Trusts and Foundations Managercirca £35,000, pro rata3-4days per week

Role Overview
The role is essential to delivering the charity’s fundraising priorities and achieving its financial targets.
You will work as part of the fundraising team to deliver income targets from all trusts and foundations. You will be responsible for growing the charity’s trust and foundation income by increasing the size and longevity of funding,as well as building a portfolio of new trusts and foundations (large and small) by creating a pipeline and making successfulapplications. Building good relationships with new funders including regular reporting, as well as managing existing funders and their reporting, will be an important part of the role.
Main Objectives
You will be responsible for:
  • Delivering on fundraising priorities and growth targets for trusts and foundations income
  • Developing the annual strategy for trusts and foundations
  • Researching, identifying and prioritising appropriate trusts and foundations
  • Creating and converting a pipeline of new, prospective trusts and foundations
  • Creating strong Cases for Support
  • Writing and submitting high-quality, targeted funding applications
  • Maintaining an effective stewardship programme for trusts and foundations
  • Monitoring outcomes and producing timely reports and information as required by trusts and foundations
  • Working with colleagues across the organisation to help shape projects for funding
  • Establishing and maintaining routines and the mechanism for keeping track of trusts and foundations and the relationship Working Families has with them, both internally and externally.

Key Accountabilities
Growing trusts and foundations
  • Create and convert a pipeline of prospective funders against criteria and targets
  • Researching and applying for Big Lottery funding
  • Build on and create strong Cases for Support
  • Build and retain strong relationships with potential and existing funders.
  • Represent Working Families at appropriate events, meetings and forums

Financial and business targets
  • To reach and exceed trusts and foundations fundraising targets.
  • To further develop the strategy for trust and foundation fundraising
  • Work across the organisation to maximise project potential for funding
  • Monitorand advise on budget and financial reports
  • Keep internal records up to date to ensure effective information management

Business Development
  • Identify opportunities for new trusts and foundations funding
  • Manage the relationships with existing and new funders to encourage multi-year deals and repeat funding.
  • Identify new sectors/markets for trust and foundation fundraising.
  • Participation and networking at relevantexternal meetings and events – this may require occasional out of office hours work

Other
Any other reasonable duties and responsibilities as directed by Head of Philanthropy & Development or Chief Executive.
Person Specification
Essential / Desirable
Qualifications / Appropriate professional experience. Educated to at least A level or equivalent. / Degree or equivalent
Experience, Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes and Abilities / Proven track record in achieving and exceeding financial targets in trust and foundation fundraising.
Ambitious, innovative, target driven
Excellent written and oral communication skills with strong attention to detail.
Experience of developing proposals, including narrative and budgets, in line with organisational funding needs.
Self–starter: highly organised with an ability to work systematically to targets and deadlines and able to work under pressure.
Ability to work on own initiative and to prioritise workloads without direct supervision.
Good understanding of the various steps/dates in the trusts and foundations funding cycle.
Demonstrable evidence of, and ability to network, negotiate and influence
Highly efficient with a high level of attention to detail for record keeping/data management.
Practical and confident in the use of all standard Microsoft Office programmes
Able to demonstrate a strong commitment to the objectives and values of Working Families. / Good understanding of equalities and diversity issues, and of the issues facing employers, working parents and carers.
Experience of using CRM systems.

Application process:

To apply please send in the application form with a cover letter outlining levels of funding success you have personally gained and the range of trusts and foundations you have applied to, including the Big Lottery, as well as why you’d like to work for Working Families. Finally please send us a sample of an application made to a trust or foundation (suitably anonymised as you see fit) that was successful by Tuesday 6th September 2016 .

Interviews will be held in the week commencing 12th September, at the Working Families offices.

Only applicants who are invited to interview will be contacted, if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion.

Trust Foundation Manager - 2016

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