Thank you for your interest in the work of Moorfields Eye Charity. We believe that people’s sight matters and wish to strengthen our committed and passionate staff team by appointing a Director of finance and resources.
We are the main fundraising and grant-making charity supporting the work of Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Moorfields) and its academic partner UCL (in particular the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology), two world-leading institutions. We invest in life-changing eye health by funding innovative research, equipment, patient care and training – benefitting patients in the UK and around the world.
We have ambitious plans. We have put into action a five-year business plan that is supporting our growth from fundraising from around £6 million annually to becoming a £10 million a year charity.
We are a partner in the once-in-a-century opportunity to create a new home for eye care, research and education, bringing together Moorfields and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology (an initiative known as Oriel). Construction has started and the new centre is expected to open in 2027 and will be located near St Pancras in London. Philanthropy is playing a critical role in the delivery of this new centre and we are leading a fundraising campaign, in partnership with UCL, to raise £100 million to support this.
Alongside this we are focused on growing our wider fundraising and grant-making activity to increase even further our support of Moorfields and UCL and the impact of our work.
We joined Moorfields Eye Charity because we’re passionate about eye health and wanted to support the pioneering work of the world-leading partnership between Moorfields and UCL. The years ahead will be a time of exciting transformation for our charity as we play a pivotal role in creating our new centre for advancing eye health, embed a culture of philanthropy across the Moorfields family, increase our fundraising and grant-making, deliver our ambitious strategy and make a difference to people living with sight loss.
We hope you are as excited as we are by the opportunity to play a key role in that journey and in shaping our future and thank you for your interest in joining our team.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Robert Dufton,
CEO