Job summary
Are you a talented and experienced Trusts Fundraising Manager? Comejoin our friendly and busy Fundraising Team in thisfull-timepermanent hybrid role! This role will be based in our office inOxford 2 days per week on average.
As the Trusts & Foundations Manager you will beresponsible for generating income from grant making trusts and foundations. You will take the lead on seeking out new prospects and nurturing existing relationships to significantly grow income. You will achieve this by researching sources of funding, devising individually tailored applications, maintaining excellent communications with existing and potential donor trusts and foundations, delivering an agreed income target as well as growing funding from these sources.
You will be a motivatedself-starter with excellent writing, communication, and budgeting skills. You will develop relationships with ease and feel able to positively influence colleagues at all levels of an organisation. The position requires someone with a positive attitude who is determined and resilient. You will be responsible for managing a Trusts & Foundations Executive and will be a key member of the Philanthropy and Partnerships Team.
Please note, we are reviewing applications as they come in and the advert may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Main duties of the job
This is a great opportunity to make a real impact in an extraordinary childrens hospice charity.You will be taking on a successful and robust trusts programme which has great potential to grow and develop. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in trusts fundraising and a successful track record in growing income. Solid leadership and management skills are desirable.
Essential requirements include:
- Experience of trusts and foundation fundraising and able to demonstrate continual growth in expertise and results in this area.
- Experience in developing and delivering income and expenditure budgets. Numerate, including ability to understand and manage financial information.
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to write concise and inspiring funding applications and to make presentations.
- Creative thinker, with ability to identify funding opportunities and match them with the right trusts.
- Confident to represent the charity and its work and build relationships with senior trust staff.
- Good understanding of the trusts and foundations fundraising environment and associated processes and different types of grant making bodies.
- Good interpersonal, influencing and relationship-management skills, at all levels.
- Ability to proactively plan and manage a varied and busy workload with strong attention to detail.
- Ability to work as part of a team and spot opportunities to grow and develop relationships for the good of the organisation.
About us
Helen & Douglas House offer the following employee benefits:
- 27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays, rising to 28 days after 3 years, and 29 days after 5 years of service.
- Flexible Annual Leave: buy or sell up to 5 days of Annual Leave per year.
- Life assurance x4 your annual salary.
- We are a direction agency for the NHS Pension Scheme.
-Group Personal Pension scheme with 7% employer contribution.
- Eye care voucher scheme.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Octopus electric vehicle leasing scheme.
- Occupational sick pay and maternity pay.
- Enhanced maternity leave and shared paternity leave.
- A flexible working environment.
- Investment in your Continuous Professional Development.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Recommend a friend scheme.
- Commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion. We welcome applications from all areas of the community and run regular in-house EDI-focused events and workshops.
Please note that everyone working for Helen & Douglas House are required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Helen & Douglas House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We are an equal opportunities employer and value the benefits of a diverse workforce. We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As
part of the Income Generation Directorate, the Trusts and Foundations Manager
is responsible for generating income from grant making trusts and
foundations. The post holder will take
the lead on seeking out new prospects and nurturing existing relationships to maintain
and grow income. Responsibilities include researching sources of funding,
devising individually tailored applications, maintaining excellent
communications with existing and potential donor trusts and foundations,
delivering an agreed income target as well as growing funding from these
sources.
It is based at our Oxford office with travel required across the Thames Valley.
We are at a very exciting moment in Helen &
Douglas Houses history with a new CEO and Director of Income Generation on
board and a new three-year strategy in development. This new strategy will
provide the organisation with a strong outward-facing ambition and the
opportunity to engage more high value donors in our plans. The area of major
gifts has been identified as a key growth area and therefore is an
organisational priority.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As
part of the Income Generation Directorate, the Trusts and Foundations Manager
is responsible for generating income from grant making trusts and
foundations. The post holder will take
the lead on seeking out new prospects and nurturing existing relationships to maintain
and grow income. Responsibilities include researching sources of funding,
devising individually tailored applications, maintaining excellent
communications with existing and potential donor trusts and foundations,
delivering an agreed income target as well as growing funding from these
sources.
It is based at our Oxford office with travel required across the Thames Valley.
We are at a very exciting moment in Helen &
Douglas Houses history with a new CEO and Director of Income Generation on
board and a new three-year strategy in development. This new strategy will
provide the organisation with a strong outward-facing ambition and the
opportunity to engage more high value donors in our plans. The area of major
gifts has been identified as a key growth area and therefore is an
organisational priority.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Good understanding of the trusts and foundations fundraising environment and associated processes and different types of grant making bodies. Good understanding of relationship management approaches. Numerate, including ability to understand and manage financial information (understanding budgets and accounts etc.).
Desirable
- Strong working knowledge of fundraising legislation and regulations, including GDPR, Fundraising Code of Conduct and Gift Aid.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of trusts and foundation fundraising and able to demonstrate continual growth in expertise and results in this area. Experience of producing high quality written work. Experience of proactively building positive working relationships with internal and external contacts. Experience of managing a diverse workload to deadlines and working under pressure.
Desirable
- Experience of Donorflex or other similar relational database.
Skills
Essential
- Creative thinker, with the ability to identify funding opportunities and match them with funders. Excellent interpersonal and relationship-management skills, at all levels. Ability to communicate clearly, effectively, and concisely, both verbally and in writing and to make presentations. Influencing skills and the ability to work across functions. Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Good understanding of the trusts and foundations fundraising environment and associated processes and different types of grant making bodies. Good understanding of relationship management approaches. Numerate, including ability to understand and manage financial information (understanding budgets and accounts etc.).
Desirable
- Strong working knowledge of fundraising legislation and regulations, including GDPR, Fundraising Code of Conduct and Gift Aid.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of trusts and foundation fundraising and able to demonstrate continual growth in expertise and results in this area. Experience of producing high quality written work. Experience of proactively building positive working relationships with internal and external contacts. Experience of managing a diverse workload to deadlines and working under pressure.
Desirable
- Experience of Donorflex or other similar relational database.
Skills
Essential
- Creative thinker, with the ability to identify funding opportunities and match them with funders. Excellent interpersonal and relationship-management skills, at all levels. Ability to communicate clearly, effectively, and concisely, both verbally and in writing and to make presentations. Influencing skills and the ability to work across functions. Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
