Trusts and Fundraising Officer
We are looking for a tenacious, methodical, and organised person who can deliver sustainable income
growth from trusts for the organisation. This role offers hybrid or remote working.
Position: Trusts and Fundraising Officer
Location: Hybrid (home and office in Amersham, Buckinghamshire) or Remote
Hours: Full-Time (9am-5pm, Monday-Friday)
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £27,000-£30,000
Closing date: Friday 15th November 2024
Interviews: Week commencing 26th November (First interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams)
About the Role
We want someone who shares the organisations core values of being child focussed, sparky, empowering, resourceful and kind and who can live by the ethos of who Roald Dahl was and what he is delivering through his legacy. We also need someone who is flexible and can react positively to a post- Coronavirus fundraising world.
The role's main task is to maximise income from trusts by the creation of high-quality applications and
reports to funders, and by providing excellent account management and cross-team collaboration.
Supported by the Head of Development and the rest of the team, key responsibilities include:
- Trusts research - you will proactively identify trusts and research them for suitability.
- Trust applications - you will be able to gather project information, curate it, and write it up into informative, engaging, high quality applications, giving trusts the opportunity to fund the work.
- Trust relationships - you will communicate and will build relationships with funders through emails, letters, telephone calls, service visits and face to face engagements.
- Provide high quality account management - maximising income generation and relationship longevity.
- Reporting - you will gather the necessary information to compile reports that give funders real insight into what they have achieved.
- Support the rest of the team - to gain experience and maximise fundraising opportunities
- Building and maintaining team processes
About You
You will have experience working or volunteering for a charity and in writing successful bids and securing income, ideally from trusts.
You will have:
- The ability to take complex information and translate this into persuasive written communication which leads to action.
- Solid research skills, which can be applied to identification of suitable new prospects for a funding pipeline.
- Ability to operate in a highly cohesive, high performing team based on the principles of trust, mutual respect, and empowerment.
- Effective time management skills and the ability to prioritise conflicting workloads successfully.
- A high level of competence in using Microsoft Office software notably Excel, Word and generic databases.
About the Organisation
Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity provides specialist nurses and support for seriously ill children. Our vision is that every seriously ill child deserves a Roald Dahl Nurse and fundraising is core to achieving this. Our vision is that every seriously ill child has a Nurse to help them to lead a more marvellous life. Our mission is to provide specialist nurses and support for seriously ill children living with complex, lifelong conditions.
As a charity that works in partnership with the NHS, we find innovative ways to ensure that children and families have the care and support they need. We do this through improving the healthcare outcomes and resilience of children and families, and we focus on complex, lifelong conditions that are underfunded and under-resourced. The outcomes we are aiming to achieve are:
- Improved quality of care
- Improved experience of care
- Improved efficiency and cost-effectiveness of care
- Improved resilience of seriously ill children and their families
You may also have experience in areas such as Trust, Trust, Trust Fundraising, Trust Fundrasiser, Fundraising, Fundraiser, Trusts and Grants, Trusts Officer, Trusts Fundraising Officer, Legacy.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
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