Community Engagement Executive

LOCATION:
Home Based with travel to all six regions
HOURS: 37.5 hours per week (including evenings and weekends)
SALARY: £26,000 -£28,000 per annum (dependent on experience)

Midlands Air Ambulance Charity is an independent health care provider and is rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We are responsible for delivering a pre-hospital emergency helicopter led service across the Midlands Region – we proudly serve the diverse communities of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands.

Midlands Air Ambulance Charity (MAAC) is the largest Air Ambulance Charity in England serving a population of nearly seven million over six counties. We are an established healthcare provider with over three decades of experience. Our core organisational divisions include:

Emergency critical care service – our three airbases play a pivotal role in delivering rapid critical prehospital emergency medical care, by ensuring that residents across the Midlands region have access to a network of air ambulance helicopters within 10 minutes. We provide a pre-hospital helicopter‑led service, 24/7 operations, 365 days a year, to residents and visitors across the Midlands region, bringing hospital‑level procedures and medicines to the patient at the scene of an accident or incident.

Charitable programme – we raise funds for our lifesaving service and play an active role within the communities of the six counties that we serve. We provide education programmes, volunteering opportunities and social engagement activities to support with community cohesion and wellbeing.

Retail network – we have a growing portfolio of charity shops which contribute towards raising funds for helicopter and critical care car missions. We also support environmental and ethical causes as part of our wider societal role.

Training provider – we deliver community life skill sessions, such as CPR, bleed control and defibrillation usage, alongside CPD accredited courses, ranging from workplace first aid training to specialist pre‑hospital clinical training.
The organisation is driven by a longstanding and deep‑rooted ‘One Team’ ethos:

Vision – Saving Lives by Saving Time – Today, tomorrow, and in the future.

Mission – To provide patients with outstanding pre‑hospital care and life saving intervention through the operation of helicopter‑led emergency medical services.

Values – Receptive, Recognition, Relevant, Respectful and Responsible.

We are seeking a dynamic and innovative person to work as part of a team with the Shop Manager at our Brand New Shop in Halesowen. As well as deputising for the manager on occasion, you will work together to maximise the shop sales and identify new income opportunities. You will also enjoy the freedom of working with each other to set the direction of the shop at a local level, as well as assisting to lead a team of our brilliant volunteers.

So being bored is not an option!

As part of Midland Air Ambulance Charity’s (MAAC) Community team, the Community Engagement Executive is responsible for taking a proactive approach to raising the profile of the charity and deepening relationships with a range of supporters, as well as the general public, in the local communities we serve. As a key community ambassador for MAAC, you will work to increase our supporter base across our region and help generate agreed income through community fundraising activity.

You will provide support to the Community Fundraising Lead and Community Fundraising Manager, working within the wider fundraising division. As a key member of the team, the Community Engagement Executive will implement the fundraising strategy for MAAC comprising of both in person and online community engagement methods, as well as working on special projects determined by business need.

The Community Engagement Executive will be responsible for developing a pipeline of potential supporters by attending and organising a range of public facing events across the six counties to help promote MAAC’S key campaigns, including our Training and Retail arms. You…