-to-face activity, ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and CHF policies
- Quality assure all materials, scripts, and training used by third-party teams to ensure brand consistency and effective representation of CHF
- Monitor and respond to supporter feedback and complaints related to third-party fundraising activity, maintaining high standards of donor care
Strategy and Planning
- In collaboration with the Head of Fundraising develop and deliver an integrated individual giving strategy that drives income growth through acquisition, conversion, retention, and upgrading of individual supporters
- Set ambitious but achievable income targets for all individual giving channels and campaigns, and deliver against these targets
- Create annual campaign calendars that integrate direct mail, digital, door-to-door, and face-to-face activity for maximum impact
- Identify new opportunities and innovative approaches to grow the individual giving programme and reach new audiences
- Review propositions and giving mechanisms that make it easy and appealing for supporters to give regularly and increase their support over time
Data Analysis and Reporting
- Monitor and analyse campaign performance across all channels, using data and insight to inform decision-making and optimise future activity
- Track key metrics including acquisition rates, retention rates, average gift values, lifetime value, and return on investment for all campaigns
- Produce regular and timely performance reports for Head of Fundraising, highlighting successes, challenges, and recommendations for improvement
- Utilise CRM data to segment supporters, identify trends, and develop targeted communication and fundraising strategies
- Conduct regular analysis of donor behaviour and attrition to develop effective retention and reactivation strategies
Budget Management and Compliance
- Developing the individual giving fundraising budget with Head of Fundraising.
- Manage the individual giving budget on a day-to-day, ensuring cost-effective delivery and strong return on investment across all channels
- Ensure all individual giving activity complies with fundraising regulations, data protection legislation, and CHF policies and procedures
- Maintain accurate records in the CRM system of all supporter interactions, preferences, and giving history
- Stay informed of best practice, regulatory changes, and sector trends in individual giving and direct marketing
Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across the Fundraising team to ensure an integrated approach to supporter engagement
- Work closely with Brand, Marketing and Communications to source compelling stories, case studies, and impact data for use in campaigns and communications
Qualifications and Experience
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in individual giving or direct marketing within the charity sector
- Proven track record of delivering successful direct mail campaigns and achieving income targets
- Excellent copywriting skills with the ability to create compelling, emotive fundraising appeals and supporter communications
- Experience managing third-party suppliers for door-to-door and/or face-to-face fundraising campaigns
- Strong understanding of donor acquisition, retention, and development strategies
- Excellent analytical skills with experience using data to inform strategy and improve campaign performance
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple campaigns and deadlines simultaneously
- Budget management experience with demonstrated ability to deliver value for money and strong ROI
- Knowledge of fundraising regulations, data protection legislation, and best practice in individual giving
- Strong functional competency across the Microsoft suite, particularly Excel for data analysis
- Experience using CRM systems (e.g. Salesforce) to manage supporter relationships and track campaign performance
- Creative thinking and innovative approach to problem-solving and campaign development
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Passion for children’s health and alignment with CHF’s mission and values
- Relevant professional qualification (e.g. Institute of Fundraising, Chartered Institute of Marketing) desirable
Functional Competencies
- Understand CHF’s external environment, at home and abroad
- Ethics Management – including the application of financial controls and compliance with fundraising regulations
- Understands and promotes CHF’s Organisational Values, History and Culture
- Accountability – Evaluation of fundraising activities to ensure value for money and impact
Terms & Benefits
- Full-time role
- Flexible hybrid work policy
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- PRSA: up to 6% contributory subject to eligibility criteria.
- Death in Service scheme subject to eligibility criteria
- TaxSaver Commuter Ticket Scheme available
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Training and Education allowance
- Paid Sick leave – subject to eligibility criteria.
- 21 days annual leave and five privilege days per annum
The Children’s Health Foundation is an equal opportunities employer
We are an equal opportunity employer.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants and employees with physical or mental disabilities. If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or hiring process, please send an email to jobs@childrenshealth.ie This information will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of determining an appropriate accommodation for the interview process.
Applying
Deadline for applications is 13th March 2026.
CV and Cover Letter should be emailed to jobs@childrenshealth.ie