Role Profile

TRUST AND FOUNDATIONS OFFICERRolecontext

Vision: To influence and shape a world where music thrives; where society understands and values what it means to make music, and musicians are able to be the best they can be
Mission: Help Musicians UK provides help, support and opportunities to empower musicians at all stages of their lives
Our Values: Making a Difference PositivityPassion Trust Collaboration
The Team:
  • We’re passionate about music, creativity and the work that we do
  • Our ambition drives us forward to ensure our work is excellent and makes a lasting change
  • We know that our power to help people comes with responsibility, so we always do our best to act with fairness, honesty and compassion
  • We forge connections with others and the world around us so that we can be stronger and more impactful together

Role Requirements
Jobtitle / Trusts and Foundations Officer
Department / Fundraising
Hours / 35 Hours–1 Year Contract
Location / 7-11BritanniaStreet,WC1X9JS
Reportsto / Fundraising Partnerships Manager
Rolepurposeandroledimension /
  • Support the Fundraising Partnerships (FP) Manager in raising income from trusts, foundations and other grant-making bodies across the UK
  • Maintain and develop systems to ensure a high-quality service to our trust supporters
  • Contribute to the growth and development of Trusts & Foundations

Keyexternalcontacts /
  • Trusts, foundations and grant-making bodies
  • Individual donors
  • General enquirers

Key Internal Contacts /
  • FP Manager
  • Fundraising Managers, Officers and Administrators
  • CommunicationsPartnerships Team
  • Finance Operations Team
  • Creative Programme Team
  • Health & Welfare Team

Financial dimensions /
  • With the FP Manager, work towards a £100k fundraising target and agree priorities
  • Develop and implement pipelines within agreed budgets and timelines
  • Help with pulling together financial reports with the FP Manager

Key areas for decision making /
  • In consultation with the FP Manager plan and implement strategies for Trusts & Foundations
  • Develop and grow the income generated through Trusts & Foundations

KeyResultAreas / KeyElements
Develop HMUK’s Trusts & Foundations income stream /
  • Achieve agreed income targets through researching and identifying suitable bodies to apply to current and new trust and foundation supporters
  • Account manage and steward trust and foundation supporters through e-mail, telephone, written proposals and other forms of communication with the aim of ensuring their on-going and increasing support and developing good working relationships with them
  • Work closely with the FP Manager, Health & Welfare and Creative Programme teams to develop innovative and persuasive proposals aimed at extending the support of existing supporters
  • Produce update reports for trusts and other grant giving bodies providing details of the impact of previous donations
  • Endure all donations from trusts and foundations are promptly and appropriately acknowledged

Generate new business /
  • Use a broad range of research tools to identify new potential funders, matching them strategically to the work of HMUK
  • Continue to develop a funding pipeline which will contain all of the trusts and foundations both warm and new
  • Prepare and submit high quality funding proposals and budgets in accordance with timetables and application criteria in line with the funding portfolio
  • Maintain accurate records, analysis and reporting of new business secured

Ensure all administration processes adhered to /
  • Maintain accurate financial and client records (current and new business) using the database and excel files
  • Contribute to the Fundraising operational strategy for trusts and foundations
  • Help the FP Manager with pulling together financial figures for board reports and updates

Commitment and effective team work and communication /
  • Support wider fundraising activities by being an effective member of the team
  • Work co-operatively and thoughtfully across the whole organisation to ensure a high quality service is provided
  • Cover colleague workloads in staff absences
  • Actively participate in team and organisational meetings

Active engagement with the charity’s work and values /
  • Professionally represent HMUK at events and promote key messages
  • Endeavour to raise the profile of the charity at every opportunity
  • Engagement with the charity’s activities and ensure up-to-date knowledge and understanding of its work
  • Be aware of up-to-date opportunities and the changing fundraising landscape to generate income for the charity
  • Ensure cost-effectiveness in all areas of work

Training, development and other support /
  • Undertake and identify relevant professional development activities and training as agreed with the FP Manager and/or Fundraising Director
  • Undertake other duties relevant to the post as agreed with the FP Manager and/or Fundraising Director

Person Specification

TRUST AND FOUNDATIONS OFFICER

Essential knowledge /
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent
  • Good knowledge of and interest in music
  • Good knowledge of trusts and foundations and their fundraising techniques and principles

Essential skills /
  • Confident verbal and written communications skills
  • Excellent planning and organisational skills
  • Ability to write strong and effective applications
  • A proven track record of securing and increasing grant income
  • Experience of researching large volumes of suitable prospects
  • Goodnumeracyskills
  • Researchandanalyticalskills
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Team player with a positive attitude
  • Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills
  • Strong and confident communicator
  • Experience of successfully working towards an agreed financial target

Essential abilities /
  • High levels of self-motivation
  • AbilitytouseCRMandMicrosoft applicationstoa good level
  • Ability to assess complex programme information and translate it into compelling supporter proposals
  • Abilityandwillingness tolearnnewskills
  • Abilitytoprioritise workload
  • Teamplayerwith positiveattitude
  • Commitment to the strategic objectives of the charity and incorporating these into all areas of influence
  • An understanding of the needs of a strong trusts and foundations plan, organisational and robust stewardship skills

Desirable experience /
  • Experience working within the arts/culture/charity sectors
  • Interest in music across a range of genres

Special conditions /
  • A willingness to occasionally work outside of office hours and at weekends, sometimes outside of London
  • Bound by Help Musicians UK’s confidentiality agreement