Trusts & Grants Fundraiser

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose: Work closely with the Trust & Grants Partner and Manager; contributing fully to the development and delivery of the Trusts & Grants income line. Responsible for the preparation and submission of grant funding applications for four and up to five and six figure gifts to charitable trusts and foundations and associated impact recording and reporting. Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with grant making bodies and foundations, ensuring excellent stewardship. Complete high-level research and liaise with charitable trusts & foundations to identify best fit between projects and funders, building internal and external relationships with a view to optimising success rates; gather and collate project information and assimilate into trust and grant funding applications; prepare and submit funding applications including costings; produce and plan reports on outcomes within required deadlines. Specific Duties:Support with the delivery of budgets and bid pipelines: Prepare and submit sufficient funding applications to secure significant income through trust funders. Effectively record, monitor, report and communicate all trusts and grants progress in a timely manner to help inform business decision making, using the CRM & other methods as directed. Manage your agreed day-to-day operations of the Trusts & Grants programme, ensuring all activities are completed accurately, on time and within budget Engagement and Stewardship: Undertake extensive research to develop multiyear pipeline. Jointly achieve the Trusts income & expenditure fundraising target as set and agreed with the Head of Partnership Giving Develop and maintain Trusts and Foundations portfolio of existing and new relationships to drive considerable growth. Data Analysis and Reporting Identify new and innovative grant making opportunities. Maintain and communicate technical and statistical information to your manager on a quarterly basis. Collaboration and Coordination: Ensure excellent communications across the organisation to ensure accuracy and effective reporting to funders. Work collaboratively with other departments to ensure cohesive implementation of the annual giving plan from research to evaluation. Innovative Fundraising Strategies, test and learn: Work with the fundraising team to develop new ideas and best practices to improve donor retention and increase annual gift amounts with a clear focus on trusts & grants. Flexibility and ability to support other areas of Fundraising if required. Occasional unsocial hours as required by the needs of the business. Duties in common with other members of staff:To report accidents recording the incident in the relevant book To be an ambassador for the charity To maintain the best appearance of your immediate working area To demonstrate a positive and supportive attitude to staff and volunteers Respect confidentiality applying to all Hospice areas Abide by your Professional Code of Conduct To adhere to the Infection Control Policies and Procedures set by the charity and the Care Quality Commission Training and EducationTo be responsible for liaison with your line manager regarding your own development needs Health and SafetyTo adhere to Fire and Health and Safety regulations and maintain a safe working environment at all times Policies and ProceduresTo take responsibility for being up to date with current policies and procedures and to adhere to these Equal Opportunities To treat everyone with whom you have contact through your work with equal dignity and respect regardless of race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, creed, religion, disability, age, or any other factor that could be used in a discriminatory manner The above job description is not an exhaustive list of all the duties of the post holder. It will be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualifications in English and Maths Level 5 or above (or equivalent)

Desirable

• Copywriting, story writing experience.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Maths
• Experience is desirable

Experience

Essential

• Experience liaising with a wide range of people.
• Writing documents and plans

Desirable

• Experience within Trust Fundraising/bid writing or similar, resulting in a proven track record of establishing and developing successful funding applications, bid writing and securing new business of significant value, in charity or commercial sector.

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Some financial understanding of budgets,
• Excellent organisational skills, including time management
• Very high level of accuracy and high presentation standards in written work
• Ability to grasp and express the essentials, to differentiate from a mass of information
• Ability to prioritise workload to meet deadlines
• Ability to work under own initiative, in a busy work environment and as part of a team

Desirable

• Knowledge of the voluntary sector
• Knowledge and use of relevant software packages including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and commercial/charity database

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Keech Hospice Care

Address

Keech Hospice Care

Great Bramingham Lane

Streatley

LU3 3NT

Employer's website

https://www.keech.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)