We are on a mission to give children and young people from disadvantaged communities the literacy skills to succeed in life. You could join us and help support the sustainability of our work.

What you’ll be doing

We are recruiting a fundraising officer to play an important role in our trusts and statutory team. Government, councils, businesses and other funders are increasingly recognising our solutions to the literacy challenges faced by disadvantaged communities. Our work is key to improving attainment and social mobility, particularly through our place-based Literacy Hubs.

You will be part of a supportive team of four, generating income and managing relationships with trusts, foundations and statutory funders, including some of the leading funders in the UK. You will have the opportunity to build on your existing experience and write compelling applications, develop relationships with funders and show them how the work of the National Literacy Trust can transform lives through literacy.

You will be responsible for establishing new funding sources through prospect research, identifying and responding to leads and working closely with colleagues across the organisation to secure funding. You will research, write and present funding bids, proposals and documentation and ensure that all necessary due diligence is carried out.

What we’re looking for

You will be an excellent writer and communicator, with strong attention to detail, who is happy to collaborate across the organisation and with a wide range of people to increase support for the organisation. Ideally, you will have experience of working in a fundraising team, carrying out prospect research, generating income from trusts and foundations and working with or in the education sector. You will also need experience of building relationships and using a customer relationship database. 

Why our work is so vital

Poor literacy and resulting inequality is not inevitable. The National Literacy Trust improves the reading, writing, speaking and listening skills of those who need it most, giving them the best possible chance of success.

We make society fairer. Poor literacy creates social and economic inequality. The one in six adults in the UK with poor literacy earn less, are less likely to vote and more likely to experience health inequalities.

We enable social mobility. A child without literacy skills can’t succeed at school, and as an adult they will be locked out of the job market. The pattern is intergenerational and starts at birth.

Our work is targeted at communities with the highest levels of disadvantage and the lowest levels of literacy. We support thousands of schools and early years settings, bringing in wonderful partners like the Premier League and the nation’s best publishers who bring literacy alive. We campaign to make literacy a priority for our nation’s leaders. Our research and analysis make us the leading authority on literacy and drive our interventions.

What we offer you

As well as a competitive salary, we offer benefits including a generous leave allowance totalling 39 days (including bank holidays and office closure between Christmas and New Year), pension contributions of 8% of annual salary, a cycle to work scheme, employee assistance programme and other health and wellbeing benefits.

We support flexible working and promote a workplace where you can be yourself and contribute to our success, whoever you are.

Application details

Our people are our most important asset and we value and respect diversity in all its forms (seen and unseen). We particularly welcome applications from those from Black and Asian backgrounds, as well as candidates with disabilities and from the communities in which we work. We would like to increase representation of these groups among our staff as we know greater diversity will lead to an even greater impact for our work.

The Trusts and Foundations Coordinator is a key role within SHA’s small but busy Programme Funding Team and will develop our portfolio of Trust and Foundation supporters.

About us

Self Help Africa is an international NGO dedicated to the vision of an economically thriving and resilient rural Africa. Headquartered in Ireland, with offices in the UK (London and Shrewsbury), the US and six African countries, SHA creates scalable and sustainable solutions to eradicating long-term poverty through knowledge transfer, investment, and market linkages. In August 2021 United Purpose joined the Gorta Group of organisations (which also includes SHA, Partner Africa and TruTrade). This is an exciting time to join SHA as the merger of two like-minded and entrepreneurial organisations will be catalytic in nature as we look to tackle the global challenges of today and tomorrow as one unified organisation.

About the role

The role will involve delivering excellent stewardship of existing Trust and Foundation relationship as well as leading on developing and implementing our approach for growing income from this source. Most of our current donors contribute cofunding towards our larger programmes, and the post holder will work closely with country teams to identify the best fit between potential funders and projects. 

The role can be based in our London office, or home based with regular visits to the office. 

About you

We're looking for an experienced Trusts and Foundations fundraiser with excellent networking skills and experience of working collaboratively with global teams. You'll have excellent writing skills, and be able to work independently and manage a busy and varied workload. French or Portuguese language skills would be a bonus, but not essential. 

Application details

For more information and to apply, please upload your CV, application form and cover letter to the SHA website.

All candidates offered a job with Self Help Africa will be expected to sign Self Help Africa’s Safeguarding Policies and Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. Specific roles may require Police/DBS/ vetting.

Self Help Africa strives to be an Equal Opportunities Employer

The Redthread team has grown significantly over the last few years, and we have further opportunities to expand our services in the year ahead. Our highly successful fundraising team has enabled this growth by driving income generation from new sources and increasing our reserves.

We are looking for an exceptional Trusts Manager to join the team. We are looking for someone with significant trusts fundraising experience who is ready to take on responsibility for this vital income stream. You will have responsibility for the whole grant proposal cycle, resulting in successfully securing six and seven figure grants. You will need to be a pro-active and engaging relationship manager, able to adapt your communication and presentation style to suit a variety of partners. You’ll have excellent writing skills, an ability to assimilate complex information for a range of audiences, and a keen eye for detail. You will need to be ambitious, resilient and driven, able to find creative solutions and maximise funding opportunities for our cause.

You’ll be line-managing a talented Trusts Officer, and will also support other colleagues within the team who support trusts fundraising as part of their roles. You’ll need to have a collaborative and inspirational management style, able to coach and empower newer fundraisers to achieve their objectives and develop their skills. And you will enjoy being part of an ambitious and dynamic team; willing to support and contribute to the whole team’s income generation activities as needed.

Redthread has a strong grants portfolio but there is still plenty of room for development – it’s a real chance to make your mark. There are opportunities to engage large funders and solicit transformational gifts for Redthread’s work. In the last financial year, Charitable Trusts and Foundations were Redthread’s largest source of voluntary income so your work will make a demonstrable difference to young people’s lives. In a recent survey, 100% of Redthread’s London team said they feel their job makes a difference to young people’s lives every day, with 87% feeling like they help make the city safer for young people.

If you enjoy communicating service impact, working closely with frontline staff and with senior stakeholders, can identify strategic funding opportunities and are passionate about young people, we would like to hear from you. During the pandemic our teams have been working from home, but are now beginning to spend some days at home and some in the office in Victoria. We expect to be establishing a more permanent hybrid working pattern in the future, where the expectation will be that this role will spend at least some time per week in the office, or out meeting teams or funders.

In return, the successful candidate will receive a competitive salary, a supportive and flexible working environment, excellent staff training and development package and access to a range of employee benefits including; access to enhanced employee assistance programme services, employer pension scheme contribution, enhanced annual leave and family leave entitlements and more.

If this sounds like it could be the role for you, please download the full Job Description and Person Specification from our website via the yellow 'Apply on Website' button at the top of this page. 

Applications deadline: 10am, Monday 8th November 2021.

Please Note: If we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert before the closing date. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.

The Wellfield Trust is looking for a suitable person to fill the post of Trust Manager, based at Birchwood Leisure Centre, Longmead, Hatfield.

The job entails providing guidance and administrative support to the Trustees involved in the provision of aid to those in need, hardship or distress in the Hatfield area.

Sound administrative ability and computer skills will be required as well as a sympathetic, dedicated and vigorous approach to the work of the Charity.  A knowledge of statutory benefits and the work of charities would be useful.

A salary of circa £30,000 FTE pro rata for a 27.5-hour week (5.5 hours per day) plus 6% pension benefits.

Completed application form to be returned by 8th November 2021.

This role requires an experienced fundraiser to build and develop relationships with and secure funds from existing and new trust funders to support Norwood’s key strategic priorities: our work with children and families in crisis, and developing a whole life offer for individuals with learning challenges. The role will engage with senior leadership and stakeholders across the organisation and contribute to the income growth of a small but high achieving and collaborative team.

Some of the main responsibilities:

1. Develop and maintain an excellent knowledge of Norwood services and build relationships with service/development/business managers in order to research, design, write and submit trust funding applications to grant making bodies and Local Authorities where appropriate. Be aware of organisational developments and creatively develop proposals to inspire grant makers.
2. Account manage and build relationships with relevant funders ensuring all donors are canvassed in a relevant way and provide monitoring, evaluating and reporting as necessary. Keep up to date with project development and communicate progress to funding bodies.
3. To contribute to the attainment of the annual Trust team income budget and provide monitoring, evaluating and reporting as necessary.
4. Where appropriate develop face-to-face relationships with Trust prospects, asking them for high level financial support (or facilitating others e.g. lay leaders and Directors to make an ask), providing them with the highest possible level of donor care.  Where relevant, make arrangements for prospects and donors to visit the work of Norwood.

Essential Requirements:

• Two years minimum experience of researching, writing and securing income through completion of detailed project proposals
• Experience of developing relationships with funders, Trustees and prospects
• Experience of working with a wide range of individuals at a senior level

• Able to commute to Stanmore

Benefits:

• The opportunity to work for a leading UK charity

• Competitive salary & benefits package

• Generous annual leave entitlement

• 1pm finish on a Friday

• A challenging and varied role

• A supportive team

• Additional leave during Jewish festivals

  Please note: We reserve the right to close the advert, once we receive sufficient applications, so recommend an early application.

  This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure.

  Norwood is a disability confident employer. This means we are committed to employing people with disabilities.

  Patron: Her Majesty The Queen.

  Registered Charity No: 1059050.

Theodora Children’s Charity exists to help children living with illness, disability and serious health challenges feel better – using the proven power of giggles.

As the Senior Trusts Fundraiser, you will play a pivotal role, developing and maintaining new and existing fundraising relationships, but most importantly you will be responsible for securing grants of a five or six figure value, maintaining an up-to-date pipeline, identifying and submitting applications, and working with the Fundraising Manager to grow income from Trusts.

You will be a strong team player, be self-motivated, have excellent written communication skills, the ability to manage your own workload and be committed to improving the wellbeing of children through our Giggle Doctor Programmes. In return you will have the opportunity to be an integral part of a unique charity bringing fun and laughter to thousands of children every year. This role will be split between our head office in London and remotely from your home.

The Coroners' Courts Support Service provides vital practical and emotional support to families going through the trauma of an Inquest into the unexplained or unexpected death of a loved one.  Over 340 highly trained volunteers currently deliver our services in almost half the coroner’s courts in England and via our national helpline.

We are looking for an energetic self-starter, with solid trusts and foundations experience, able to manage donors effectively and to source new supporters nationally and regionally.  You will play a key role in the development of the service across the UK. 

The post is part-time, hybrid working from home and in London. 

Closing date: 19th November 2021

Interview dates: Week commencing 22nd November 2021

Short list interviews: week commencing 29th November 2021

Please be advised that some interviews may take place via Zoom due to the current restrictions but it is hoped that they will be held in person.

The opportunity

We’re looking for a talented and tenacious fundraiser, with strong communication and relationship building skills to be a vital new addition to the team.  Is this you? 

About the role

You’ll will play a key role within the Philanthropy team, working to maximise income for the British Heart Foundation’s work through the research, development, and management of high-level relationships with foundations and trustees.

Managing a diverse portfolio of existing and prospective supporters, you'll enjoy taking initiative to research, develop and engage with new prospects. You'll help deliver fundraising strategy, in line with the wider Philanthropy team's objectives, to achieve ambitious income targets.

The team has been rapidly growing philanthropic giving both domestic and internationally and you will support this by focusing primarily on securing six and seven figure donations from trusts and foundations. You will also help provide a high quality stewardship of existing donors to encourage long term support.

This is a dual location role, with your working time split between your Home and our London Office. This will allow us to unlock our best work for our cause, blending the best of home and office working.

About you

We’re looking for someone with previous trust fundraising experience.

With excellent written skills, the ability to write persuasively, as well as an excellent eye for detail and an analytical and focused nature. 

You'll have knowledge and experience using Raisers Edge, CRM or equivalent database packages and will be insight driven with the ability to develop a strong understanding of our different stakeholders and organisational priorities.

Ambitious and proactive, with excellent time management, you’ll be able to juggle workloads to meet multiple deadlines. You will have the ability to build strong and meaningful relationships and the drive and passion to maximise funding opportunities.

When applying, we want you to tell us about your:

• Proven experience of successful fundraising from both private family Trusts and Foundations and Institutional funders
• Proven experience of making successful 6 figure asks and working closely with senior stakeholders to develop and execute solicitation plans
• Experience of writing compelling funding proposals from scratch

About us

When people affected by heart and circulatory diseases are in need, they turn to us. With our research we give people hope. With our expert advice and training, we give people knowledge and support. And with our campaigning we help build a healthier world for everyone.

We celebrate diversity and make inclusion part of what we do every day. Diversity and Inclusion forms a main pillar in our People Experience Strategy. Our aim is for all of our colleagues and volunteers to bring their true self to work, so we can continue to fund life saving research. 

Here at the BHF we understand that you might need a little help balancing your work and home life.  Many of our people work flexibly in many different ways. Please feel free to talk to us about the flexibility you may need; we’re happy to explore what’s possible for you and the role.

What can we offer you

To find out more about benefits available at the BHF please apply via our webiste and download our benefits document at the bottom of this page.

Would you like a job with one of the UK’s Leading charities? Are you someone who wants to join a dynamic fundraising team and expand their impact to help raise funds? If that sounds like you, then we have a fantastic opportunity for someone looking for a full time role in the London area for a Trusts and Foundations Manager.

This fantastic new role has arisen for a proactive and experienced Philanthropy Manager to join a £10m+ organisation at a very exciting time, to help them further develop and grow the organisation. You will have a proven track record of leading and developing a Trusts and Foundations Programme to achieve ambitious targets. You will be an energetic and creative individual, bringing extensive Trust Fundraising knowledge and leadership to the team. You will be responsible for securing income from active and dormant audiences, focusing on donors and growing income from Trusts and Foundations.

Trusts and Foundations Manager

Central London

Hybrid Working

Full time, Permanent

Salary: £38,000 - £42,000

Duties and responsibilities will include:

• Lead a strategy to maximise trusts income, seeking opportunities and pursuing these opportunities.
• Develop and deliver tailored proposals and stewardship.
• Identify and research leads to build a pipeline of Trusts and foundations prospects.
• Monitor, review and evaluate performance against strategic plans and reports and financial forecasts
• Develop and implement a range of cultivation tools

Applicants will need:

• Knowledge and experience of Trusts and Foundations Fundraising
• Experience working in a Donor focused organisation
• Strong experience managing and developing relationships with Trusts and Foundations
• Personal experience securing and supporting donations at a 5/6 figure level.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Effective communication skills including, writing, proof reading and copywriting.
• Networking and Influencing skills.
• Ability to manage and prioritise several projects and tasks.

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

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

We are pleased to be working with a disability charity who are looking to hire a Senior Trusts Manager to join their developing team. You will be responsible for developing major applications in support of targets and to report on the ongoing progress to donors. You will also develop and deliver a fundraising plan to generate income from grant making trusts and foundations against targets.

The charity are looking for somebody who has proven experience of developing and executing trust fundraising plans, as well as experience of building relationships with Trustees and administrators. You will be required to required to research trusts and their criteria, targeting your applications in accordance with your research.

You will need:

• Demonstrable experience of trust fundraising
• Experience of developing and executing trusts fundraising plans, including budgeting and delivering against budget
• Exemplary written and verbal communication skills
• Raiser’s Edge experience

Salary - £38,000 - £42,000

Location: London

Deadline: ASAP

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call James 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.

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

NL Recruitment is currently looking for a Trust Fundraiser (Part-time) to work for a social welfare charity.

Working closely with the Trusts & Statutory Manager, you will build and develop relationships with and secure funds from existing and new trust funders. You will also:

• Engage with senior leadership and stakeholders across the organisation and contribute to the income growth of a high achieving and collaborative team
• Account manage and build relationships with relevant funders ensuring all donors are canvassed in a relevant way and provide monitoring, evaluating and reporting as necessary
• Keep up to date with new Trust funding developments, and where appropriate statutory funding developments, monitor donor profiles and maintain recording systems

Our client is looking for an excellent Trusts Fundraiser who has:

• Experience of developing relationships with funders, Trustees and prospects
• Experience of working with a wide range of individuals at a senior level
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels, internally and externally

We are delighted to be working with a wonderful children’s hospice to recruit two Trust and Foundation Executive roles to join its nurturing and growing team. There are two opportunities available with both full-time and part-time hours considered. These positions will maximise income from Foundations, grant giving organisations, Charitable Trusts and livery companies.

The postholders will manage the end to end process of identifying, applying, securing and reporting on restricted and unrestricted grants from funders. This is a great opportunity for those looking to develop their Trusts and Foundations skills with the charity welcoming applications from individuals with strong writing and communications skills and from a range of experience within the charitable sector.

The successful candidate will have proven skills of:

• Working/Volunteering in the charitable sector
• Communicating complex project information in a compelling and impactful way to external stakeholders
• Identifying innovative opportunities for funding
• Working under pressure to meet tight deadlines

Salary: £25000 (pro rata if applicable)

Location: Offices in Sittingbourne (Kent), London and East Sussex

Closing Date: Thursday 7^th October at 9am

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

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.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

A newly created role, long term flexible working with a balance of home/team time (up to once a week in London when possible).

This is a new role in the team, adding additional resource and capacity to increase support from trusts and foundations.

You’ll be responsible for a mix of warm prospects (£25k+) and six figure bids while also supporting new business fundraising and testing new approaches to colder prospects.

This will include piloting a regional approach and supporting the expansion of funding and delivery in the devolved nations with support from the Services team and Executive leadership.

Given changes to their services delivery (to now be in the community), there is significant opportunity for the trusts team to increase support and generate new funding opportunities.

Job description

As Trusts and Foundations Manager you will:

• Test and pilot new approaches, diversifying funding opportunities and engaging with new prospects;
• Focus predominantly on large, multi year prospects but with responsibility for relationships £25k+;
• Support the uplift and re-engagement of lower level/lapsed supporters with potential to give significantly more in support of their work;
• Work closely with services and organisational teams to increase the amount of restricted programme funding available.

Person specification

The role would best suit:

• An experienced trusts and foundations/statutory fundraiser with demonstrable expertise of securing high 5-figure+ donations;
• An individual with a creative flair, able to identify new opportunities and think creatively about how to engage with prospects;
• A proven relationship builder with a collaborative nature and strong written skills to support proposal development;
• An individual who is self-motivated, able to work collaboratively with the wider team but comfortable with a large degree of home working for the long term.

Interviews will take place on a rolling basis, please don’t hesitate to get in touch for further information.

Trusts Fundraising Executive, joining a renowned Medical Charity based in Greater South London. An excellent opportunity to growing and develop your Trusts Fundraising experience.

As the Trusts Fundraising Executive, you will join a talented team, working closely with the Trusts Fundraising Manager on both traditional Trusts Fundraising and also supporting the work of Family Trust Partners.

This is a very varied role and provides the opportunity to work very closely with internal teams and Funders. You will:

• Manage and existing portfolio of Trusts, Foundations, maximising income and providing a high-level service to funders and partners.
• Support the Trusts Fundraising Manager in the stewardship and development of Family Charity Partners.
• Develop the prospect pipeline by researching new Trust prospects and cultivating new relationships.
• Develop compelling cases for support and project summaries for use in proposals and other fundraising literature
• Produce progress reports, supporting individual stewardship plans for donors within your portfolio

Our client is looking for you to have had experience of working within a fundraising environment, ideally within Trusts, Corporates or Major Donor fundraising.

You will have excellent written and communication skills to write cases for support and communicate with funders and internal stakeholders.