Trusts & Grants Coordinator

Trusts & Grants Coordinator

Midlands Wide

This is a great role for someone with a passion for making a difference through their research and analytical skills.

Salary:£27845 per annum

Location:B24 8HZ, LE18 4TP, NG7 2SD

Benefits: 25 days holiday, pro-rata, 5.5% Employer Pension Contribution including Life Cover, Occupational Sick Pay Benefits & Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Leave and Pay, plus more

Reporting to: Trusts, Grants & Foundations Manager

About FareShare Midlands

FareShare Midlands is the region’s largest food redistribution charity, tackling inequality, transforming lives and ensuring no good food goes to waste. We rescue surplus food and redistribute it to 650 local charities and community organisations, feeding 60,000 people every week. We also invest in communities, providing education, training and volunteering opportunities, helping over 700 individuals to date to build a better future. Together, we’re fighting hunger, reducing food waste and creating opportunities across the Midlands. Learn more here or read our latest Annual Report Snapshot here.

About the Role:

As Trusts & Grants Researcher and Coordinator you will manage a pipeline of trust and foundations making applications for support on behalf of FareShare Midlands central mission of food redistribution. You will work with colleagues across FareShare Midlands to better develop the case for support used to secure unrestricted income. You will undertake proactive research to identify pipeline of new funding opportunities as well as evaluating existing pipeline opportunities, making recommendations to follow through. You will play a key role in supporting the team in delivering income, contributing directly to FareShare Midlands’ income targets and growth plans.

Key Responsibilities:

Funding Pipeline Development & Prospect Research

• Review and current pipeline of fundraising opportunities, prioritising opportunities by value, likelihood and strategic fit.
• Undertake regular prospect research using databases (e.g. funds online, the charity commission website, idox etc) as well as other funding portals, trusts, foundations and government programmes.
• Assess eligibility criteria aligned with organisational priorities, making recommendations.
• Work proactively to identify and develop a pipeline of new opportunities in trusts, grants, foundations and corporate fundraising to secure new income for FareShare Midlands.
• Maintain an up to date rolling 12-to-18-month pipeline and calendar.
• Assist on project development working with colleagues to build in the needs and preferences of funders to ensure projects can attract support.
• Research evidence, statistics and supporting information required for applications.

Reporting and Impact

• Coordinating team specific case studies and impact data for bids
• Coordinating evaluation and evidence collection for funder reports
• Working with the stewardship officer and comms team to identify and develop impact stories and relevant data
• Assist the team to develop strong project narratives, objectives, activities, outputs, outcomes and impact measures.

Monitoring & Administration

• Working closely with the team, ensure effective recording, monitoring, tracking and reporting of trusts and foundations funders, including document management.
• Support the team on accurate record keeping of applications.
• Co-ordinate/Monitoring funder requirements and deadlines.
• Calendar management.
• Income forecasting for trusts & grants.
• Support the team with events.

Skills, knowledge and abilities

• Research driven and analytical.
• Able to work to multiple and simultaneous deadlines.
• Able to work independently.
• Strong Microsoft Office Skills, including Excel and database management.
• Maintaining a strong, well-researched pipeline of trust and grant opportunities.
• Able to work with and in a geographically diverse team.
• Bring creativity and passion in communicating FSM’s central mission to inspire funders to support us.
• Willingness to work flexibly including events and occasional weekends.
• To subscribe to the ethos, vision and mission of FareShare Midlands.
• Full clean driving license and have access to a vehicle so that travel between depots or to stakeholder meetings is possible (all travel costs reimbursed).
• This role will suit a recent graduate with a passion for this type of work.

Desirable

• Knowledge of trust, grant and foundation fundraising.

How to Apply:

If you would like to apply for this role, please create a supporting statement to demonstrate your suitability and to explain your interest in both the job and FareShare Midlands. Please send your supporting statement with a copy of your CV. 

We continue to strive to ensure that the profile of our staff and volunteers reflects the diverse communities we serve across the Midlands. As such we encourage and welcome applications from all our communities. We particularly welcome applications from people from ethnically diverse backgrounds as they are currently under-represented within FareShare Midlands.

Closing date for applications is Friday 9th October 2026