Frimley Health Charity is ready for its next chapter. Join us to build visibility, unlock opportunity and create lasting impact across one of the UK's largest NHS Trusts.
About the role
As Director of Charity, you will lead the next phase of the charity’s development. Working closely with the Trust’s senior leadership teams, Board members and staff, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across fundraising, governance, charitable expenditure, partnerships and supporter engagement.
This is not simply a fundraising role. Success will depend on your ability to build relationships, raise the charity’s profile, strengthen ways of working and create momentum across the organisation.
Leading a small and high-performing team, you will balance strategic leadership with hands-on delivery. You will be comfortable rolling up your sleeves to develop new processes, drive projects forward and support day-to-day operations, ensuring the charity is well run, highly visible and positioned for sustainable growth.
You will help shape future opportunities, develop new partnerships and ensure charitable funds are invested where they can make the greatest impact. This is a role for someone who enjoys building, influencing and making things happen.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for an experienced and values-led leader who combines strategic thinking with practical delivery. You will bring experience of leading people, developing income, partnerships or services and working confidently with a wide range of stakeholders.
You will be comfortable operating in a complex environment and able to balance long-term ambition with day-to-day delivery.
You will be an excellent relationship builder, capable of engaging clinicians, staff, volunteers, donors, trustees and community partners.
Commercial awareness, sound judgement and the ability to identify growth opportunities will be important. Most importantly, you will combine confidence with humility.
You will be collaborative, emotionally intelligent and able to bring people with you while creating positive change.
Experience within healthcare or NHS charities would be beneficial, but we are equally interested in hearing from candidates who can demonstrate the leadership, relationship-building and organisational development skills needed to succeed in this unique role.
To access the job information pack for this position, please follow the instructions on the ‘How to Apply’ page. Following this, should you like to have an informal conversation, you can email our advising consultant at Peridot Partners:
James Hunt | james@peridotpartners.co.uk | 07711 405444
Welcome from the Associate Director of Strategy
Dear Candidate,
Thank you for your interest in becoming Director of Charity at Frimley Health Charity. This is an important appointment for our organisation and one that comes at a significant moment in our journey.
Frimley Health Charity exists to support patients, families and staff across Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.
Through charitable investment, we help fund projects, services, equipment and innovations that go beyond what NHS funding alone can provide, improving experiences, environments and outcomes for the communities we serve.
Over the last 9 months, the charity has undergone a period of significant transformation. We have reshaped the team, strengthened our foundations and taken time to reflect on how the charity can create the greatest impact.
We are now looking for a Director who can help shape and deliver the next chapter. This is not a role where you will inherit a fixed blueprint.
Instead, we are seeking someone who is energised by the opportunity to build, improve and create momentum. Someone who can strengthen the charity’s visibility, deepen engagement across our hospitals and communities, and develop sustainable opportunities for future growth.
You will inherit a committed and capable team, strong support from the Trust’s executive leadership and Trustees and a genuine opportunity to influence how the charity develops in the years ahead.
The scale of opportunity is considerable. Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust serves almost one million people and employs around 14,000 staff across our hospital sites. We know there is much more we can do to connect people with the charity’s purpose, unlock support and demonstrate the difference charitable funding can make.
Success in this role will depend as much on how you work as what you do. We are looking for someone who combines confidence with humility. Someone who can build relationships, listen carefully, challenge constructively and bring people together around a shared purpose. Someone equally comfortable discussing long-term strategy, engaging with donors and supporters, working alongside trustees and clinicians, or helping remove barriers that prevent good ideas becoming reality.
You will need to be strategic and operational; with a small team, you will be expected to take on projects as well as lead.
Most of all, we are looking for a leader who shares our commitment to improving the lives of patients, families and staff, and who wants to help shape a charity that is ambitious, collaborative and deeply connected to the communities we serve.
If that sounds like the kind of challenge that excites you, I hope you will consider applying.
I look forward to learning more about you.
Warm regards,
Claudine Sustarich
Associate Director of Strategy, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
About us
Every day, Frimley Health Charity helps our NHS go further, delivering better care for patients, stronger support for staff and meaningful benefits for our communities.
While the UK government funds the health service, there are limits to what this can provide. Our charity helps the NHS go beyond those limits.
From funding advanced medical equipment and ground-breaking technology to creating well-being spaces for staff, our work has a real and lasting impact. The charity supports and is aligned to Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust’s vision and aligns to its strategic ambitions.
The charity’s mission is simple: to build a thriving NHS and a healthier community for everyone.
Charity fundraising principles
To deliver our strategy effectively, we’ve defined clear fundraising principles. These guide our work across our hospitals and local communities, ensuring every project aligns with our strategy and makes a meaningful difference.
Highly satisfied patients
Improving patient experience means more than treating illness it means ensuring people feel cared for, supported and reassured. We fund projects that directly enhance comfort, reduce stress and improve clinical care, including state-of-the-art equipment and specialist staff training. By working closely with patients, families and clinical teams, we ensure every initiative delivers maximum impact.
Modern infrastructure
We are committed to investing in pioneering research and innovative technology, digital technologies and modernising our estate to transform healthcare locally and nationally. By supporting breakthroughs in treatment and care, we help accelerate medical innovation and bring new therapies to patients sooner. Our focus is on projects with the power to revolutionise healthcare and change lives.
Engaged people
Our well-being principle focuses on funding programmes that support mental, emotional, and physical health. When patients and families feel supported, they cope better with the challenges of illness. When staff feel valued and cared for, they are better equipped to deliver outstanding care. Our fundraising helps make this possible.
Excellent quality
Frimley Health Charity is committed to ensuring everyone in our community can access high-quality healthcare. Our equality and inclusion principle focuses on raising funds for initiatives that reduce health inequalities and improve access for underserved and marginalised groups. We also support programmes that promote diversity and inclusion across the healthcare workforce, ensuring our services reflect the communities we serve.
Charity governance
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust serves as the Corporate Trustee of the Charity. The Charitable Funds Committee (CFC), chaired by a Non- Executive Director, oversees day-to-day management and reports regularly to the Trustee. The CFC includes Trust Executives, Directors, and independent members, ensuring strong oversight and robust governance.
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Thank you for your interest in this role. Please download the job information pack.
To formally apply, please submit a CV and supporting statement (ideally maximum 2 sides of A4 each) that clearly outlines your suitability for the role against the criteria provided in the person specification, including your interest and motivation in applying for this position.
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For an informal conversation about this opportunity, you can email our advising consultant at Peridot Partners:
James Hunt | james@peridotpartners.co.uk | 07711 405 444
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Timetable
Closing date: 9 a.m. Wednesday 15th July 2026
Candidates informed of outcome: By COB Friday 17th July 2026
First stage interviews (virtual): Wednesday 22nd July 2026
Second stage interviews (in person, Frimley): Thursday 30th July 2026 (PM)
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