Closing Date: 9th November 2025
Role: Fundraising Assistant
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £24,431 – £25,164 per annum
Closing date: 09/11/2025
Wigan & Leigh Hospice is a wonderful place to work. Our staff are our greatest asset providing the very highest standard of care. All our teams are all part of the Hospice team: working together to make the Hospice the best it can be. We have achieved Outstanding in the last CQC inspection. Our values: Compassion, Accessibility, Respect, Excellence, are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to offer a wide range of benefits, including:
• A warm and welcoming working environment,
• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays, increasing with length of service,
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme,
• Free car parking,
• Subsidised lunches,
• Cycle to Work Scheme,
• Shopping, leisure and holiday discounts,
• On demand GP,
• Westfield Health – Health Cash Plan,
• Life Assurance,
• A range of Wellbeing initiatives.
The available role
We are looking to appoint a Fundraising Assistant as a full time, permanent position, working 37 hours per week. Fundraising Assistant will support the work of the fundraising and office both in the Hospice and out in the community. The successful candidate will have strong communication skills and be able to make hospice supporters feel valued and appreciated. You will have good organisational skills and be able to juggle admin tasks to ensure all calls, emails and letters and dealt with efficiently. Good IT skills are essential.
Full driving licence with access to own vehicle is desirable.
Working hours: Monday to Friday 8am – 4pm (with flexibility).
How to apply
Applicants should submit up to date CV with a supporting statement setting out how you meet the criteria for the role to hr@wlh.org.uk
If you have not heard from us within two weeks after the closing date, this will mean you have been unsuccessful this time.
Please note this role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route of the Points Based System. Candidates will need to be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK in order to be eligible to take up the post.
Successful appointments will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Services Check (DBS) check.
About us
Wigan and Leigh Hospice is a well-established charity which has been operating since 1983. We provide a wide range of palliative care services to people with advancing life-limiting illnesses of any diagnosis and to those people important to them. The support we offer is tailored to meet individuals’ physical, social, spiritual and emotional needs.
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