Trusts Officer Job Description and Person Specification Appointment: Trusts Officer Responsible to: Corporate and Major Gifts Manager Hours of Work: 30 hrs/week 4 days – Location: Headquarters, Leicester Main Purpose of Job The Trusts Officer is responsible for developing and delivering a new trusts/foundations fundraising programme worth £100,000 in year 1, rising in subsequent years. The role is responsible for identifying and articulating fundable opportunities and, using a pipeline approach, submitting high quality proposals to potential funders. It is then required to manage successful grants, ensuring that conditions specified by the funder are adhered to and relevant reporting takes place. It is also responsible for assisting the Corporate and Major Gifts Manager with corporate fundraising, when required. Role definition Primary Responsibilities Trust/Foundation Fundraising Identify and research trust/foundation application opportunities Seek out fundable projects; create for support, costings and activity plans Develop, prepare and submit complex funding proposals Create and maintain beneficial, long-term relationships with key influencers within appropriate trusts/foundations Oversee the management (including impact reporting) of grants awarded to the Association Corporate Fundraising Assist the Corporate and Major Gifts Manager with corporate relationship activity, when required. Knowledge & Experience Ensuring issues related to trust and foundation giving are managed within the appropriate legal and governance framework Has demonstrated a commitment to their own development, to take advantage of education and training opportunities and develop their own competence. Experience of working within defined policies and procedures. Communication and Relationships and maintain beneficial, long-term relationships with key influencers at the most senior levels (or facilitate and support other colleagues to do so, when more appropriate)
Trusts Officer Job Description and Person Specification Appointment: Trusts Officer Responsible to: Corporate and Major Gifts Manager Hours of Work: 30 hrs/week – 4 days Location: Headquarters, Leicester Main Purpose of Job The Trusts Officer is responsible for developing and delivering a new trusts/foundations fundraising programme worth £100,000 in year 1, rising in subsequent years. The role is responsible for identifying and articulating fundable opportunities and, using a pipeline approach, submitting high quality proposals to potential funders. It is then required to manage successful grants, ensuring that conditions specified by the funder are adhered to and relevant reporting takes place. It is also responsible for assisting the Corporate and Major Gifts Manager with corporate fundraising, when required. Role definition Primary Responsibilities Trust/Foundation Fundraising Identify and research trust/foundation application opportunities Seek out fundable projects; create for support, costings and activity plans Develop, prepare and submit complex funding proposals Create and maintain beneficial, long-term relationships with key influencers within appropriate trusts/foundations Oversee the management (including impact reporting) of grants awarded to the Association Corporate Fundraising Assist the Corporate and Major Gifts Manager with corporate relationship activity, when required. Knowledge & Experience Ensuring issues related to trust and foundation giving are managed within the appropriate legal and governance framework Has demonstrated a commitment to their own development, to take advantage of education and training opportunities and develop their own competence. Experience of working within defined policies and procedures. Communication and Relationships and maintain beneficial, long-term relationships with key influencers at the most senior levels (or facilitate and support other colleagues to do so, when more appropriate)
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