Trusts and Grants Fundraiser

Trusts and Grants Fundraiser

Trusts and Grants fundraiser
Head of Fundraising
Remote/Hybrid/Office Based in Edgbaston, Birmingham
22.5 hours a week (flexible work available with hours to be agreed,
hybrid/remote working and due to the nature of the role, there will
be occasional out of hours work)
£30K FTE per annum Pro rata £17,995
24 days annual leave pro rata, plus bank holidays and employer
contributed pension scheme after 3 months
Permanent (6-month probationary period)

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About Edward’s Trust

Edward’s Trust is a local West Midlands charity providing support for bereaved children, young
people, and parents. We have 36 years of experience and operate at the highest level, providing
qualified counselling and holistic support for complex or prolonged grief. We do not set time limits
and the service is completely free. We do not get Government funding; therefore, we rely on
donations to keep this vital service going.

Our Values

RESPECT
We will act with integrity in all that we do, being mindful and considerate to all. We respect and
remember those who have died. Respect is a constant that embraces diversity and uniqueness of
experience.

HOPE
A feeling of trust in tomorrow. We embody, instill and empower a feeling of trust in tomorrow.
Hope is the hand to hold. We have a vision that one day there will be a universal understanding of
life-changing grief.

HOLISTIC
Complete and all encompassing. We acknowledge and respond to the needs of the whole person:
mentally,  physically,  emotionally,  and  spiritually.  We  recognise  the  total  experience  of  grief,
promoting a holistic approach to bereavement care.

SUPPORT
Enabling with compassion and care. We provide responsive support that is appropriate, relevant,
and meaningful to each individual. Together in safety and strength. Encouraging society to respond
appropriately to people facing loss and surviving bereavement.

EXCELLENCE

Embracing  professional  integrity  and  creative  innovation.  We  are  passionate  about  providing
exceptional services and maintaining the highest standards in all that we do. Excellence is valuing
people. We are committed to driving innovation and change.

You will be working with:

•  Funders
•  Donors
•  CEO
•  Head of Fundraising
•  Senior Fundraiser
•  Community and Volunteer Fundraiser
•  Fundraising Assistant
•  Service Delivery Team
•  Comms and marketing
•  Management Accountant
•  Database Support (Donorflex and Salesforce)
•  Volunteers

Role summary

Here at Edward’s Trust, we are excited and committed to growing our service offer and
fundraising whilst working with a small but mighty team.  We have strong and realistic
foundations in the trusts and grants income stream and a secure base of income from long-term
committed funders. These funders enable us to reach children and adults through our specialist
counselling services and projects alike, but with a huge amount of new work in development,
securing new income from trusts and foundations is a high priority for us.

This is an exciting role at Edward’s Trust that will challenge and provide excellent career
development opportunities for the successful candidate. This role will deliver essential
stewardship to our growing portfolio of warm trust supporters, engaging with them to provide
inspirational impact reporting to secure continued funding. Our new colleague will gain exciting
CV enhancing experience through working and securing new grants for some of the larger funders
which is where we wish this post to focus on.

You will support Edward’s Trust to develop its presence in the trust and foundations world, by
working to agreed new business targets and contributing to the creation of a high-quality pipeline
of new trust and foundation opportunities.

About the postholder

We believe there is considerable potential for this role to significantly increase the number of
trusts Edward’s Trust partners with and offers a fantastic opportunity to work across the
organisation and develop skills and experience. We want to hear from ambitious fundraisers who
want to make their mark and create a lasting difference to the lives of bereaved children, adults
and their wider families.

Our ideal candidate will be confident and outgoing with experience of personally developing
multiple four and five figure funding relationships from trusts and foundations. We are seeking
someone with great communication skills who can write with flair to develop compelling

applications and reports and speak passionately and articulately about Edward’s Trust work to the
staff and trustees of trusts and foundations.

Key tasks and responsibilities

Research: to research Charitable Trust and Foundations application opportunities and devise a work
programme to agreed targets.

Applications: to prepare highly effective proposals and applications for core income support and
project grants within the appropriate guidelines and deadlines.

Administration: to keep accurate donor and financial records and produce timely applications and
reports to funders.

Outcomes: To be responsible for working with the Service Delivery Team to monitor the outcomes
of the services and projects funded by Charitable Trusts and Foundations.

Key Accountabilities:

•  Become an expert in Edward’s Trust current activities and future plans
•  Manage a portfolio of trust supporters, providing outstanding stewardship, and ensuring
relationships deliver against agreed objectives to enhance the long-term relationship.
•  Prepare and deliver engaging bids and reports to share impact and inspire future support.
•  Work  cross-organisationally  to  support  projects  and  reporting  and  to  help  shape  and
develop appropriate projects for funding (alongside the Head of Fundraising and Service
Delivery Manager).

•  Build good working relations with key staff and Trustees of established trust supporters.
•  Thank supporters promptly and ensure that progress reports and updates are received by

supporters as and when required.

The following table shows the criteria that we will be assessing in short-listing applications.

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential Knowledge

Excellent standard of written English and highly numerate

Minimum of 2 years’ experience in Charitable Trusts fundraising

A track record of successful fundraising from Charitable Trusts, Legacies and Regular Givers

Experience of working with Fundraising Databases (preferably Donorflex)

Experience of creating and monitoring fundraising budgets – income and expenditure

Experience of creating reports for funders/trustees

Essential Skills

Excellent written communication skills, being able to present a case succinctly and effectively

Good organisational skills and a systematic approach to work

Excellent attention to detail

High level attention to quality

Proven ability to take initiative and to work independently

Able to work closely with other members of the team in a collaborative way

Good research skills

Ability to understand funding guidelines

Ability to tailor funding applications to funders’ requirements

High level proficiency in the use of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Internet, and Email

Ability to collate information to produce reports

Knowledge of Donorflex or other CRM system

Knowledge of budget creation, management, monitoring, and reports

Personal Qualities

Highly motivated, creative, self-starter

Able to work in a flexible way

Commitment to Edward’s Trust’s Mission and Value