Deadline: Monday 20 October 2025, 9am
Salary: £75,000 – £80,000 per annum – subject to skills and experience.
Hours of work: 37.5 hours a week over five days (we welcome flexible working requests).
Base: hybrid working with attendance in the office two days a week, including at least one at the Pears Building on site of the Royal Free Hospital. Other office days may be worked from at our other sites at Barnet, Chase Farm, and North Mid hospitals.
The head of philanthropy and capital campaign will lead a high-performing team responsible for cultivating and securing philanthropic income from major donors, trusts and foundations and corporate partners. A key focus will be overseeing the delivery of the new £50 million capital campaign, Join the Future, to fund the construction of the Royal Free London Cancer Centre.
This role requires a strategic thinker and relationship-builder with a deep understanding of high-value fundraising. You will play a hands-on role in securing transformational gifts, working closely with senior stakeholders, campaign development board members, trustees, clinicians and the wider fundraising team.
Our dynamic fundraising department generated £4.5m through donations in 2023/24, and we are now preparing for an ambitious £50 million campaign to fund the construction of a ground-breaking cancer centre on the site of the Royal Free Hospital.
We pride ourselves on being a supporter-focused and agile function, working at the heart of the charity to deliver impact for patients and staff across our hospitals. Responsible for attracting and retaining donors and delivering an outstanding supporter experience, the fundraising department comprises of three teams which work closely together to achieve our shared objectives:
The Royal Free Charity stands at the threshold of its most important period of development.
Our vision is for everyone served by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (RFL) to have access to world-leading healthcare, delivered by a thriving workforce and driven by medical research that has a global impact. We support the 17,000 staff of the RFL and their two million patients across Barnet, Chase Farm, North Mid and Royal Free hospitals and more than 30 NHS services.
Through the services we provide, and the programmes and equipment we fund, we make a profound and immediate difference to patients’ experiences of care.
Closing date for application: Monday 20 October 2025, 9am
You must be eligible to work in the UK
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may require during the recruitment process.
As an equal opportunities’ employer, the Royal Free Charity is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the Royal Free Charity and act in line with our values of dedication, innovation, partnership, energy and respect.