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Trusts and Foundations Manager
Permanent | Full time
Ideally 1 or 2 days a week in either in Coventry or Middlesbrough
circa £38,000 - £45.000 per annum
Are you an experienced trusts & foundations fundraiser looking to join a much loved charity which supports babies and young children who have life-limiting and life-threatening conditions.
Aquilas is delighted to be supporting Zoe’s Place in the appointment of a new Trusts and Foundations Manager, a key role at an exciting time of growth for the charity.
About the charity
Zoe’s Place is the only baby specific hospice charity in the UK, providing specialist palliative, respite and end of life care for children aged 0 to 5 with life limiting and life-threatening conditions. They offer a safe, nurturing and joyful environment where families can feel completely supported. With their dedicated nurses delivering 24-hour care, they work together to make every moment of childhood count.
About the role:
Supporting the delivery of Zoe’s Place overall income generation strategy, by researching, record keeping, applying and reporting to a portfolio of trusts and foundations to deliver long term sustainable income growth for the Trust. Overall accountability for capital projects across the Trust
Key Responsibilities:
Account manage the trust and foundations fundraising function
- Contribute to the maintenance of a comprehensive database for both hospice sites of all relevant grant making trusts and keep up to date with changes in the sector.
- Develop and write applications and bids to a wide range of funders as required.
- Work collaboratively with the Head of Fundraising and fundraising colleagues to ensure all funding opportunities are maximised
- Manage and develop relationships with new and existing funding partners.
- Work collaboratively with Director of Clinical Services, clinical teams and finance to prepare bids and reports.
- Ensure funding partners receive timely and appropriate information about the progress and outcomes of projects including written reports and evaluation in accordance with requirement.
- Responsible for delivery of income targets.
- Ensure excellent relationships are maintained with current, past and prospective funders so the Zoes Place Trust name is associated with honesty and high standards of service delivery.
- Organise visits and tours for trustees of charitable foundations if requested to both Middlesbrough and Coventry sites.
Administration and pipeline
- Use our fundraising CRM and in line with GDPR to ensure accurate and timely record keeping allowing for good stewardship.
- Carry out detailed research on prospective foundations, identify and maintain a calendar for submitting applications.
- Working with an income pipeline / tracker to ensure accurate and timely financial forecasting, identifying risk to income and mitigating accordingly.
- Ensure activities comply with current law, guidance and best practice of the Fundraising Regulator
Person Specication:
- strong track record in Trusts and Foundations fundraising
- Experience of working in the charity Sector
- Excellent and persuasive writing skills and a sharp eye for details
- Excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills
To Apply:
To receive a candidate pack or arrange a confidential conversation, please contact:
Kieran McGorrian, Head of Not for Profit Appointments, Aquilas (contact details in candidate pack)
Applications close 5pm Monday 20th April
Aquilas are wholly committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We are truly invested in our candidates and being supportive and informative throughout the application journey
Thank you!
Together for Short Lives is looking for a driven and creative Business Development Manager to develop and secure high‑value corporate partnerships that will help transform the lives of seriously ill children and their families. You’ll lead our business development strategy, build a strong pipeline of opportunities, and develop lasting relationships with prospective and existing supporters.
If you’re collaborative, tenacious and passionate about making a real impact in children’s palliative care, we’d love to hear from you.
Full‑time 1 year FTC | Hybrid (UK‑wide with travel to our Bristol Office) | £42,000
Purpose of role
The Business Development Manager will lead our efforts to secure high-profile, high-value partnerships with corporate organisations that will generate vital income for children's palliative care. Securing new partnerships and growing our income requires exceptional collaboration skills; a driven, tenacious and resourceful nature; innovation and creativity; and a passionate determination to make a difference to the lives of children and families across the UK.
The main objectives are as follows:
- Secure new corporate partnerships raising funds to support Together for Short Lives’ direct work, and our National Fundraising Scheme (raising funds on behalf of the UK’s children’s hospices).
- Develop and deliver a business development strategy, including prospect research, managing a robust pipeline of opportunities, and developing a diverse range of business development products.
- Manage and develop relationships with a portfolio of individual contacts and organisations, including prospective and existing supporters.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
We exist to ensure every seriously ill child and their family gets the high-quality children’s palliative and end of life care
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Contract type
Permanent
Location
Whittington
Hours
37.5 hrs Full time, site based
Annual salary
D1 £31,168.36 to D3 £38,129.42
Review date
19/04/2026
The postholder integrates people, place and process by connecting operational delivery with governance and strategic oversight; to protect patient dignity through environmental standards, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive patient and family experience assurance.
The aim of the role is to ultimately ensure safe, compliant, dignified and high-performing environments that actively support patient care delivery and staff workplace experience.
The role provides managerial oversight of the Clinical Facilities Coordinator and Support Facilities Coordinator, ensuring clarity of standards, regulatory compliance, cost control and service resilience.
In summary, the Facilities & Patient Experience Manager is accountable for:
- Safe, compliant and well-coordinated Facilities Services.
- Regulatory readiness across environmental, equipment and hospitality functions.
- Positive patient and family environmental experience and subsequent feedback channels.
- Performance and development of Facilities Coordinators.
- Contract oversight and cost-effective service delivery.
- Continuous improvement across the Facilities function.
Key to the quality of service we provide, this role requires a proactive approach, visible, hands-on leadership, emotional intelligence and a strong delivery mindset. The postholder must be comfortable operating within a hospice environment where compassion, discretion and professional standards must coexist.
Subsequently, success in this role depends on presence, accountability and the ability to translate policies into consistently delivered day-to-day practice.
Qualifications
Essential
·Recognised Health & Safety qualification (e.g. IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH General Certificate).
·Evidence of formal training in Infection Prevention & Control principles.
·GCSE (or equivalent) English and Maths.
Desirable
·IWFM (Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management) Level 4 or Level 5 qualification.
·Safeguarding Level 3 (or willingness to complete).
·Formal leadership/management qualification (e.g. ILM Level 5, CMI Level 5).
·Qualification or formal training in Quality Improvement methodologies.
·Contract management training.
·First Aid at Work
Knowledge and experience
Essential
·Proven experience managing operational service teams.
·Strong understanding of facilities management within a healthcare or regulated environment.
·Knowledge of CQC standards relating to safety, dignity and environment.
·Understanding of infection prevention, asset governance and stock control principles.
·Experience overseeing service contracts and performance monitoring.
·Awareness of safeguarding and public-space risk management.
Values
·Exhibits our hospice values and behaviours
Skills
Essential
·Highly people-oriented with strong interpersonal skills.
·Practical mindset - focuses on solutions rather than process for its own sake.
·Able to provide supportive but firm supervision to staff and volunteers.
·Comfortable having difficult conversations when standards are not met.
Personal Attributes
·Visible, hands-on leadership style.
·Strong emotional intelligence and ability to operate in sensitive environments.
·Calm and decisive under pressure.
·Ability to balance compassion with regulatory discipline.
·Strong accountability mindset.
·Confident in holding others to performance standards.
·Analytical thinker able to interpret feedback data and translate into action.
·Excellent communicator across clinical and corporate audience.
Other requirements
·Valid driving licence
·Eligibility to work in the UK
·Please note that St Giles Hospice does not hold a sponsorship licence and is therefore unable to accept sponsorship requests
Just so you know:
This post is subject to a Disclose and Barring Service (DBS) check.
We may review applications before the application review date, however, if you apply after the application review date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role; this may be earlier than the closing date.
If you have not heard within 14 days of the application close date, then please consider that your application has been unsuccessful at this time.
As part of your application your data will be managed in line with St Giles Hospice Privacy Policy and kept for 6 months. If you would like to see this in full, please visit our website for our Privacy Policy. This is in extension to Charity Job Privacy Policy.
Registered Charity
101 - 500
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