About this role: Trusts and foundations is a key area of growth for Autistica. In 2019/20 the trusts and foundations team brought in £600k, the most ever raised from this income stream at Autistica. This role is a fantastic opportunity for a high-performing, relationship-driven and strategic trusts and foundations expert to lead a growing income area.

About Autistica: Autistica is the UK’s autism research charity. Our mission is to create the breakthroughs which will enable our community to live happier, healthier, longer lives. In the past five years, Autistica has:

• Invested £3.5 million in autism research, funding 37 studies spanning mental health, language & communication, early intervention, adult diagnosis and epilepsy.
• Set up the UK’s first autism research network, recruiting 16,000 network members to help us and our partners do bigger and better research.
• Secured autism and learning disability as a top priority in the new NHS Long-Term Plan, and a government commitment to develop a national autism research strategy.

Main responsibilities:

Income generation and project development

• Research potential new trusts and foundations to develop a strong pipeline of multi-year, strategic asks and partnerships.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues in corporate and major donor teams to identify new opportunities to raise funds.
• Work with the Director of Fundraising to leverage new trusts and foundations connections and opportunities through Autistica’s Board of Trustees.
• Lead on developing template cases for support for each project area, ensuring they are always up-to-date and impactful.
• Create compelling, detailed and highly tailored applications for new project ideas, working closely with the Chief Executive, Head of Research, Head of Policy and others to produce proposals, budgets and project plans.

Strategy and team leadership

• Lead the planning and delivery of the trusts and foundations fundraising strategy, to grow income in this area and meet the team’s annual target.
• Line manage the Trusts and Foundations Officer, supporting them to achieve team goals and develop their skills and knowledge.
• Lead on monitoring and maintaining systems to track project-by-project income, monitor project spend and log unfunded project ideas.
• Ensure financial reporting is maintained and accurate, including annual income and expenditure budgeting, donor pipelines, monthly forecasting and weekly income tracking.
• Represent trusts and foundations across the organisation, including attending relevant “Heads of” meetings, reporting income in the weekly chaser meetings and keeping the Director of Fundraising abreast of activity.

Stewardship

• Work closely with the Science team to support the stewardship and management of restricted grants secured towards research projects.
• Manage and develop key donor relationships, working with the Chief Executive and Director of Fundraising to develop and strengthen relationships at Trustee and operational levels.
• Ensure that donors receive regular and timely progress reports and appropriate recognition of their gifts.

Compliance

• Using the Raiser’s Edge database system, ensure that up-to-date and GDPR-compliant records are kept for all donor contacts.
• Ensure that all fundraising activities undertaken are legal, ethical and based on good practice guidelines such as those from the Fundraising Regulator and conducted in a way compatible with Autistica’s policies and professional reputation.

Essential requirements:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Demonstrable experience of regularly securing six-figure grants, and a track record of meeting targets and deadlines.
• Experience of producing timely, high-quality reports and delivering exceptional stewardship of trust donors.
• Ability to assess, comprehend and manage complex written and financial information quickly and accurately.
• Highly developed written communication skills that result in the production of clear and persuasive proposals and reports.
• Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with donors and operate at a senior level.
• Proven ability to form positive and productive relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills, demonstrating the ability to understand and communicate complex research and policy issues.
• An understanding and appreciation of the legislation affecting charity fundraising.

Desirable requirements:

• A background in research or science or experience of fundraising for a research charity or academic institution.
• Experience in statutory fundraising.
• Experience in project design and proposal development.

How to apply: Please apply online with your CV and a one-page cover letter by Thursday 7 January. Interviews will be held w/c 11 January.

Office location: Please note all Autistica staff will be working remotely until at least April 2021. We will then be seeking new office space in central London. 

Mission Without Borders (MWB) is an international Christian charity working with over 10,000 children and 2,000 families in Eastern Europe every year.  We operate in eighteen countries across the world with fundraising offices in twelve and field offices in the other six.  MWB seek to bring practical and spiritual support, enabling and encouraging people to lift themselves out of poverty, and always sharing the hope that is found in Jesus Christ.

We are recruiting for a Trusts and Major Donor Manager who will raise income from charitable trusts, donors and statutory sources for the varied and growing work programs MWB run in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania and Ukraine.

You will be someone who is proactive and organised, with excellent writing skills and works well with others to ensure that applications, cases for support and reports are inspiring, accurate and excellent. You will develop and submit funding applications, approaches and pitches for income to meet agreed annual targets.

You will have experience in trust/ statutory fundraising and in developing and submitting applications to funders. You will also have a great track record of achieving and exceeding income targets. This is an exciting time to join as MWB has recently undergone a major strategic review including a new mission, vision and values.

If MWB’s vision is a cause that inspires you and the position fits with your skills, values and experience, then we would love to hear from you.

The position offers flexibility with a mix of home working and office based to be discussed. This is a full-time position, but we are open to hearing from candidates who are able to work a minimum of 3 days a week.

 To Apply: Please send a  CV,with a covering letter of no more than 2 pages highlighting your reasons for applying and explaining your ability to fulfil the main tasks of the role and meet the Person Specification.

Closing date for applications is midday on Friday 8th January. However, we are scheduling informal interviews as applications come in. So apply now.

About us

Christian Aid is a leading  international development and humanitarian charity that has been working to combat poverty for 70 years. Our vision is a world where everyone has fullness of life; a life lived with dignity, free from poverty and need; where global resources are equitably shared and sustainably used; and where the voice and agency of the poor and marginalised are fully realised.

About the role

This role works strategically within the Trusts and Foundations team to maximise Christian Aid’s income, with a focus on building high-impact high-value relationships with US, EU and UK trusts and foundations through strategic partnerships. The post holder will focus on a specific strategy of managing US trust growth. The team is highly ambitious with intentions to grow income in the years ahead.

About you

We are looking for a team-player to join our friendly, hard-working and ambitious team:

Essential

• Strong track record in securing six-figure + gifts from trusts and foundations
• Strong track record in converting prospective givers into donors
• Strong networking ability to generate new leads
• Good knowledge and experience of designing quality proposals
• Experience of producing in-depth, motivating and inspiring proposals and funding reports
• Experience in responding appropriately to the requirements and demands of funders, with the ability to handle and respond positively to pressure
• A proven ability to devise, implement and manage strategies and budgets
• A proven ability to monitor initiatives and evaluate findings systematically and methodically
• Ability to report findings to the organisation clearly and concisely
• Knowledge of the international charitable trust and foundations market, including trends

Desirable

• Programme management experience
• Development studies or relevant degree
• Experience raising income from US trusts and foundations
• Experience raising income from statutory bodies 
• Language skills (especially Spanish, French or Portuguese)
• Experience of working within an international development organisation
• Other marketing/fundraising techniques

Further information

This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based. We will consider job share opportunities. 

We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

Christian Aid is committed to providing a safe and trusted environment for every person connected to the work we do; and to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour including sexual harassment and exploitation, abuse, and financial misconduct. Any candidate offered a job with Christian Aid is expected to share and demonstrate our values and adhere to Christian Aid’s Safeguarding policy and sign Christian Aid’s Code of Conduct.

You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, a season ticket loan, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

Application Process

If you are interested in applying for this role, please support a CV and a covering letter which explains why you are interested in the role and how you meet the essential and desirable criteria. If you have specific experience fundraising from US trusts and foundations, please highlight this.

Interview Process

The interview will include a written task as well as a competency based interview.

We are seeking a pro-active and experienced charity communications professional who can strategize to both develop and deliver a step change in our communications using available technology to improve our grant giving and share our collective learning with the wider educational sector. BFSS is currently on a journey of change, dramatically improving communications to further engage our grantees and members and share our collective learning with the wider educational sector is integral to this journey. 

BFSS was formed in 1808 by Christian social reformers to carry on the work of Joseph Lancaster, a pioneer of school and teacher education.  BFSS is now a non-religious grant giving charity and is working towards its vison of educational opportunity for all by supporting small and medium sized charities to address educational disadvantage in the UK and around the world. We make annual grants of around £900,000 per annum to UK registered charities and educational establishments. We are a membership charity with other 150 members from the not for profit and wider educational sector. Our income comes mainly from our investment portfolio so we it do not at present engage in fundraising.

BFSS has a small team part-time members of staff comprising of a Director, Grants Manager and Grants Assistant.  Although we are expecting this to be a freelance position we would like the Communications Manager to become an integral part of our close knit team. We have estimated that our new Communications Manager will need to be able to dedicate at least 40 days per year to support BFSS. The workload will vary at different times of the year according to the BFSS annual cycle of activities.

Grants Fundrasising Officer  - Caring For Life 

The position is full time and is based at Crag House Farm in Leeds. 

The specific role of the Grants Fundraising Officer is to apply for funding from Trusts, Foundations and grant-making bodies. The role also involves helping to nurture other areas of support.

As part of the fundraising team, the role will also involve assisting with general duties at busy times, such as Community Open Days, Supporters’ Days, formal visits and practical tasks at peak times. 

Experience of researching and applying to Trusts, writing proposals and reports, and using databases would be greatly beneficial, but not essential. However excellent written and spoken communication skills are essential to this role, along with IT skills. 

The post will involve writing about the charity’s firm Christian foundation and it may also involve taking an active role in providing compassionate and consistent care to beneficiaries.It may also involve taking part in prayer times, providing personal testimony in experiencing Jesus’ love with both beneficiaries, and members of the local community.You may be asked to assist in supporting presentations, representing the Trust predominantly to Christian church groups. 

As such, there is a requirement for the holder of this post to be a practising Christian.This is an Occupational Requirement in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

To enquire about the post or to receive an application pack, please contact Buffy Parkinson, HR Manager.  Closing date for applications is 3rd January 2021. 

Contributing to the delivery of the vision of Trussell Trust to end hunger in the UK by ensuring that evaluation and impact is at the heart of all our grant offerings. You are responsible for ensuring the valuable quantitative and qualitative impact data produced through grant funded projects is captured and communicated effectively. The role will also monitor the outcomes of grant funded projects to ensure they comply with terms and conditions, and grant funds are used for agreed expenditure.

St Joseph's Hospice was founded in 1905 by the Religious Sisters of Charity and as such it has a rich, Catholic heritage which informs our work today: to support and welcome those in need, from all different cultures, religions and backgrounds.

We provide high-quality specialist palliative care for patients with cancer and other life-threatening conditions across East and North London. We have a large team of clinical staff who work across community, in-patient and out-patient services delivering individualised, responsive, and holistic support to patients and their families/carers.

Outline of job role and purpose

We are seeking an experienced trust & grants fundraiser with a track record of securing significant income from trusts, foundations and statutory bodies.

The Trust & Grants Manager plays a pivotal role in our small but dynamic fundraising team and will be responsible for identifying potential funders, managing funder pipelines and writing effective bids and evaluation reports.

You will need:

• Ability to write and submit compelling funding applications
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written
• Ability to do effective research to understand funders interests and maximise potential for success
• Ability to plan ahead and work to deadlines

Continuation of NHS Pension Scheme is available.

We offer 27 days' holiday plus public holidays and excellent pension scheme.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

For further information, please contact Melanie Reed, Head of Fundraising, as detailed via the Apply button.

Applicants are subject to enhanced DBS (previously CRB).

Grants Manager
Location: King’s Cross, London
Contract: 12 month FTC
Salary: £36,000 per annum

Since 1903 Art Fund has supported the development of museum and public collections. We are looking to recruit a full-time Grants Manager (12 months fixed term contract) to play a key role in delivering Art Fund’s charitable programme through the assessment of applications, distribution of funding and management of relationships with individual applicants across Art Fund’s grant making portfolio. To take a lead in managing the delivery of the second phase of Art Fund’s support for museums and galleries in response to Covid-19 plus other strategic programmes as required.

The perfect candidate will be an experienced grants manager who has experience of managing funding with museums, arts, cultural or heritage organisations. The successful candidate will also have an excellent track record working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

Closing date: 7th December 2020

For more information:
Please download the Job Description included below and click the apply button to attach your CV, it will be sent automatically to us. 

Thank you for your interest in Art Fund. We will review your application and will contact you if you have been selected for interview.

We receive an overwhelming number of responses to our posts and unfortunately, are unable to reply individually to every applicant or provide feedback.

No agencies please. 

Grants Manager

Join our award-winning team and help change billions of lives. Including yours.

Compassion in World Farming International is the leading international farm animal welfare organisation. Factory farming affects billions of animals – and every human on the planet. There are humane alternatives to this global crisis. Will you help us tell this story?

In an age where the debate about food provenance, sustainability and safety has never been more urgent, the challenge for Compassion in World Farming International is to combat the spread of factory farming and ensure that animal welfare becomes a fundamental consideration within the global food system.

This role will play a critical part in delivering a new re-granting project aimed at supporting grass roots organisations in Asia seeking to start or grow their farm animal welfare advocacy capability.

Grants Manager Requirements:

The successful applicant will need to demonstrate prior experience of grant making, be highly numerate, demonstrate strong planning and project management skills together with excellent research and data-analytic skills.

They will demonstrate excellent communications and interpersonal skills together with the ability to work with people at all levels and from diverse backgrounds. Excellent attention to detail and commitment to high standards

They will have operational responsibility for ensuring the development and provision of high-quality grants administration and related processes. They will also be responsible for developing and implementing compliance policies and control and designing and providing appropriate training and support to colleagues on the same

The post is based at the Compassion in World Farming international headquarters in Godalming, Surrey (45 minutes from London Waterloo). The office is a 3 minute walk from Godalming mainline train station.

About CiWFI - Compassion in World Farming International:

Compassion in World Farming International is the leading international farm animal welfare organisation. Factory farming affects billions of animals – and every human on the planet. There are humane alternatives to this global crisis. Will you help us tell this story?
In an age where the debate about food provenance, sustainability and safety has never been more urgent, the challenge for Compassion in World Farming is to combat the spread of factory farming and ensure that animal welfare becomes a fundamental consideration within the global food system.

Please apply as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed regularly and interviews may take place on a rolling programme.

Please complete the online application form and upload your CV and covering letter detailing how you meet the person specification of the job description

Location: Godalming, Surrey GU7 1EZ, Initially to work remotely. Expectation of regular attendance at Godalming HQ during the contract period.

Job type: Full Time, 15 to 16 months (depending on start date), Fixed Term Contract (37 hours per week)

Salary: Up to £37,500 p.a. (depending on experience)

Closing Date: Sunday 3rd January

No Agencies please.

You may have experience of the following: Grants Manager, Research Funding, Fundraising Manager, Research Funding Manager, Grants Management, Fundraising, etc.

The Henry Smith Charity is one of the largest grant making foundations in the UK distributing around £30m of grants each year. It aims to bring about lasting change to people's lives, helping them to benefit from and contribute to society, and achieves this by funding organisations that work with people to reduce social and economic disadvantage.   

We are delighted to be recruiting for a Grants Manager to join their current team. The post holder will work closely with Senior Grants Managers, Grants Managers and the wider organisation to deliver the grants assessment process and manage a caseload of grants. The Charity is moving in the direction of increased focus on monitoring and evaluation and this post would be tasked with maximising learning in designated areas, contributing to ongoing knowledge development and integrating it into grants management moving forward.

The successful candidate will ideally have a proven track record of managing a portfolio of grants/contracts/SLAs or similar as well as considerable administration and database (ideally Blackbaud Grantmaking) experience in the charity sector. You will have previous experience in a grants or commissioning based role. Highly organised and dedicated, this person will possess excellent attention to detail and outstanding written and verbal communication skills. Strong analytical skills, both quantitative and qualitative, are essential coupled with a genuine empathy with the voluntary sector.   

The team at The Henry Smith Charity welcome specialisms in any type of grant making!

This role represents an excellent opportunity to work in an established grant making organisation.

Henry Smith Charity highly value the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion and therefore welcome applications from people with a wide range of backgrounds and experience to enrich their team.

To find out more about this role, please apply with a Word format version of your CV; cover letters are not required at this stage. A full job description will be provided to candidates shortlisted by Prospectus.   

My client is a fast-growing environmental management consultancy who have developed a fantastic working culture for their people. Their values reflect their mission of outcomes-focused achievements and they want their staff to enjoy their careers as they excel at their work.

We are looking for a native or very fluent German - speaker to be based in either their London or Munich offices.

The role:

• This role is responsible for ensuring effective grant management and reporting for their donors - a range of individuals, foundations and public (government) donors. You will develop and deliver the processes to manage grants and contracts from major funders.
• You will work with the Programme Manager to develop and monitor financial management tools, budgets and spending forecasts relating to individual grants and their workstream components.
• You will ensure that grants are accounted for according to funder restrictions and reporting schedules are planned in line with their requirements, producing high quality reports, tailored to individual donors' needs.
• You will also support the drafting of new grant applications from public and philanthropic donors and provide advice and training to staff as appropriate to strengthen and broaden fund management expertise within the company.

Requirements:

• Substantial experience of dealing with major funders and delivering high quality grant management and reporting.
• Excellent writing skills, strong financial acumen, and the ability to work with colleagues across the business to bring together the information required to deliver the best for their donors.
• Relationship management skills, also on a very senior level and in various cultural contexts.
• A team player who can engage in and contribute to team culture to ensure excellent team collaboration
• High levels of organizational capability to effectively coordinate timelines and deliverables.
• A detail-oriented approach with the ability to proactively implement and improve operational processes for high-quality delivery of reporting procedures
• (Desirable) Experience in grant management within the consultancy/sustainability/environment/social enterprise space
• Fluent speaker in both German and English is essential

This business benefits from world-leading networks globally and there is a real emphasis on staff being part of a high-calibre, driven, inclusive, friendly and fun team.

A large grant giving charity in central London are looking for an experienced charity accountant to business partner with their grant-making teams and manage a Financial Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Providing strategic charity finance advice to non-financial colleagues
• Assessing the financial health of grant applicants in order to support decision making
• Undertaking financial modelling of the underlying assets and investment of the charity, scenario modelling to decide the appropriate amount to be given in grants in a given period
• Identifying training needs of non-financial colleagues and delivering financial information relevant to their roles
• Line management of one Financial Accountant

Requirements:

• A fully qualified accountant, you must be able to demonstrate you have up to date technical knowledge of a full finance qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA)
• Detailed knowledge of Charity SORP, Charity Commission Governance and tax regulations relevant to charities
• You must have significant experience in an accountancy role in the third sector (this can be in-house experience or from auditing registered charities)
• Accounting experience in a grant-making charity is desirable, but not essential.
• Outstanding verbal communication skills and demonstrable experience of working with senior stakeholders
• Experience of working with an integrated finance system (ideally Oracle) and outstanding Excel skills

Please note that this role will interview and start on a remote basis, but this position will be based in Central London once it is safe to do so.

Initial conversations on this role will be happening on a rolling basis, please contact Emma Jaggs at Allen Lane for more information or to apply.

Are you an accomplished Grants Officer who has set up and launched a new Grant scheme? Are you available immediately to start in this exciting role?

Our client has received funding for a grants scheme to support units who are facing financial difficulty as a result of Covid-19.  This role will establish and coordinate a grants scheme to the charity’s units in response to financial difficulties that they have faced due to Covid-19. This is a temporary role which could become permanent.

You will be responsible for establishing the processes for the new grants scheme and setting up the application process. You will also oversee the launch of the scheme and monitor and measure the impact.

The ideal candidate will have established a successful grants scheme and be available immediately to start on the 14th December.

To find out more about this exciting role then please apply with a Word copy of your CV. A supporting statement will be required from shortlisted candidates.

Please note, given the unprecedented volume of interest in our roles, consultants are unable to support with general job search advice or specific enquiries before application.

Reprieve has ambitious and exciting plans towards realising our vision for the world, and the Development and Outreach Team is responsible for ensuring we have the funds needed to achieve our goals. The Development and Outreach Officer will be directly responsible for developing a pipeline of prospective funders and generating new income from trusts, foundations and statutory bodies (with a focus on the US and in Europe), whilst managing and maximising a portfolio of grant relationships and building the profile of Reprieve and our partners through applications to relevant awards.

We are looking for an experienced fundraiser with a strong track-record of successful applications to charitable trusts, foundations, and statutory bodies, and someone with the professionalism, energy, creativity and drive to seek out and make the most of funding opportunities. You do not necessarily require experience in raising funds for human rights causes, but you do need to be able to rapidly get to grips with Reprieve’s key areas of work and the impact we seek to achieve, and be able to articulate this to donors in a way that is accessible, accurate and compelling.

The Development and Outreach Team is a small and close-knit team, so you will need to be both self-sufficient and a team player. You will regularly collaborate with people across Reprieve, from caseworkers, to the finance team and operations, as well as local partners and fellows. You will be an excellent communicator with a passion for Reprieve, and the willingness to muck in on all tasks big or small in order to ensure that Reprieve is in the best position possible to keep delivering justice and saving lives.  

For full details and information on how to apply please see the job description and person specification.