Trust Fundraiser

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Trust Fundraiser for a respected charity. The role is essential to delivering the charities income targets for Trusts and Foundations and developing long term relationships. This is a hybrid role, with a minimum of 1 day in the London office.

As the Trust Fundraiser, you will be responsible for:

• To apply to trusts and other grant givers with the propensity to give gifts in the region of £10-30k.
• To provide first class stewardship to donors, seeking to retain them as well as uplift their donations, wherever possible.
• To research new trust supporters.
• To maintain accurate, up to date and comprehensive records of trusts on the fundraising database or CRM system (currently Raiser's Edge).

Benefits:

• 27 days holiday rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays (pro rata if part-time),
• Company pension scheme
• Refer a Friend scheme - £250 payment
• Access to Employee support programme
• Staff discount with thousands of retailers
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay

The successful Trust Fundraiser will have the following related skills / experience

• Experience of securing gifts of over £10k from trusts (classed as medium sized donors).
• Experience of maintaining relationships with funders and providing tailored donor care and stewardship plans.
• Experience of cultivating prospects, initiating conversations and planning service visits for donors.
• Experience of project-based fundraising and the development of restricted and unrestricted propositions within a fundraising team
• IT literate, including the ability to use Microsoft packages and fundraising databases (currently Raiser's Edge).