Senior Trust Fundraising Manager

Senior Trust Fundraising Manager

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £46,000.00 per year

We are looking for a talented and ambitious Senior Trust Fundraising Manager with proven experience in this area of fundraising to join a high performing and successful Trust Fundraising Team. The role is based Aylesford in Kent and provides the opportunity to make a significant contribution to the life of the charity as they seek to grow their income from fundraising. The postholder will line manage two Senior Bid Writers.

About Us

We are working with a wonderful charity who have a long standing history providing support to the Armed Forces community, those with disabilities and those who have found themselves unemployed.

Each part of this charity offers a service to help veterans live an independent life with whatever support they require resulting in the successful delivery of a full-care pathway on-site to help veterans of any age or background from across the three services.

The team has a track record of securing 6-figure gifts and many multi-year commitments. This role offers the successful candidate the chance to shape this exciting fundraising programme and will be a team player, interested in the full range of the charities activities. This role is based in Aylesford.

They have ambitious plans to double their fundraising income and they are part way through this plan.

REQUIREMENTS:

Personal Attributes:

• Good at establishing positive relationships at all levels
• Committed to the highest standards of donor stewardship
• Supporter-focused and able to lead donor visits
• Proactive about information gathering
• Motivated to deliver ambitious income targets for the charity
• Curious and excited to identify potential sources of funding
• Entrepreneurial and motivated by new business wins
• Passion for the charity sector and social impact
• Team player
• Flexibility

Essential:

• Proven success of fundraising from charitable trusts, foundations and grant makers within at least one charity or non-profit organisation
• Proven experience of managing high performing teams
• Experience of successfully delivering against financial targets within specified deadlines
• Clear track record securing 6-figure, and multi-year grants
• Evidence of ability to research and identify new trust prospects and secure new business
• Evidence of ability to make creative approaches e.g. using senior stakeholder relationships or known personal interests
• Experience account managing multi-year grants and donations
• Significant knowledge and understanding of the UK grant making sector
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills, evidenced in long-term relationship management as well as in high quality applications
• Ability to compile compelling and accessible applications, reports, papers and management information
• Strong IT skills (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint etc) with knowledge of fundraising/CRM databases
• Ability to work under pressure, managing multiple demands, information sources or deadlines and organising own workload

Desirable:

• Institute of Fundraising Certificate/Diploma
• Experience securing donations or grants towards welfare to work, unemployment schemes, homelessness, mental health, academic research, and capital campaigns
• Significant knowledge and understanding of the welfare to work and employment policy environment, work programmes nationally, and public opinion
• Success in securing large statutory or lottery grants

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