Trusts and Foundations Manager

Merrifield Consultants are proud to partner with a leading national Social Welfare charity to find a Trusts and Foundations Manager. This person will play an important role in managing a small team, and building relationships with small, medium, and large sized charitable trusts. The role will lead on raising funds and building strategic partnerships that will support their incredible programmes that benefit social workers.

Job Title: Trusts and Foundations Manager
Organisation: A Social Welfare Charity
Salary: £38,163 - £42,725 inclusive of ILWA
Contract: Full time
Location: London (Hybrid working, 1 day in the office)
Required: CV and Cover Letter
Closing date: 31st May 2024

Key Responsibilities:

• To advise, develop and implement a strategy to secure income, and build a sustainable income stream, from charitable trusts, Big Lottery and statutory bodies as part of the overall fundraising strategy for UK and Nations.
• To develop and implement an annual work plan to achieve set budgetary targets and other key objectives to integrate with fundraising's overall plans and income targets.
• Plan, coordinate and support, together with the Fundraising Manager, any additional freelance trust support commissioned for UK-wide or Nation trust and statutory fundraising.
• Manage and support two Trust and Foundations Officers, empowering them to develop.
• Keep up to date with new statutory funding developments and drive our statutory fundraising forward to ensure that we are fully prepared to take advantage of all fundraising opportunities.
• Work with the prospect researcher to research potential charitable trusts, Big Lottery and statutory bodies funding streams with a view to securing restricted and unrestricted income for the charity's activity and for new programmes of work; preparing funder prospect sheets for consideration by Senior Management Team, Chair and trustees and maintain a detailed prospect planning process.
• Lead on the preparation of funding bids, planning and managing the process, working with the Director of Communications and Fundraising (Director) and/or the Fundraising Manager as appropriate.

Skills and Experience:

• Proven experience of writing successful and compelling proposals and applications to Trusts and Foundations and securing multi year funding
• Experience of working across the organisation to develop fundraising bids and reports
• Demonstrable experience in strategic planning and budgeting
• People management skills and be able to proactively develop relationships built on trust, provide staff with clear guidance and direction; use coaching techniques to support personal ambition and professional development.
• Ability to undertake high quality research to identify potential trusts and foundation prospects
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills; confident and personable with the ability to manage and build strong relationships with key individual donors and organisations.
• Strong organisation and time management skills.
• Able to plan/prioritise own work and meet agreed timetables and deadlines.

This role will suit someone who understands trust fundraising and is looking for a new challenge, taking on more responsibility, and has a passion to support the social welfare community. The team is very friendly and supportive, and the charity is inspiring and great to work for.

To find out more and to apply for the role, please contact Jaini Shah at Merrifield Consultants.

We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout.