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• Full-time (35 hours per week) - flexible requests will be considered
• Hybrid with minimum 2 days in the office in London
• Closing 11:59pm, 22nd Nov 2026 GMT
• Round 1 Interviews: w/c 23rd November
• Round 2 in person : from 1st December

Whizz Kidz is transforming. Following the launch of a newly developed Fundraising strategy, this is an exciting time to lead and grow a high performing trusts and foundations programme that secures significant income to support young wheelchair users across the UK. This Trusts & Foundations Lead is a pivotal role, where you will help shape the ideas, vision and manage a portfolio of high value trusts and foundations, personally securing and stewarding five and six figure grants. You will lead a small team, providing strategic direction, coaching and support to maximise performance and income growth.

Working closely with colleagues across services, finance, fundraising and marcoms, you will develop compelling funding proposals, build strong relationships with funders, and ensure excellent stewardship through high-quality reporting and account management.

Reporting to the Head of High Value Relationships, you will play a key role in further developing and delivering the trusts and foundations strategy, identifying new opportunities for growth and ensuring the team achieves ambitious income targets.

See our website for full details on the job description. 

The person

As the Trusts and Foundations Lead you will get into the heart of the organisation and use your passion, experience and skills to identify and lead approaches to trust, foundations, lottery and other organisations personally securing gifts of £50k-£1m+.

 The Trust and Foundations Lead will be responsible for delivering annual trust and foundation income in excess of £4million through a combination of personally held relationships and team performance.

 You will have experience identifying and researching prospects with capacity and propensity to support our work and you will have outstanding written skills, including the ability to present complex information in writing, with an excellent eye for detail.  You will want to play a vital role within the High Value Relationships team helping to create a strong team spirit and high performing culture that is delivering against financial targets, proactively supporting efforts to unlock income to support young wheelchairs users and their families. 

See our website for a full person specification. 

Please note: This post is subject to a Basic level DBS Disclosure, which will be sought prior to the confirmation of a job offer.

A few perks

The wellbeing of our colleagues is of paramount importance to our success as an organisation, and we want to ensure that our benefits package provides something of value for everyone, whether it is our generous holiday entitlement, wellbeing days, Healthcare cash plan, long-service awards. We hope you agree!

Annual leave

25 days of annual leave per annum plus Bank Holiday (pro-rata for part time colleagues).

Christmas closure

In addition to annual leave, employees get three days of paid Christmas leave.

Pension

Automatic enrolment for all colleagues with the option to opt out. Contributions of 5% gross salary made by both Whizz Kidz and employees. We will match higher contributions of up to 6% of gross basic salary.

Simple health

Automatic enrolment in a fully paid for cash plan that assists you with everyday health costs. This scheme is also available to your families for an extra charge.

Season ticket loan

An interest free loan of up to £5,000 following the successful completion of the Probationary Period.

For further information and to apply, visit our website, via the apply button.