JUSTICE is seeking a Trust and Foundation Fundraiser to provide support to our Development Team whilst our Director of Development is on maternity leave.  This provides an exciting opportunity for an experienced fundraiser to join the JUSTICE team and assist us in achieving our objectives as set out in our 2021-24 strategy. As the Trust and Foundation Fundraiser you will play a pivotal role in developing and sustaining fundraising relationships, maintaining an up-to-date pipeline, drafting timely applications and reports, and working with the Interim Director of Development and Development Administrator to grow income from trusts and foundations.

You will be a strong team player, self-motivated with an ability to manage your own workload. With excellent written communication skills, you will be committed to JUSTICE’s aims. You will have the opportunity to be an integral part of a unique charity that strives for a fair, accessible, and equal justice system and values a healthy and nurturing working environment.

The successful candidate will be appointed to a part-time post, for three days per week on a fixed term, one-year basis. The contract will start ideally in September.  The charity operates out of our London Office, but we value and encourage flexible working practices with most staff choosing to work remotely for half of the working week.  As well as flexible working our staff enjoy 27 days annual leave pro rata (plus the week between Christmas and the New Year), 8% employer pension contribution, access to an Employee Assistance Programme and a meditation package.

The post holder will be line managed by the Interim Director of Development and will be supported by the Development Administrator.

To apply, please send a CV and a covering letter addressing the person specification. 

The deadline for applications is 8am on Monday 23rd August 2021. Interviews will be during the week beginning 30th August 2021. Candidates may be required to complete a test as part of the interview process.

JUSTICE is an equal opportunities employer.

Please note that we will not respond to any enquiries from recruitment agencies.

Trees for Cities is the only charity working on a national and international scale to improve people's lives by planting trees in cities. Our aim is to engage communities and people to plant, protect and promote urban trees across the UK and around the world, revitalising these areas and improving the lives of the people who live in them.

We are looking for a confident and proactive individual who enjoys writing and building relationships. This is an important early career fundraising role for a fast learner, or an opportunity to broaden your existing communication skills in a new and impactful area.

PURPOSE OF JOB

The Grants Fundraiser will develop and maintain effective relationships with trusts, foundations and institutional bodies, leading to increased income from grant-making trusts, foundations, lottery and government.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Secure annual income target from grant funders (last year £200,000) for urban forest projects in schools, parks, streets and housing estates across the UK in line with business plan.
• Research and apply for new sources of funding from trusts, foundations (including corporate foundations), national lottery, and statutory funders.
• Create compelling, relevant funding proposals appropriately tailored and targeted for each potential funder including outputs, outcomes and budgets.
• Work closely with the Senior Grants Fundraiser to plan, deliver, monitor and evaluate Trees for Cities’ grant fundraising for all programmes.
• Work with the Development Team to build on existing partnerships and identify new opportunities to develop relationships further.
• Attend regular internal meetings including with the Development, Projects, Corporate and Marcomms teams.
• Work as a strong member of the Development Team.
• Prepare for and attend performance appraisals as required.
• Prepare regular progress reports and grant claims, including monitoring information, case studies and budgets, as required by the funder, to implement a high standard of stewardship.
• Communicate with existing supporters to motivate them to continue their support and form closer links with the charity; this may include organising and attending site visits, events and meetings.
• Maintain files for all grant applications and relationships, and record information on internal systems, including Donorfy for regular analysis.
• Carry out administrative and any other tasks related to the delivery of the grant fundraising where necessary.

Trust and Corporate Fundraiser

Circa £29,600 to £30,192 per annum actual (circa £37,000 to £37,740 per annum FTE)

Part Time, 28 hours per week

up to 12 months fixed term contract

Stevenage Herts / Hybrid working

What if you could change someone’s life?

What if your role helped to enhance educational opportunities in engineering for children and young people?

What if you were our Trust and Corporate Fundraiser?

At the IET, making our world a better place starts by creating a better place for our people. At IET and you’ll have more than just a job. Our work is exciting and challenging, connecting the people who solve the problems that matter. It means working with us has real meaning and impact, and you’ll grow – professionally and personally – in ways you never thought possible. We’re also making significant investments in our people, including providing a modern, vibrant workplace and embracing hybrid working.

What you’ll be doing

This is an opportunity to be part of a small, agile and collaborative team that has big impact and is willing to try new things to help grow income from trusts, foundations and companies to enhance educational opportunities in engineering for children and young people. We work across the organisation enhancing and supporting the Education and Awards teams, in particular, to realise their goals and fulfilling the charitable mission of the IET. As the Trust and Corporate Fundraiser, you will lead on a number of key existing donor relationships, as well as, developing new prospects.

What we hope you can bring to the role

You will be an experienced fundraiser with a trust or individual giving background and be able to quickly take responsibility for an established and growing portfolio of donors. Our donors include family foundations, corporate charitable foundations and more generalist trusts.  We are looking for you to be able to work closely with the delivery teams of our high-profile STEM education and Scholarship and Bursary programmes and donors alike.

As such, you’ll be comfortable communicating with and reporting to senior stakeholders both within and outside the IET.

We’d love to get to know you

Is Imposter syndrome creeping in? Don’t worry – we’d rather hear from you this time than not hear from you at all! Read on for a little more information about the role; but also, keep in mind that we’re open to discussing flexible ways of working, including reduced hours and working in an agile way, supported by a hybrid working framework that allows you to find the best place to do your best work.

A little more about the role

• Manage and effectively steward relationships with a number of corporate foundations, charitable trust, and statutory grants.
• Research and manage a pipeline of opportunities of suitable trusts, foundations and companies and individuals
• Write and submit high quality, tailored funding applications within funders’ deadlines.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of relevant trusts, foundations and corporate communications.
• Work closely and effectively with delivery teams to gather and collate project information to enhance funding applications and reports
• Prepare budgets to support fundraising applications.
• Meet donors reporting requirements, ensuring high standards are consistently met.
• Contribute to the effective and excellent stewardship of donors, including at events
• A willingness to travel on occasion.

A little more about what we’re looking for

• Demonstrable experience of fundraising from Trusts and Foundations, and/or major donors.
• Fully IT literate including MS Office
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the confidence to talk to prospects and donors, in person or virtually
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Sound knowledge of Charity Law and Data Protection legislation and the Code of Fundraising Practice
• Excellent interpersonal, networking and relationship building skills as well as the ability to influence and motivate supporters at the most senior level
• Strong organisational and time-management skills
• Self-motivated with the ability to use own initiative

What if you could be you? The IET is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To find out more, head over to our ‘Work for the IET’ site.

Experienced, reliable and organised fundraising and grants manager with proven previous grant management and fundraising experience in the charitable sector required by our busy international office.  You will develop new fundraising plans and proposals as well as overseeing current grants and prepare timely and excellent quality financial and narrative reports for our grant donors. Highly motivated and resourceful individual required with a genuine interest in Christian meditation and spirituality and the individual and societal benefits it can bring to a world thirsting for peace and stability.

Opportunity to experience one of our retreats as a participant part of the benefits.

About the role  

Switchback is an award-winning small charity enabling young Londoners to build stable, rewarding lives after their release from prison. We are looking for a fantastic Trusts & Foundations Manager to join our small but mighty fundraising team. This is a new and exciting position that will be an integral part of Switchback’s future growth and sustainability for the young men we support.

Switchback has a brilliant track record of successfully raising more funds every year (rising from £400k in 2017 to over £750k last year). For the first time in 2022, our income target will rise to over £1m, and will continue to rise over the coming years. As the majority of our income is raised through Trusts and Foundations, we are looking for an amazing Trusts & Foundations Manager to lead and build on this integral income stream, and enable Switchback to expand our impact even further.

Working with the Head of Fundraising and Fundraising Officer, you will play a key role in supporting the development and delivery of Switchback’s Trusts and Foundation strategy. You’ll develop and write exciting and persuasive funding proposals, build new donor relationships and broaden the support from our existing and loyal donors, securing significant donations and strong partnerships. At Switchback we pride ourselves on ensuring that our wonderful donors receive authentic, quality and detailed communications so that they not only continue to feel invested in our work, but most importantly, feel loved and appreciated!

About you 

We are seeking someone with a strong track record of securing significant sums from Trusts and Foundations who would like to work in a small team that punches above its weight, helping Switchback to grow its impact even further. You’ll be an outgoing individual, who is highly organised with excellent attention to detail, drive, enthusiasm and a determination to deliver against targets.

You must love building and nurturing relationships at different levels and enjoy providing our donors with quality updates so that they always feel closely connected to our work. You will have passion for telling the stories of the young people we support and be excited to represent Switchback and our Trainees.

At Switchback we aim to build a team representative of London’s diverse population, celebrating the differences that people bring with them as a vital resource to achieve our ambition and purpose. At such, at this time we’re especially keen to hear from men, people from Asian backgrounds, and/or people with lived experience of the criminal justice system.  

Above all, you’ll be passionate about Switchback’s purpose and values, and keen to get stuck in to a wide range of policy and research activity in a small team with big ambitions to transform the system.

Please download and read the full job description (PDF) and follow the application process set out in there. Applications which do not follow the application process will not be considered. We regret that as a small team we will be unable to provide feedback to candidates not shortlisted for interview.

Application deadline: 10am on Monday 23rd August
Interviews:  1st round: 31st August, 2nd round: 7th September

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

Full time – 35 hours per week

Location - Flexible working, with at least two days per week in our Manchester office

BHA for Equality wants to recruit a Trusts & Foundations Fundraiser on a permanent basis, to work as part of our Business Development team.

We have an established track record, over the past 30 years of tackling health inequalities and supporting marginalised communities. We are looking to recruit an experienced fundraiser with a strong track record in securing funding from Trusts and Foundations and other sources.

You will play an important role in helping us significantly grow organisational income to develop our existing services and support growth and diversification of our organisation.

If you are passionate about our mission, committed to our values and have experience in trusts and Foundations fundraising we would love to hear from you.

CVs will not be accepted, and applicants must be eligible to work in the U.K.

If you would like to discuss this role, please contact Donna Miller, Director of Policy, Engagement & Development to arrange an informal telephone discussion.

The closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 9th August 2021.

Basic Disclosure & Barring Service will be conducted on the successful applicant..

Join our small, dynamic team as our Trusts and Foundations Manager!

Open Up Music is an award-winning Bristol-based charity, with a mission to open up music to young disabled musicians. We deliver ambitious, national programmes to raise standards in music education for young disabled people. 

The Trusts and Foundations Manager is a member of the Senior Management Team, and will be responsible for developing and implementing the trusts and foundations strategy.

This is a key role focusing on prospecting, writing and submitting funding applications and reports against income targets. This role will also be responsible for managing and stewarding relationships to ensure the highest possible retention of, and return from, funders. You will also work with us to recruit and line manage a Trusts & Foundations Officer, to support you to deliver against our annual grant giving targets. 

The successful candidate will be knowledgeable and experienced in trusts and foundations strategy and fundraising, with experience of meeting financial targets. You will be able to prioritise a busy workload, with excellent attention to detail. 

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!

We actively welcome applications from people with a disability, long term medical condition, or who identify as neurodivergent (such as Autism or ADHD). We are a Disability Confident Employer and offer a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. 

Role: Trusts Fundraiser (two positions available)

Salary: £21,500 to £25,000 DOE

Responsible to: Director of Income Generation

Location: Head Office, Buckfastleigh 

Scope and Purpose

The post holder is responsible for supporting and assisting the Fundraising Manager and Trusts Team to raise funds from trusts, foundations and similar grant providers and major individual gifts.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Fundraising Manager and Senior Trusts Officer to manage a
  portfolio of Trusts and a number of major donors, building and maintaining
  long-term relationships with new and existing funders
• Submit high quality proposals and applications to trusts and major donors
• Provide excellent donor stewardship to existing supporters through high
  quality updates and reports, face-to-face meetings, site visits and events
• Manage restricted income for the team, ensuring funds are allocated
  accordingly and spent within the funders’ deadlines
• Regularly conduct and manage research into new trusts and major gift sources
• Assist in the collation of fundraising materials such as case studies and photos
• Maintain accurate, compliant, and up-to-date information on The Raiser’s Edge database
• Ensure that support by volunteers, donors and partners is promptly and
  appropriately recognised
• Continue to develop the knowledge and skills required to fulfil the responsibilities of the position
• Prepare reports and evaluations on applications and activities

Person Specification

• Experience of working in a fundraising team on Trust income
• A positive self-starter with excellent self-management skills
• A persuasive communicator with the ability to establish and manage donor
  relationships
• Good interpersonal skills and team spirit
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to adhere to specific deadlines
• Experience of donor CRM software. Training will be provided on Go Beyond’s use of The Raisers Edge system

Everyone who works at Go Beyond has the responsibility for promoting the safeguarding and welfare of children

General Duties

• Positively promote the work of Go Beyond both internally and externally, and be a representative at stewardship and cultivation events
• Prioritise tasks to ensure maximum return on investment of your time and resources
• Willingness to travel, as required to support meetings or to achieve agreed objectives
• Willingness to work unsocial hours, including evenings, weekends and stay overnight
• To work in line with the Go Beyond Mission, Vision, and Values consistently, working with others to provide a supportive, responsive, environment and services
• To present a positive image of Go Beyond at all times, through every aspect of your work
• To ensure that all Go Beyond policies, procedures, and agreed protocols are adhered to
• To contribute to the planning, review, monitoring and reporting processes and activities
• To participate in team meetings and activities and represent Go Beyond at other meetings as agreed
• To respect the rights of individuals by maintaining confidentiality and working in line with GDPR legislation
• To attend training courses as identified and agreed for appropriate development
• To undertake other duties not specifically stated above, which from time to time are necessary without altering the nature or level of responsibility involved
• To make a commitment to improving Go Beyond environmental impact by means of energy saving and recycling in the workplace

Health & Safety

• To undertake regular risk assessments and take any necessary action to avoid potential health and safety hazards
• Having read Go Beyond Health and Safety manual, ensure compliance at all times with Go Beyond Health and Safety Policies including accident reporting procedures; fire drills and first aid facilities
• To liaise with the appropriate person on all Health and Safety matters where required

Commitment to Safeguarding Children

• Everyone who works at Go Beyond has the responsibility for promoting the safeguarding and welfare of children
• To ensure awareness of charity’s policy and procedures regarding Child Safeguarding
• To become aware of the signs and symptoms of abuse by attending relevant courses

Closing date for applications is Midday on Friday 18 June 2021.

As part of our Safer Recruitment, you will be asked to complete an application form with a supporting statement evidencing your suitability for the role.

We will be reviewing applications as soon as they come in so please ensure that you act quickly if you are interested in this post. Go Beyond reserve the right to close this advert prior to the closing date specified, should we find the suitable candidate.

Go Beyond recognise the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges
discrimination. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

If you have a passion for developing relationships, have excellent written and verbal communication skills and experience in raising funds from Trusts and Grants, we would love to hear from you.

4Sight Vision Support currently supports over 2,000 blind and sight impaired children and adults living in West Sussex, however, there are an estimated 34,500 people living with some form of sight loss in our County. We have ambitious plans to grow our services and further tailor the support we offer over the next 3-5 years.

Having recently completed a Fundraising Audit, updated our Mission, Vision and Values and devised a new Future Services Strategy, this is an exciting time to join - you could be part of the transformation!

The Trusts and Grants Officer sits in the Fundraising, Marketing and Communications Team and will be building on our successful track record of Trust Fundraising, helping to grow this important income stream for the charity.

While our Head Office is based in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, we offer a very flexible approach to hours, days and location.

Trusts and Grants Fundraising Officer role and responsibilities:

• Developing and writing compelling funding propositions to Trusts, Foundations, Statutory funders and other grant making organisations in a timely manner and to agreed financial targets.
• Building on the ongoing development of the Trust & Foundation pipeline
• Conducting thorough research to keep abreast of Trust funding criteria and identify new funding opportunities.
• Adhering to Trust and Foundation reporting criteria and working with the frontline services team to implement evidence gathering processes to complete funding reports.
• Support the Fundraising Manager in the development of strategy and plans
• Stewardship and account management of key funder relationships
• To contribute to the further development of optimal CRM usage for planning and reporting work with the Fundraising Manager
• To work with colleagues internally to develop interesting and compelling funding propositions and contribute to other areas of fundraising

Skills and Experience:

• Experience of fundraising from trusts and foundations
• Relevant fundraising qualification or experience equivalent to a degree qualification is desirable
• Experience of broader fundraising disciplines is desirable
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to proactively plan and manage a varied and busy workload

Job hours: Part time – 21 hours per week

Salary: £24,000- £26,000 FTE - £14,400 – £15,600 Pro Rata

Hours and workplace:

• We offer a very flexible approach to working days, hours and location – which may change week to week if required. Ideally, the post holder will work a minimum of 1 day per week in a Covid-19 Safe office space in Bognor Regis.
• To keep our staff as safe as possible we are carrying out lateral flow testing twice a week and are following strict guidelines to ensure that those in the workplace wherever possible are following social distancing of 2 metres.

The TPP Recruitment team are delighted to be supporting a national health charity with the search to a Trusts Manager vacancy. Following an organistaional re-sctructure, this new role will look to build on existing work with Trusts and Foundations, and to grow income - particularly through multi-year grants. The charity is based in SW England, and while it would be ideal for the successful candidate to spend time in the office on a semi-regular basis (1 day per week), remote working is a possibility. Flexible working options can be considered, including applications from Job-Share partnerships.

In this exciting role, you will work as part of the Partnerships and Philanthropy Team to secure gifts from trusts and foundations by researching, developing and writing compelling funding bids and reports and building relationships with funders to secure sustainable income.
Reporting to the Head of Partnerships and Philanthropy, you will be responsible for the development and delivery of an annual plan to achieve a six-figure income budget and for monitoring and reporting on the trusts income pipeline.

To be considered for this role, you will be an experienced fundraising professional with knowledge of the UK funding landscape, philanthropy and fundraising methods with excellent writing skills and the ability to synthesise information from a range of sources and turn complex projects into clear and compelling cases for support.

This is a fantastic organisation and a role with excellent scope for progression. Staff benefits are also very competitive.

To apply, please send through an updated CV in response to this advert. Alternatively, contact Matt Adams on 0207 198 6040 or [email protected] for a confidential discussion. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis for this opportunity.

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.

Looking to take the lead on Trusts and Corporate fundraising? Are you confident and full of ideas to develop new funding opportunities? If so, then this is the role for you! We are looking for a Trusts and Corporate Fundraiser to join our admin team.

This is a great opportunity to develop your existing experience of Trusts and Corporate fundraising and shape our strategy for the next five years to deliver growth.

We’re looking for a successful bid-writer who has proven experience of securing substantial funding from Trusts and Corporate funding. You'll be a self-starter and problem solver who can use their creativity and build effective relationships.

Currently the admin team is working from home and some days in the office. Your workdays are flexible.

The two clinics are in Southfields on a Tuesday (bi-weekly), on Friday (weekly), there is also a clinic in Shoreditch on a Thursday. You will be based in our London offices.

To apply, please send a covering letter explaining why you are suitable for the role together with your cv.

The FPO is committed to safeguarding and all those offered employment with us will require an enhanced DBS check.

Trusts and Corporate Partnerships Manager (part-time) 

Salary: £37,000 pro rata – 3 days per week  

Location: Flexible with some travel to National Office in North Greenwich, London  

For this new role, we are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate Trusts and Corporate Partnerships Manager to help us grow voluntary income from both corporate and trust funders so we can continue our mission to make life add up for people with disabilities. You will be integral to building new relationships with corporates and trusts and raising awareness of Livability’s vital work.

The people we support are at the forefront of everything that we do. You will be part of an energetic team where your work will make a significant impact to the lives of people with disabilities across the UK. You are an open and inclusive team player who works well with others, to deliver a common goal. You will be responsible for developing a new corporate pipeline in conjunction with managing an established trusts pipeline. Your excellent organisational skills enable you to work on various projects and prioritise your work.

Key attributes 

• Demonstrable experience of managing corporate and trusts relationships through the entire donor journey – prospecting through to stewardship

• Relationship fundraiser with demonstrable experience of securing five-figure + donations

• Experienced proposal writer with an eye for detail and the ability to match projects to a prospective funder’s interests

• Excellent written, oral and budgeting skills 

• Outstanding interpersonal skills with internal and external stakeholders

Plans for returning to the office are currently being confirmed, however at this stage there is an expectation we will be working 2 days a week in the office until further notice. More clarification will be available at time of interview. 

About Livability  

Livability is the charity that’s committed to enabling people with disabilities to live the life they want to lead. We work to change what is unlivable, helping people to tackle the barriers they face and create a livable life. We believe that the people we support have the right to a full and flourishing life. They deserve the very best in service delivery. Driven by our core values, Livability strives to be open, enabling, inclusive and courageous in all that we do. 

Maggie's have an exciting opportunity for two (full time and 0.6FTE) Trusts and Statutory Fundraisers to join the team at our Hammersmith office. 

With at least two years experience in a similar role, such as securing grants from trusts and foundations and/or other grants givers, you will enjoy researching, analysing and collating information on prospects and producing bespoke funding proposals and reports often to tight deadlines. 

Strong communication skills and the confidence to present tailored information to a diverse audience is critical as is a good eye for detail and a consistent approach to account management and record keeping.

You must be able to manage a wide-ranging workload, often with competing priorities and to balance independent working on discrete projects and ongoing tasks.

In your application, please state whether you wish to apply for the full-time or part-time position. 

In addition to a rewarding career, Maggie’s offers a range of staff benefits including competitive holiday entitlement, workplace pension, option to apply to continue NHS pension, sick-pay scheme, and travel and cycle loans.