Grants and Trusts Fundraiser
Posted 23 hours 52 minutes ago by WEBRECRUIT
Grants and Trusts Fundraiser
Warrington, London, Leeds, Birmingham, Cardiff, Belfast, or Glasgow
Our client is recruiting a Grants and Trusts Fundraiser to identify and maximise opportunities to raise unrestricted and restricted funds from grant-making bodies and charitable trusts.
What you will do:
- Develop and nurture strong relationships with current and historic funders, cultivating relationships with new or prospective funders, with the view of creating fruitful long-term relationships.
- Generate new leads and drive the prospecting process through regular meetings and communication with existing and prospective funders.
- Ensure that all grants are administered correctly, including the recording and draw-down of funds is administered correctly.
- Write compelling cases for support in line with the organisational strategy.
To be successful in this role you will have:
- An understanding of grant-making charitable trust fundraising
- An understanding of statutory grants and bid-writing
- An understanding of fundraising principles and practices
- Confident and persuasive communication skills, with good attention to detail
- The ability to manage a varied and complex workload prioritising competing demands
- Strong analytical skills
- Competence in the use of IT tools, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Salary: £30,559 per annum (SCP 18) progressing by increments to £33,366 per annum (SCP 23). If based in the London office, you will receive an additional cost of living allowance of £5,000 per annum.
Hours: 36 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Location: Warrington, London, Leeds, Birmingham, Cardiff, Belfast, or Glasgow. There is a requirement to travel across the UK.
Benefits: You will receive 28 days' annual leave, plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for part-time workers), hybrid and flexible working arrangements, an attractive pension scheme, Simply Health membership, enhanced sick pay and enhanced parental pay.
Closing date: Sunday 19th January 2024
Our client reserves the right to close the vacancy earlier if they receive sufficient applications so, please submit your application as soon as possible.
Our client is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its recruitment policies are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
Our client is committed to safeguarding all children, young people and adults at risk who interact with the organisation. The organisation recognises its responsibility to safeguard the welfare of these vulnerable groups by a commitment to procedures to protect them. The charity expects all staff and volunteers to fully support and promote these commitments.