Trust fundraiser jobs near Charing Cross, Greater London

About the job

Lumos is an international non-governmental, non-profit organisation founded by J.K. Rowling. Our vision is of a world where all children have the opportunity to grow up in a safe and loving family.

We believe that children belong in families not orphanages and for over 10 years Lumos has worked directly to safely transform systems of care and protection, helping to ensure children do grow up in loving families rather than harmful orphanages, and demonstrating that change is possible.

We aim to achieve our vision by continuing to challenge care systems around the world to think differently about the solutions they offer to children in need. We will do this by casting light onto the shortcomings and risks of orphanages and similar institutions, and producing high-quality, compelling evidence of our long term, sustainable solutions.

Position:

Job title: Trusts and Foundations Manager

Group: Fundraising & Engagement

Reporting to: Head of Partnerships

Location: UK, Hybrid. Applicant must have right to work in UK.

Contract Type: Permanent full time (35 hours per week). We are open to discussing and considering flexible working options.

Salary: £37,000 per annum

Closing Date: Wednesday 12pm (GMT) 7th September 2022

Purpose of Job

The Trusts and Foundations Manager works in the Fundraising and Engagement Group, whose aim is to generate sustainable income for Lumos’s mission and engage key audiences and partners. Within the wider Group, the role sits in our Global Fundraising team, an ambitious and friendly team overseeing income generation from: Trusts and Foundations, Statutory, Philanthropy, Corporate and Individual Giving from the UK and US offices.

The Trusts and Foundations Manager plays a key role within the Fundraising Team, building and maintaining strong relationships with trusts, foundations, and some statutory partners across Europe to maximise income for Lumos’s work for children. In this role you will be responsible for independently managing a portfolio of existing high value donors to Lumos, as well as identifying and cultivating relationships with new potential funding partners. Working with the Head of Partnerships and Partnerships Manager, you will play a critical role in shaping and delivering the high-value fundraising strategy at Lumos and will work to an individual six-figure income target.

Main Responsibilities

Donor Stewardship & New Business:

• Provide exceptional personalised donor care and stewardship to an existing portfolio of trust and foundation supporters giving five and six-figure gifts.
• Proactively identify, research, and cultivate relationships with prospective trust and foundations with the potential to make five and six-figure gifts to Lumos.
• Initiate and develop strategic relationships with key donors; representing Lumos at meetings, taking the initiative to drive outreach with partners, and requesting high-level financial support for Lumos.
• Invite donors and host them at Lumos events. Additionally, support the wider Fundraising and Engagement Group on the organisation and execution of Lumos events as required, ranging from large receptions to panel events, seminars, and intimate dinners.
• Establish and manage a rolling programme of applications to secure new small and medium sized Trust funders.

Internal Systems Management:

• Support the Head of Partnerships and work with the Partnerships Funding Manager to support the implementation of the Programme Funding Framework, including proposal development and information sharing.
• Manage and maintain the fundraising database and systems, conforming to GDPR, to ensure a consistent and accurate approach to information management.
• Contribute to the development of Fundraising plans, KPIs and budgets with agreed individual and team targets to monitor and report against as required, including monthly, quarterly and annual forecasts.

Internal and External Networking:

• Attend networking and sector events to build and nurture a personal network of contacts and prospects in the UK and the rest of Europe.
• Work with the Partnerships Funding Manager to develop high quality communications for a wide range of trust and foundation audiences, including proposals, funding pitches, detailed financial information, reports, and stewardship pieces.
• Develop relationships with Trustees and senior Lumos colleagues in the UK and overseas in order to involve them appropriately in the Trusts and Foundations strategy, including peer-led approached to funders.
• Collaborate with Lumos Program colleagues to effectively manage key donor partnerships, ensuring high quality information is created to support donor communications, meetings and develop sustainable funding opportunities.
• To work with the Designated Safeguarding Lead for the Fundraising and Engagement Group to ensure all work is done safely and in line with Lumos safeguarding policies and procedures and participate in organisation Safeguarding activities as required.

Requirements:

Essential

Skills:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, and an ability to build relationships, negotiate with and persuade a wide range of funding partners.
• Ability to present complex information in an engaging way to a variety of audiences to win understanding and support.
• Ability to motivate and influence across a range of levels internally, including with programme staff, Trustees, and the Executive Leadership Team.
• Enthusiastic and results driven. Can remain positive, proactive and flexible when faced with setbacks and challenges.
• Highly organised with the ability to prioritise and sustain focus on work that will have the greatest impact on individual and organisational objectives.
• Exercise strong independent problem-solving skills and judgement, dealing with complex donor relationships maturely and sensitively and managing and mitigating risk.
• Ability to scan the external environment for trends, insights, ideas and best practice that could benefit Lumos’s work, and adapt to current trends in trusts and foundations giving.

Knowledge:

• An excellent understanding of fundraising from trusts and foundations and statutory donors in the UK and across Europe.
• A strong working knowledge of supporter care and data protection issues.

Experience:

• A proven track record of meeting or exceeding financial targets and soliciting five and six-figure gifts from trusts and foundations, including through face to face pitches and negotiations.
• Demonstrable experience of leading on prospect management, taking the initiative to identify and reach out to new trust and foundations and securing new business.
• Experience of using a fundraising database across high value account management
• Experience of managing proposal development and reporting for trust and foundation partners, including coordinating closely with colleagues across the organisation as needed.

Desirable

Knowledge:

• An understanding of international development issues, child rights and deinstitutionalisation.

Experience:

• Experience of managing and demonstrating compliance against donor requirements

Values

Act in accordance with Lumos’ values:

• We embrace Collaboration
• We strive for Excellence
• We show Respect
• We always Care
• We are Passionate

Other information:

Safeguarding Statement

Lumos is committed to ensuring the safety and protection of children and adults at risk in all of our work.   All staff and associates must:

• Carry out all duties with an awareness and understanding of the Safeguarding requirements within the area of responsibility.
• Ensure work complies with all safeguarding policies and procedures that apply to the role.
• Ensure the that their behaviours and actions support the safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk as appropriate.

EDI Statement

Lumos is wholly committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and against all forms of discrimination.

We are committed to creating and sustaining a positive working environment that encourages, supports and gives a voice to all, so that we can best support the children we serve. We must ensure that all staff are equally valued, included, empowered and respected across the organisation and in everything we do.

Lumos is fundamentally built on diverse, multi-national and multi-cultural teams. This is something we cherish as a key strength and an integral part of our identity. Our organisation values and celebrates the diversity, culture and experience of each member of staff, provides equality of care and support to everyone.

We pledge to listen carefully, to educate ourselves continually, to promote open dialogue, and to seek out and deal with discrimination and prejudice wherever it occurs in Lumos.

What you would do:

• Spend initial time at Max Roach with the Director of LCC to understand how we work, our vision and the impact we make for our community.
• Develop, implement and execute a fundraising strategy for LCC.
• Achieve fundraising targets from Grants, Trusts, Foundations, Benefactors and Corporate & Community Donations
• Gather relevant data from activities to show a demonstrable impact to our community
• Building relationships, organising events and coming up with new and innovative ideas for how to capture the minds and hearts of potential philanthropists. Some examples include organising fundraising schemes and events, such as open days, raffles, sporting events and summer fetes. 
• Increase our corporate volunteer and donations by building relationships with Major UK Companies Corporate Social Responsibility teams

Freelance Trust Fundraiser

Amos Trust  are  looking to bring in an experienced freelance Trust Fundraiser  to grow and diversify our trust and grants fundraising stream. The person appointed will bring new funders to the charity whilst engaging with a small number of existing relationships. 

The role will include

• Researching  and identifying  trusts 

• Creating and managing a trust pipeline

• Completing successful applications to Trusts with our Director and Head of Partnerships and in so doing maintain existing support streams and creating new ones.

Approximately 1 day a week, with the opportunity to visit one of our projects in India, South Africa, Burundi, Tanzania or Palestine?

Background

Amos Trust is a small creative human rights organisation that seeks to challenge injustice, restore rights and create hope. We work with grassroots partners in three areas of work. Street Justice - transforming the lives of girls and young women on the streets, Climate Justice - equipping local communities to develop sustainable responses to climate change and supporting young female climate activists, and, Palestine Justice - promoting Palestinain rights, working with partners in the West Bank and Gaza.

Amos Trust an annual turnover of approximately £1.1 million and strong reserve base. Trust income last year made up 12% of our income through one year and multi year grants.

We wish to appoint a Trust fundraising freelancer to increase our annual trust income to £200,000 - £220,000 per annum.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Track record in trust fundraising / winning funds through bids and applications to grant giving statutory bodies and foundations

• First class, demonstrable written communication skills with the ability to write compelling and innovative proposals and funding reports

• Proven experience undertaking research, developing proposals, and winning funding.

• Experience in securing support for International Development or Humanitarian Projects and/ or for the Promotion of Human Rights.

We envisage that this role will be for approximately 1 day per week. 

Applications by CV, with brief covering letter and information about your daily rates.

Closing date for applications, 10:00 am on Monday 5th September. Interviews on zoom on Friday 8th September.

Trusts Fundraiser

Job reference: REQ001865

Application closing date: 21/08/2022

Salary: £37,447 per year

Contractual hours: Permanent - 35 hours per week

Location: London / Hybrid worker

Do you have experience building Trust relationships and managing prospective donor pipelines that deliver income, reach and impact? Can you provide excellent supporter stewardship? Do you want to be part of our ambitious charity and develop your Trust fundraising skills? If so, then join Scope as a Trusts Fundraiser and become part of our growing team at Scope.

Job description

The Role

Developing a strong Trust portfolio of small and medium Trust donors to deliver growth for FY 22/23 and beyond. 

Identify new Trust prospects who are aligned to Scope's aims and develop actions for strategic growth to attract and secure new income form multi-year funders.

The development and implementation of a tri-annual small Trust mailing.

Providing excellent supporter stewardship, ensuring everything from prompt acknowledgements, tailored updates, reports, regular mailings, formal funding applications, invitations and creating and delivering engagement opportunities.

Working with services as well as Strategy Impact and Social Change colleagues to develop high quality applications and reports.

Utilising our new CRM capabilities to record supporter engagements and maximise team efficiencies.

Please note: This role will require regular travel across the designated area.

About you

• You should have previous Trust fundraising experience.

• Be familiar with the donor cultivation cycle.

• You will need to be organised, methodical and accurate in a busy environment.

• Strong proofreading and persuasive writing skills.

• Show strong interpersonal skills and be able to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.

• You will bring drive and enthusiasm to your role and can show that you care passionately about improving disabled people's lives.

• Knowledge and appreciation of Scope’s values and our ambition of everyday equality for disabled people.

Our Values - Pioneering, Courageous, Connected, Open, Fair

By living our values and trusting each other, we give our colleagues freedom and space to be creative, push boundaries and change minds.

Disabled candidates

Equality and inclusion are at the heart of our mission, and we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, and guarantee interviews to disabled applicants who meet the minimum job criteria.

Please let us know in your application if you are applying under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

We encourage applications from underrepresented groups including minoritised ethnic and LGBTQ+ communities.

If you prefer information in a different format, such as large print or Braille, please contact us.

We’re working with a fantastic disability charity who is looking for a Trusts Fundraiser to join their team. You’ll develop a targeted portfolio of small and medium Trust donors, creating impact and long-term relationships. You’ll submit tailored and compelling applications, whilst also streamlining current business processes and support with maintaining the team’s prospect pipeline. You’ll manage a portfolio of medium-sized Trusts that give up to £20,000, demonstrating a commitment to maintaining relationships.

You’ll adhere to the grant cycle, ensuring you meet the needs of individual funders and managing those relationships effectively. You’ll be aware of the charity’s wider strategic themes and ensure all information is utilised in order to develop high quality proposals and reports. You’ll ensure sustainability by prioritising multi-year bids, as well as being the main point of contact for the team’s day to day finance requirements, ensuring income and expenditure is appropriately recorded.

You will need:

• Experience of developing multiyear funding proposals
• Experience in writing compelling applications and reports
• Experience in having strategic discussions with funders
• To be ambitious, innovative and target-driven

Salary: £37,447

Location: Stratford (one day a week in office)

Contract type: Full-time, Part-time (4 days) and compressed hours can be considered

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Christina on 02030 062787 or email [email protected].

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here. We proactively welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates.

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

Do you want to work for a top 10 charity fighting injustice and social inequality? One of the UK's most inspiring and best-known, faith-based organisations is looking for an experienced and dynamic Senior Trust Fundraiser to cultivate and steward relationships with charitable trusts and foundations.

You will be supporting a range of services for children and the elderly, those trapped in modern-day slavery, homeless people, those seeking employment, those struggling with debt and people fighting addiction.

As a Senior Trust Fundraiser, you will work at the heart of their friendly Philanthropy team, initiating and building relationships with charitable trusts and foundations across the UK. You will be personally responsible for securing major gifts, developing long-term relationships, and stewarding existing supporters across the UK.

You will also line manage the Trust Fundraising Assistant role within the team.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Experience of fundraising from charitable trusts and foundations, with track record of securing five to six figure grants.
• Experience of fundraising for a variety of capital and revenue projects.
• Ability to produce consistently high quality, imaginative and compelling written materials, proposals, letters and presentations.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills - confidence in dealing with people at all levels, demonstrating professionalism and diplomacy.
• Excellent research skills, with the ability to identify sources of information and gather data
• Great relationship building and people skills which are transferrable to line management, recruitment, and performance management.

To apply, please send a CV for the attention of Frederick Hillinger to [email protected] and he will follow up with the full role description, organisation and the recruitment process.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

Job Title: Grants and Trusts Fundraiser

Team/Directorate: Major Gifts

Salary range/pay band: £29,000 - £36,460

Reports to: Head of Philanthropy

Hours: 37.5

Location: Shooting Star House

Main purpose of job

This post will be responsible for ensuring that all Grants and Trusts activity is managed and implemented effectively from prospecting through to stewardship, delivering on sustainable income growth and other relevant targets.

Work relationships

The post holder will work closely with and report to the Head of Philanthropy and will also work with:

• The Director of Fundraising to access relevant care information which may add value to the trust application processes
• Relevant senior care team members to ascertain updates on care activity to inform reports and trust applications
• The Special Events and Projects Fundraiser to collaborate on key attendees at events / guest lists
• The Director of Finance to collaborate and ratify financial figures and reporting to add value to trust applications and reports
• External Trust and Foundation contacts and administrators

Decision making authority

• Grant and Trust application sign-off
• Prospect research - research Grants and Trusts with relevant criteria for SSCHs to prepare for approach
• Decide which data, care information and projects to use in applications to Trusts and Foundations 

Scope of job

• Implement a robust plan to secure income from grant-giving sources from prospecting through to stewardship
• Research high value Trust funding opportunities and generate a forward pipeline of applications
• Source care funding project information

Main duties and key responsibilities

Support the plan and its implementation of income from grant-giving sources

• Supporting the Head of Philanthropy in the fulfilment of the team’s strategy and team objectives
• Working with the Head of Philanthropy to plan and implement short and longer-term strategies to maximise income from grant-giving sources with a key focus on sustainable funding
• To maintain and develop relationships with current funders
• Responsibility for maintaining and developing an accurate database of Grant and Trust activity to enable the effective reporting, monitoring and analysis of Trust projects, activity and achievements
• Refresh and implement the trust stewardship plan including preparation of high-quality donor reports and ensuring compliance with funder requirements
• Responsibility for sourcing care funding project information
• To be responsible for managing the Trusts income budget, prioritising funding for core activities.

Source care funding project information and maintain throughout the fundraising team

• Management of the Projects for Funding List for use by the wider fundraising team
• Actively participate in relevant care meetings / gatherings where key information and knowledge from care colleagues is shared in an open forum
• Sharing key data and research which can add value and useful as a fundraising tool to the wider team
• Develop materials, social media and digital initiatives with the Communications team to engage with donors
• To monitor on a regular basis Trusts’ funding interests, income and expenditure trends, application procedures etc.
• Keeping up to date with charity-wide best practice/policies relating to Trusts’ fundraising activities
• Providing effective and efficient support to all cross-strand fundraising and profile opportunities, as identified by the Head of Philanthropy

Other duties

• The post holder will be working in a developing environment and they will therefore be expected to undertake other appropriate duties as required for the effective operation of Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.  Where necessary, support the wider Fundraising team by attending events, some of which may be in the evenings and weekends.
• The post holder must be able and willing to get to and work in both hospices.
• The post holder will be required to apply for a Disclosure & Barring Service check

Mandatory Criteria

1. Professional Codes of Conduct

The post holder will be required to respect professional codes of conduct and practice relevant to their role, as appropriate.

2. Health and Safety

The post holder will be responsible for health and safety in the area under their control and ensure that they are familiar with SSCH policy on health and safety at work.

3. Mandatory Training

The post holder will undertake all mandatory training relevant to their role.

4. Our values and behaviors

Shooting Star Children’s Hospices is a leading children’s hospice charity for babies, children, and young people with life–limiting conditions, and their families. We require that all our staff share our common values and display behaviors that will enable us to achieve our goals.

Professionalism – we will safeguard our families, each other and our organisation by working to ethical and professional standards at all times.

Respect – We will treat each other with the utmost respect.

Integrity – We will be open, honest and transparent in all that we do.

Diversity – We will respect individuality and ensure inclusion and fairness to all.

Excellence – We will strive for excellence in all that we do. ria

Mandatory Criteria

and behaviours

Person specification: Qualifications, experience and skill levels

Qualifications

• 5 GCSEs grades A-C including Maths and English or equivalent (Essential)
• Fundraising Qualification (Desirable)

Experience

• Demonstrable work experience within a fundraising or comparable role (Essential)
• Demonstrable track record in securing grants from Trusts and Foundations and evidence of securing five-figure + donations (Desirable)

Knowledge and Skills

• A proven ability to work independently, as well as a successful contributor towards team targets
• Proposal and copy writing skills would be an advantage with the ability to write compelling funding propositions and reports for funders
• The ability to match projects to a prospective funder’s interests
• Excellent research skills set
• Proactive and solution-focused work approach
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and effective relationship management skills
• Excellent written communication skills with strong attention to detail
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Excellent IT skills to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Database
• Manage individual KPIs and contribute towards the delivery of team KPIs

General attributes

• Able to represent the organisation appropriately to the wider community
• Works in a way that inspires confidence and respect from colleagues

Contribute to providing a positive, supportive and caring working environment

Benefits

You can find a very rewarding career with Shooting Star Children’s Hospices in a wide variety of roles. As well as knowing you are part of a team that is providing vital support to families, we offer multiple and generous benefits to employees. Please refer to ‘Careers’ for full details.

This is a really exciting time to join Girlguiding. We have much to be proud of in our one hundred years of history, but we know that to remain vibrant and relevant to young people we must continually evolve.

We’ve begun a process of significant change: transforming the organisation so it can meet the challenges of the future by putting young people at the heart of our organisation. We’re on a mission to amplify the voices of girls and young women, so they can champion change in their own lives and the wider world; to build strong partnerships that can increase our reach and impact; and to increase the support we offer our amazing adult volunteers who deliver incredible experiences to young people across the UK every week.

You will play a key role in trust and statutory fundraising at Girlguiding, to help deliver the strategy to diversify and grow our trusts, foundation and statutory funder portfolio. These income streams have more than doubled in the last few years, and you will be responsible for securing new funding from trust and statutory sources to build on this exciting growth, as well as delivering outstanding stewardship to our existing partners.

Girlguiding values the differences that a diverse workforce brings and is committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Girlguiding is proud to be part of the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a member of Time to Change. While Girlguiding’s young members may be women only, our staff team is mixed gender. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

We’re committed to supporting our staff to achieve a good work-life balance and offer flexible working options wherever we reasonably can. All staff are required to carry out our online health and safety training and complete a DSE risk assessment to ensure we can provide the support you require.

WR Fundraising Recruitment is looking for an experienced trusts fundraiser for an exciting new role where you will have the opportunity to grow a trusts and grants fundraising stream while managing a number of existing multi-year relationships with the likes of Children in Need and Big Lottery.

A great home working role for an experienced fundraiser who can shine while working autonomously.

With a role that covers the entire trusts fundraising process from prospect research to monitoring and reporting, you will have the opportunity to diversify the trusts and grants fundraising stream – bringing new funders to the charity and developing key relationships with existing and new funders.

You will inherit a strong portfolio or existing grants (over £250K) and a database of ready to go applications and prospects.

We’re looking for an experienced trusts fundraiser who is willing to take responsibility for all aspects of trusts fundraising – including prospect research, relationship building and reporting) has a track record of securing a wide range of grants (up to 6 figure would be preferred).

With a prominent cause in the spotlight, and a very financially stable charity, you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of applications and bids and join an emerging fundraising team that’s set to grow over the next year.

Trusts and Grants Fundraising Manager

Full Time, Permanent

Home Based / Remote – With occasional meetings in London area.

Circa £35,000 per annum

Duties will include:

• Generate fundraising income from key Trusts and Foundations and research potential new avenues for funding
• Write tailored, inspirational applications and reports addressing grant-making priorities or requirements as specified
• Building strong relationships with other teams within the organisation in order to understand the work of the Charity and thus build a case for support
• Maintain and deliver a pipeline of applications and reporting to grant makers, including prospecting for new funders
• To research relevant Trusts and Grant making bodies, developing compelling applications
• Build new relationships with trust and grant awarding organisations, updating them with the work of the charity and impact of trust funding.
• Stewardship of existing trusts and foundations, reporting on impact and identifying new opportunities for support

The ideal candidate will have:

• Track record in trusts fundraising / winning funds through bids and applications to grant giving, statutory bodies and foundations
• First class, demonstrable written communication skills with the ability to write compelling and innovative proposals and funding reports
• Strong interpersonal, networking and relationship building skills
• Proven experience undertaking research, developing proposals, and winning funding.
• Experience in managing relationships with trust and grant awarding bodies

To apply or for further information, please email a copy of your up to date CV in the first instance.

The team at WR Fundraising Recruitment are passionate about bringing together talented fundraising professionals with fantastic organisations. We’d love to hear from you if you are looking for a new fundraising opportunity.

This is an exciting time at Cruse Bereavement Support, with our strategy ‘Bereaved People First’ and the charity is under-going significant transformation. This role is essential for the well-being of bereaved people across the country by raising funds from charitable trusts and foundations.

Working within the Trust Fundraising team, you be responsible for maximising financial support from charitable trusts and foundations, predominantly with our incredible network of Hubs and Branches. You will be an excellent relationship builder, with a passion for generating income from new and engaged funders.

The post holder will be working remotely with occasional travel to meetings within the London area. 

Essential experience

• Minimum of 2 years’ trust/and/or statutory fundraising experience
• Good research skills, with experience in identifying quality new leads
• Proven ability to form good working relationships, both internally and externally at all levels
• Track record of working towards and exceeding income targets
• Experience of working independently to drive and deliver multiple projects
• Ability to work on own initiative and to meet objectives and tight deadline

Desirable experience

• Experience of securing major grants
• Experience of preparing, manipulating and presenting budgets and working knowledge of charitable financial accounts

Knowledge

• Up to date and current grant making trends
• Understanding of the impact of bereavement and knowledge of the voluntary sector

Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including copywriting and proof-reading
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to work to deadlines and re-prioritise workload as required
• Operational flexibility and able to work on own initiative
• Strong communication skills, oral and written
• Strong IT skills, including Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and databases

Education and training

• Relevant experience and evidence of commitment to continuous development

Personal attributes

• Ambitious, self-motivated and enthusiastic
• Willingness to be flexible and help in tasks that furthers the aims of the wider team
• Ability to function well in an environment where bereavement issues are constantly under discussion 

CoachBright is a social mobility movement. We are working towards a day where no young person’s background determines their future. Still now, in 2022, there is a postcode lottery. We are at a crisis point. If you are born poor, you are likely to stay poor. The chances of a young person succeeding in life are largely down to where they live.

Our mission is to instil young people with the independence and resilience to lead the lives they want. Now, more than ever, it is essential that young people from disadvantaged backgrounds get the support they need to achieve their goals. Covid-19 has further widened the gap between the pupils who have the income and resources to withstand educational disruption, during the past few months and those who don’t. That’s why we’re playing our part to narrow the gap and support a generation of pupils to be their best.

We are young, ambitious and optimistic, and are looking for someone as passionate as we are about creating a socially just world. If you get out of bed to transform the life chances of young people and want to shape and grow a values-driven social mobility organisation, we would love to hear from you.

Come join the team as our first ever fundraiser helping us secure contracts from trusts and foundations and more.

Fundraiser (trusts/foundations and major donors) will be responsible for:

Researching, identifying and applying for funding applications:

• Write and submit funding proposals to trusts and foundations

• Build relationships with major trusts/foundations and high net worth donors to secure 5 and 6 figure income from trusts and foundations and over time major donors.

• Meet fundraising targets of £90,000 to £150,000 annually in next 3 years

• Plan and deliver fundraising / outreach pitches and presentations

• Create engaging content for our website and social media that could lead to online fundraising, including writing press releases as required

Relationship Management:

• Organise and host online / in-person events leading to fundraising for the organisation

• Attend events and networking with relevant fundraising stakeholders

• Manage information and record your fundraising activity on our database

• Keeping funders up to date with projects and organisational growth

Internal Processes and Governance:

• Raise awareness of the organisation's work, through creation of supporting documents / marketing info.

• Prepare forecasts for fundraising quarterly, to present to the Board of Trustees

Interest and active involvement (where required) in CoachBright’s programmes, in order to really understand the nature of our work and therefore communicate this effectively and emotively to funders

Essential Experience

We think a wide range of different work and educational experiences could support you to be successful in this role and encourage applications from candidates who feel they have the necessary skills and attitudes:

• Proven experience of developing fundraising proposals to secure 5 and 6 figure income

• Demonstrable experience of developing bids / proposals and budgets to meet the needs of service delivery

• Experience of fundraising related to the charitable, international development and education sectors

Skills

• Superb writing skills: succinct and compelling approach to writing long applications or short cover notes

• Ability to exercise sound judgement

• Strong interpersonal skills, with experience of managing diverse stakeholders inc. senior leaders / funders

Person Specification:

• Innovative: genuine motivation to come up with new ideas, be creative; and have the confidence to suggest these to the CEO / Trustees and then implement them! 

• Responsibility: this will be the first time CoachBright has a fundraiser and we want someone who can bring leadership and own this strand of work.

• Vision: clear passion for why you want the role, what you bring as a fundraiser and your own career development

• Adaptable: willingness to be flexible and ‘get stuck in’ to a fast-paced, dynamic and fun start-up environment

Other desirable attributes

• Knowledge of the education and social mobility sectors; knowledge of barriers to social mobility

• Prior experience in marketing / sales is also helpful and will be considered

Benefits:

• An opportunity to create, lead and shape our fundraising mechanism

• Starting Salary: £30,500

• Annual Leave: 28 days

Key Information:

• Length: permanent

• Hours: Full-Time, will consider part-time for the right candidate

• Reporting to: CEO

• Location: Birmingham, London or Exeter

• Interviews First Round: 19th August

• Interviews Second Round: 22nd August

• Start Date: September/October

To support the final phase of capital development at Marlborough Sports Garden (a much-loved and much needed sports facilty in London's SE1), Bankside Open Spaces Trust (BOST) requires a Consultant Capital Fundraiser to raise funds from trusts, foundations, and lottery sources. Our award-winning plans for the garden, designed by Cullinan Studio, will make the site fully DDA compliant, replace temporary infrastructure with permanent solutions and vastly increase the scope of sports and activities the space can offer, enabling even more people to be active locally.

Bankside Open Spaces Trust is an environmental and volunteering charity. We’ve been protecting, preserving and enhancing parks, gardens and other amenities in London’s SE1 and surrounding areas for 20 years. we care for 19 open spaces, including the Marlborough, which we refurbished 2018. The space was transformed from a desolate concrete area to a much-needed sports facility and play space. The third and final phase of the capital development will include:

• A new welcoming entrance

• A new community hub comprising flexible indoor sports-based studio space, an outdoor classroom, viewing platform and spectator seating, a community café and events space and accessible toilets on all floors

• Resurfaced netball courts with demountable basketball hoops, cricket and tennis nets, and roller-hockey goals

• Improved storage

• Site-wide greening

The candidate will have specialist knowledge of capital fundraising and will work with BOST’s CEO and Marlborough's Head of Sport and Development to target prioritised applications and add new prospects to achieve the funding target. An exceptional Capital Fundraiser is needed to make our vision a reality.

We are looking for candidates with:

• 5 years + fundraising experience in not for profit
• Proven track record in raising capital funds from Trusts, Foundations and Statutory funders
• Demonstrable experience of consistently achieving fundraising targets
• Direct experience of preparing high quality applications ranging in value from £50k - £1m+ to Trusts, Foundations and Statutory funders
• Experience of preparing budgets for funding proposals
• Demonstrable experience of working effectively with colleagues 

Age UK is recruiting a new Trusts Fundraising Manager to join our award-winning Fundraising team.

We're seeking someone knowledgeable and passionate when it comes to generating charitable gifts from trusts and foundations.

Crucially we're looking for someone who recognises why the work of Age UK is so compelling and can help us realise our ambition to continue growing income from this donor audience.

Older people are facing the long-term health impacts of months of isolation during the pandemic coupled with the spiralling cost of living crisis. So the work of Age UK is more critical than ever - we must be here for every older person when they need us the most.

This is why we're seeking talented committed fundraisers who are focused in helping us more deeply engage our supporters and generate much-needed funding for our work.

This fantastic opportunity would best suit an individual with successful and proven experience in achieving income targets in a high value trust fundraising role.

All applications for this role will be anonymised, we won't know your name, address or gender until after shortlisting for interview has taken place. We want to select the best candidate for this key role based on lived experience and passion, rather than qualifications.

You will have:

• A track record in researching high value Trust funding opportunities, generating a forward pipeline of applications and personally asking for major gifts, alone or with senior colleagues and volunteers.
• Empathy and understanding for the issues faced by older people and a desire to help address these.
• Excellent proposal and bid-writing skills and the ability to articulate compelling funding propositions to secure grants and gifts.
• Sound donor stewardship skills including ability to prepare high-quality donor reports and ensure compliance with funder requirements.
• Excellent verbal communication, interpersonal and presentation skills to gain buy-in and confidence from Trust supporters including senior-level contacts.
• Ability to work collegiately with colleagues across teams to develop and deliver funding propositions, to problem-solve and generate creative opportunities and to engage your funders.
• The ability to meet and manage individual KPIs and contribute towards the delivery of team KPIs
• Budget management skills
• Proficiency in MS Office

What we offer in return:

* Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme.
* Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, health cashback plan and EAP.
* Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan.
* Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
* Heka Fitness & Wellbeing Benefit.
* You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.

Additional Information

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

We're looking for an experienced fundraiser to take on a new Trusts and Foundations Manager role in our growing team. We have a solid foundation of donors from across the trusts and foundations, major donor and corporate partnerships space. We’re now looking to build on our success in order meet the growing need and alleviate the impact of poverty on children.  

The Childhood Trust

The Childhood Trust is London’s child poverty charity. Children growing up in poverty face multiple and complex challenges which limits their potential and development, leading to poor health and life chances in adulthood. Our work is focused on supporting the 700,000 children living in poverty in London.   

Since 2013, The Childhood Trust has raised more than £31 million through our matched fundraising campaigns that have enabled us to fund the delivery child poverty projects across all London boroughs, engaging more than 390,000 children and young people to date.We are now looking to take our fundraising to the next level and need a talented Trusts and Foundations Manager to help us get there.

Role description

We want to hear from talented people who can bring a creative and proactive approach to identifying, engaging and securing funding from new and existing relationships. We’ll support you to take a lead on focusing our activity on generating five and six figure gifts from trusts and foundations, that genuinely help to break the cycle of poverty in London.

As the successful candidate, you’ll take a relationship management approach to fundraising. This won't be your average Trusts role sitting behind a screen, you'll be out meeting the people and projects we support and cultivating relationships with new supporters, as well as writing impactful proposals that secure funding for all areas of our work. You will bring capacity and expertise to our trusts and foundations programme, with the opportunity to develop our approach and considerable autonomy in role.

Join us and you’ll be part of a fast paced and flexible team that are deeply passionate about the work they do and the difference they make for children experiencing poverty in London.