Senior Trusts & Foundations Manager, Philanthropy Team

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Formulate and implement strategies to enhance revenue from trusts, foundations, and statutory entities.

• Discover and secure new funding prospects.

• Oversee a portfolio of current supporters.

• Develop persuasive cases for support that showcase the charity’s impact.

• Assist in creating annual income goals and fundraising strategies.

• Establish and sustain a reliable pipeline of funding opportunities from trusts, foundations, and statutory sources.

• Aid in income forecasting, budget oversight, and performance assessment.

• Participate in strategic fundraising initiatives that align with long-term growth and organizational goals.

• Collaborate with Prospect Research colleagues to pinpoint and assess new funding possibilities.

• Craft innovative and compelling funding applications that resonate with organizational priorities.

• Attain significant new revenue through strategic prospecting, relationship cultivation, and exceptional bid writing.

• Spot opportunities for multi-year and partnership funding.

• Lead the cultivation, application, stewardship, and reporting processes for trust and foundation supporters.

• Assist in managing high-value philanthropic relationships in partnership with the Head of Philanthropy.

• Produce impact reports and funding proposals.

• Keep precise fundraising records, applications, and income data in the CRM system.

• Track fundraising performance and provide pipeline reports and analyses.

• Ensure adherence to organizational policies, fundraising regulations, and best practices in the sector.

• Collaborate across departments to collect information and evidence for applications and reports.

• Represent the charity at meetings, events, and networking occasions.

• Contribute to internal planning and cross-organizational fundraising initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated success in securing substantial income from trusts, foundations, and statutory funders.

• Experience in generating five- and six-figure gifts, including multi-year funding agreements.

• Exceptional written communication abilities and a background in producing high-quality funding applications, proposals, and impact reports.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, including experience collaborating with senior leaders and cross-functional teams.

• Proven success in identifying and cultivating new funding opportunities.

• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple priorities and meet deadlines.

• High attention to detail and a focus on achieving results.

• Collaborative, proactive, and positive work ethic.

• Strategic mindset and commercial awareness.

• Capability to build trusted relationships with funders and colleagues.

• Confidence in representing the charity in external settings.

• A passion for empowering young people to reach their potential.

• Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, with references covering any gaps in employment or education.

• Eligibility to work in the UK.

• Completion of a health assessment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Generous pension contribution.

• Employee assistance program.

• Healthcare cash plan.

• Volunteer leave.

• 25 days of holiday plus Bank Holidays.

• Additional 3 days of paid leave between Christmas and New Year.

• Option to purchase extra annual leave.

• Benefits discount website.

• Death in service benefit of 4 times salary.

• Incapacity benefit.

• Generous family leave policies.

• Generous sick leave provisions.

• Geographical allowance of 7%, capped at £4,000 per year, for eligible home or office-based postcodes within 30 miles of Charing Cross.

• Fully remote working option.