Senior Trusts Fundraiser

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled Trust and Foundations fundraiser to join the Schoolreaders team. Schoolreaders is a dynamic and fast-growing charity based in Bedford. It is a national charity tackling poor literacy through a network of volunteers who provide one-to-one reading support to children in primary schools across the country. We are the largest national in-school child literacy charity, supporting over 30,000 children in over 1,500 schools every week. We have ambitious plans to grow and support many more children in future, so it s an exciting time to join us. You will be joining a high performing and well-established Trust Fundraising Team, you ll help maintain and develop an ambitious strategy to ensure that all opportunities for approaching and securing increased funding from trusts, foundations and other grant making bodies are maximised.

Main Duties

1. To work collaboratively with the Trust Fundraising Team on an annual work plan meeting targets and milestones, prioritising workload and planning activity.
2. Manage your own portfolio of trust supporters and prospects, involving a methodical approach to existing, lapsed and new funders delivering creative and engaging proposals that meet the objectives of each funder.
3. To research, identify and evaluate new sources of grant-funding, including national and regional grants to help deliver agreed income targets.
4. Maintain effective monitoring and reporting of bids, fundraising processes and performance, including tracking and recording of income using Salesforce CRM and other systems as required.
5. To work with other members of the Schoolreaders team, including our volunteer County Teams, to maximise opportunities for fundraising from trusts and grant-makers.
6. Attend internal meetings, reporting on progress of prospect pipeline and liaising with colleagues to ensure monitoring and delivery of funders requirements.
7. Deliver excellent personalised stewardship, including attending stewardship events as required and taking an active role in developing relationships with supporters.

Personal Specification

• Ability to write engaging and persuasive applications and proposals to the highest standard.
• Work under your own initiative to prioritise and manage varied tasks.
• Results-orientated with experience of tracking and reporting income.
• Proven ability to work with others in a team.
• Proven experience of meeting deadlines.
• Proactive and highly motivated, with excellent organisational skills
• Excellent verbal and written skills with an ability to write compelling, informative bids and reports.
• Fully computer and IT literate with good knowledge of Excel and CRM databases.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.

Applications will be reviewed, and interviews offered, on an ongoing basis. We reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date should a suitable applicant be found, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

To apply for this role, please ensure you include a covering letter outlining how you meet the criteria of the person specification in the attached job description, along with your CV.