Trusts and Foundations Fundraising Manager

30-37 hours per week / £40,000 per annum, pro rata / Permanent / Based onsite at our Hove office, with some travel across Sussex and Surrey. Hybrid - three days from our office in Hove and up to two days working from home, working Monday to Friday (hours to be discussed at interview).

Our mission is to help children and young people have a fair chance to be who they want to be. We do this by providing a safe home, increasing life skills and self-confidence, and improving emotional wellbeing and mental health.

Our Fundraising and Communications Team finds funding for new and existing projects, services and products and works to raise our profile. We secure grants from trusts and foundations as well as funding from corporate partners and individual donors. We run marketing and fundraising campaigns and support the wider organisation through internal and external communications.

We are seeking an experienced and ambitious Trusts and Foundations Fundraising Manager to join our Fundraising Team, to raise restricted and unrestricted grant income, expand our pipeline and build relationships with funders to support our work with young people.

Key accountabilities

• Build on our existing trusts and foundations database through prospect researching, delivering a portfolio of new trust and foundation relationships of varying financial value from four to six figures
• Create and submit trust and foundation applications that contribute to the growth of restricted and unrestricted income
• Work with colleagues across the organisation to collate and develop trust and foundation collateral required for applications including compelling cases for support, case studies, project information and financial figures
• Monitor trust and foundation developments to identify new fundraising opportunities from small, medium, large and multi-year donors
• Maintain our relationships with existing and past funders
• Meet with prospective trust and foundation donors to establish their approach to funding and their areas of interest
• Produce reports that meet the requirements of trust and foundation donors
• Track and report progress against financial targets

Please download the job profile for full role details

ABOUT YOU: We know that there are great candidates who will not fit everything described, or who have important skills we have not mentioned. If that is you, please do not hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.

• You will be natural relationships builder, who can harness internal relationships with teams and projects. You will already have significant trusts and foundations fundraising experience, with proven experience of successfully cultivating, applying for and securing trusts and foundation support of five or six figures.
• You are a creative thinker, proactive and able to develop relationships at ease, able to work independently, whilst also sharing learnings and information with the team.
• You will work in a detailed manner to achieve significant fundraising targets, being target driven and enjoy working to financial goals.