We are looking for a Trusts and Foundations Lead to play a key part in building strong relationships with various teams across the charity.

The Charity
A leading disability charity who provide support, information and advice to more than a quarter of a million-disabled people and their families every year.

The Role
Work with existing Trusts and Foundations to continue a collaborative approach of partner, enable, deliver to make a difference.
Proactively source new and innovative partnerships through proactive identification and co-creation with emerging Trusts and Foundations
Ensure internal collaboration with colleagues.
Achieve the budget of circa 800k income, providing regular reporting, commentary and context.
Negotiate with, coach, manage and inspire internal and external stakeholders to contribute and deliver.

The Candidate
Developing and winning seven figure Trust and Foundation bids.
Impact reporting to the funder, showing the outcomes and the difference their funding has made to disabled people.
Building and managing relationships internally and externally to deliver exceptional sustainable results.
Working in partnership with key Trusts and Foundations to develop collaborative mutually beneficial funding proposals.
Experience or knowledge of social investment and social enterprise financing models.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

Trust and Foundations Officer, an opportunity for talented Trusts Fundraiser to join a well-known Animal Welfare Charity, based in Central London.

The Trusts and Foundations team have a track record of successfully generating income and growing their team. To continue to fund projects, programmes and the charities resources they continue to develop and grow their funding support.

Suppotrted by a great team and senior manager, the role offers you the opportunity to work on a wide range of appliactions, both restricted and unrestricted funding.

As the Trust and Foundations Officer, you will join a welcoming and talented team, working with your colleagues and the Trust and Foundations Team Manager, to steward an existing portfolio of trusts as well as research, cultivate and apply to new supporters with an emphasis on fundraising from larger trusts and securing multi-year gifts.

You will work on a very varied portfolio of funders due the range of project and programmes the charity run. Also, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of applications from mid-value to multi-year. You will be supported where required and enable to grow your skills.

Our client is looking for a talented Trusts Fundraiser who has previous experience of researching, collating, preparing and submitting multiple funding applications to charitable Trusts and Foundations.

With a track record of securing grants from charitable trusts and foundations. You will have excellent communications to develop and maintain key relationships with trusts and foundations and a thorough understanding of how charitable trusts and foundations operate.

We are working with a well-known children's charity to find them a new member of their successful trust team. 

This organisation are a household name, are going through a particularly successful period and have a fundraising department who work well together and have a real sense of shared purpose. 

Outcomes are good and measured and there are a range of funder-friendly projects that you would be supporting. 

To apply for this role you will need:
Experience of writing successful bids 
The ability to make information not only understandable to a lay-person, but compelling
An ability to build relationships with colleagues 

For more information please do get in touch

We are working with a well-known and long-established Children’s’ charity to recruit a Trusts Manager.

This role will take the lead on developing and fostering relationships with both new and assigned Major Trusts.

You will provide a customer focused approach getting out and about meeting trust contacts as well as providing timely feedback to the funders.  

There is a warm pipeline of trusts and this role is very much set up for success.

For this role, it’s important for you to demonstrate key experience in:

• Proven previous experience of securing significant income from Trusts and Foundations


• A proven track record of establishing relationships with, and managing, Major Trusts.


• Experience of producing compelling cases for support


• Experience of working in a large and diverse organisation

Closing date: asap.

Salary: £33,000

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call me on 020 30 062787 or email [email protected].

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

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we are experts in charity recruitment and excel at matching fundraisers to charity jobs. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically and supporting people to find their perfect fundraising jobs.

Eden Brown is pleased to be working with a superb disability charity on their exciting Trusts and Foundations Lead vacancy.

This role has arisen at an exciting time for the charity, with the continued development of their strategy you will be encouraged to think strategically to analyse new funding opportunities for the charity and broaden their supporter base. The Trusts and Foundations Lead will play a key part in building strong relationships with their Delivery, Policy and Impact teams, helping develop and create fundable new and innovative projects.

The Trusts and Foundations Lead will manage relationships with Major Trusts and Foundations, you will develop and submit high calibre proposals not only to an established portfolio of high value Trusts and Foundations but developing new and innovative proposals for new funders. You will also maintain strong, sustainable partnerships pipelines with excellent retention rates, leading to innovative and impactful results.

We are looking for someone with proven experience of developing and winning seven figure Trust and Foundation bids, experience of building and managing relationships internally and externally to deliver exceptional sustainable results together with experience of impact reporting to the funder.

To apply click on the link. For more information call Tony Williams on 020 3017 5014 or email at [email protected]

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

This is a much needed replacement role.  Recruiting now and looking for someone to start soonest.
In this role you will be responsible for managing relationships with major trusts and foundations. 

There is no line management so if you just like fundraising without this additional responsibility but still looking for a competitive salary then this job could be for you. 

Your remit will include developing and submitting high calibre proposals to both existing and established portfolio of high value trusts and foundations, but also developing new and innovative proposals for new funders.

We are looking for a creative and thoughtful fundraiser to secure unrestricted and project funding from grant making trusts and foundations, and support other fundraising activity as part of a small yet dynamic team. The role is central to the charity’s function, generating around a quarter of its total income.  The successful postholder will be pivotal to the ongoing sustainability of charity and will benefit from working within a supportive, creative and forward-looking team, alongside nine staff and over 700 volunteers.

Ideally, the post-holder will have proven ability to manage a trusts income stream, through understanding, building relationships and maximising the value of existing supporters, and researching and recruiting new trust supporters as part of a clear strategic plan.

You will work closely with our programme staff, using project plans and budgets to secure funds for our activities in Africa and the UK. You will also be responsible for producing a timetable to ensure quality narrative and financial reports for funders, and for writing these updates, with the support of the programme team.

This post is full time, based at our head office in Netley Marsh, near Southampton. Part time hours will be considered - please state when applying, and indicate proposed hours. 

To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter (two pages maximum) explaining what you would bring to the role, and your motivation for applying to Jemma Chambers, Head of Fundraising. The selection process will include an interview day 9.30-3.30 - this is provisionally planned for Monday 6th April. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the successful Trusts and Grants team to manage and develop a portfolio of trust donors, securing long term, increased value for this inspiring health charity.

The Charity
Our purpose is to help people take of their lives so they can live the lives they choose, despite their health condition. They invest in their staff and focus on developing talent with an emphasis on the skills that excite you. They are innovative and encourage new ideas.

The Role
To manage and develop a portfolio of trust donors, securing long term, increased value.
To develop a stewardship programme of your own portfolio, including writing relationship development plans for account managed trust donors and prospects and following through on agreed next steps.
To contribute to the planning, organisation and execution of trust prospect cultivation and trust donor stewardship events. To contribute to the teams overall stewardship plans in order to build strong and lasting face to face relationships with Trustees.
To research and tailor project information, in order to write appropriate and compelling grant applications which meet the aims and objectives of grant making bodies.
To play a full role as a member of the Trust and Lottery Team, working with colleagues from the Major Donor and corporate teams to ensure that all opportunities and prospects are developed to their full potential.

The Candidate
Proven track record of achieving income against agreed financial targets.
Proven track record of successfully applying to charitable trusts and/or the Big lottery Fund and preparing written reports to fundraisers.
Demonstrable experience of writing high quality, persuasive applications to potential funders.
Ability to influence , persuade and negotiate with trustees and key decision-makers of grant making bodies, both in writing and face to face.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

Our small team is looking for a person with excellent writing skills, and the ability to understand questions from trusts and foundations and to answer them accurately and succintly. One to one coaching by an experienced trust consultant is available with the role. 

About Us

We are a helpline and information service. 

1 in 6 people in the UK lives with a neurological problem, resulting from injury or damage to the brain, spine or nerves. We are working hard to improve the quality of life of people affected by neurological problems by providing expert information, support and education. 

Neurological problems are not visible, they are life-long, complex, painful and debilitating. They affect people's ability to work or study and to enjoy being with their families and friends. Our specialist service gives people much needed emotional and practical support. 

The Role

You will be researching trusts and writing applications for funding for our projects and general services. You will follow a pipeline as well as conduct your own thorough prospect research. You will liaise with team members about updates and new projects. You will submit quality applications, provide update reports internally and externally and accurately update our database. 

A brilliant opportunity for an experienced trusts fundraiser looking for a more senior position without line management responsibility.

A great role for an experienced trusts fundraiser who is keen to proactively identify and secure new funders with the capacity to give five- and six-figure grants and donations.

The vision is to increase the value of this position’s portfolio to c.£800,000 per annum while continuing to provide excellent stewardship to existing funders.

This role is responsible for a number of significant relationships for the organisation (giving between £30,000 – £300,000) with lots of potential to further grow trusts and foundations income.

Job specification

The idea candidate will:

• have demonstrable success of securing six-figure gifts from trusts and foundations sources;
• be experienced in impact reporting, able to identify and demonstrate agreed outcomes;
• work collaboratively as part of an important directorate within the organisation.

Interviews will take place remotely on a rolling basis, if you are interested in please get in touch for further details as soon as possible

To apply for this role, please click Apply with Charityjob to submit your CV to Naomi Carruthers at QuarterFive Fundraising Recruitment. If your experience is a good fit, we will send you a job description and arrange a briefing call or meeting that will provide you with all the information required to formally apply. QuarterFive aims to proactively support your job search, so we may also consider your details for other job vacancies to enable us to find a position that is most suitable for you.

The Clock Tower Sanctuary is the only drop-in day centre for 16-25-year olds in Brighton & Hove who are homeless or insecurely housed. We provide the vital practical and emotional support that vulnerable young people need to get their lives back on track. We work with our clients by meeting their immediate crisis needs, providing meals, laundry facilities and hot showers. We offer a range of weekly activities and life skills courses along with one to one case working. We support our clients to access training, jobs and housing. We have been working in the local community for over 20 years and we’re proud to be one of The Mayor of Brighton & Hove's charities in 2019-20. 

We are busier than ever and looking for an enthusiastic fundraiser to join our experienced team and build on our strong track record of income generation from Trusts & Foundations. You'll have the chance to work autonomously and the opportunity to make a real impact on this area of our fundraising.

If you have two years’ experience of Trusts fundraising (or relevant transferable experience), we would love to hear from you. The role can be done either full time or part time (pro rata).

Trusts, fundraising, foundations, manager, charity, children charity, partnerships

Your new company
A leading children's charity providing support and protecting children and young people facing a wide range of issues, from drug misuse to disability, from sexual abuse to domestic violence. Helping hundreds of thousands of children, young people, parents and carers across the UK.

Your new role

• Take the lead in developing and fostering relationships with both new and assigned Major Trusts in order to provide a customer focused approach with appropriate and timely feedback on grant expenditure.
• Integrate approaches with fellow Relationship Managers and to share information appropriately for the achievement of agreed income budgets and business objectives.
• Research, identify and package aspects of Barnardo's work with children that are suitable for fundraising applications and to match them with the most appropriate grant-making trusts.
• Work collaboratively with Children's Services to research, identify and develop funding opportunities that contribute to Barnardo's strategic objectives.
• Research and identify Major Trust fundraising opportunities, and work collaboratively with Children's Services senior managers to devise proposals in line with their revenue and development needs.
• Develop and manage a portfolio of Major trust accounts, securing income in excess of £400K per year.
• Write and present applications to Major Trusts who have the ability to give £10K and above, and where possible secure multi-year funding.

What you'll need to succeed

• Degree level education or demonstrable experience of working in a fundraising, sales or marketing environment
• Proven previous experience of securing significant income from Trusts and Foundations, or other relevant grant funders.
• A proven track record of establishing relationships with, and managing, Major Trusts.
• Experience of producing compelling cases for support on issues of social policy.
• Able to craft written proposals to a high standard
• Able to present complex information clearly and concisely
• Able to deliver effective presentations to a small group
• Able to demonstrate sufficient understanding of finances in order to present financial information
• Flexibility in working hours and location, as per contract of employment.

What you'll get in return
Flexible working options available.
Salary £34,500 to £36,500 inc London Weighting
Work from home 1 day per week.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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A vital, very much needed and much-loved veteran's charity based in the heart of West London are currently seeking a passionate, versatile, confident and experienced Trusts and Foundations Manager on a permanent basis to join their successful and well-established Fundraising Team.

Housed in beautiful offices and grounds on site at one of this charity's key sites this role offers excellent career development and a close team who work effectively together for the greater positive good of the charity. To further compliment this team this role offers a brilliant salary and benefits package and in return for this the following duties will need to be completed with accuracy and consistency:

*Develop and implement a robust strategy for securing significant gifts from trusts and foundations including producing cases for support, conducting prospect research, preparing funding proposals, and cultivating relationships with grant makers.
*Secure income from trusts and foundations against agreed income objectives and deliver fundraising and cultivation activities.
*Cultivate and maintain relationships with a wide range of Trusts and Foundations.
*Lead and manage the drafting and application process including involving other departments.
*Lead and manage reporting to existing funders with reports, annual meetings, regular communication and record keeping.
*Research new funding opportunities and develop the Trusts and Foundations fundraising plan.
*Develop and implement appropriate thank you strategies ensuring that gifts are acknowledged quickly and that every grant maker receives appropriate care and attention needed to stay connected to the charity.
*Act as the main point of contact for all Trust and Foundation funders.
*Manage the annual trust and foundation activity plan and budget.
*Contribute to applications to major grants and institutional donors.
*Ensure that volunteers are recruited, inducted, trained and developed to enable them to deliver quality work.
*Take part in strategic planning for the organisation and business planning for the Fundraising and Communications department and in particular the delivery plans for the charity's key site.
*Work within established budgets, contribute to budget planning and maintain accurate financial records.
*To monitor the progress of this area of work against income targets and other agreed key performance indicators.
*Contribute positively to working in a team and across the charity to deliver quality fundraising practices.
*Maximise own personal development by positively contributing to induction, supervision, training, appraisal and team meetings.
*Act in a professional manner whilst on duty and when representing the charity.
*Contribute to the smooth running of major fundraising events by working with Fundraising and Communications department colleagues.

If this role is of firm interest to you, please submit to TPP Recruitment today a copy of your most up to date CV along with the best contact number for you.

We're over the moon to leading the search party for a respected Welsh charity with a life-saving mission, powered by community and volunteers. We're looking for a talented Trusts Fundraiser with a passion for persuasive copy that results in winning bids and proposals.

This job isn't simply just bids and grant writing. We're looking for a relationship-led fundraiser who can also make meaningful connections with trusts, foundations and commissioners. The role provides an exciting opportunity to work with a growing fundraising team. Spearheading and supporting the growth of income, you'll take the lead on trusts and grants and nurture an already healthy income stream to reach its full potential.

With a strong focus on communication and writing skills, you'll manage and monitor your own workload and relationships and be timely and efficient with reporting. It's a 360-degree trusts role, so you'll also enjoy working with service delivery teams to gather detail, develop analytics and improve processes.

Who are we looking for?
Ideally someone with previous trusts experience, although we'd be happy to consider candidates from other income streams (community, corporate, major gifts) looking to forge a career in trusts. We'd also be open to bid writing candidates from the private sector with transferable skills. You'll be naturally inquisitive and always keen to learn and develop your skills, keeping abreast of trends and developments in the grant-making field.

Based from Cardiff office and open to partial homeworking. Flexible employer with life and family-friendly culture. Condensed hours, a 9-day fortnight and 4 days per week are all possible for the right candidate.

We're looking to move quickly with this opportunity, as the charity is currently supporting the NHS with essential COVID-19 efforts.

Please get in touch as soon as possible with a copy of your CV for lots more detail. Our regional specialist for Wales, Amelia Lee, is managing this opportunity: [email protected]

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