Fundraising Manager, Trusts and Statutory

Job Description

Fundraising Manager Trusts & Statutory

National Literacy Trust

Permanent
Hybrid (London SW8 1 day/week)

Change life stories. One grant at a time.

Literacy is not a given. For millions of children and young people growing up in disadvantaged communities across the UK a lack of literacy skills shuts doors before theyve had the chance to open them. The National Literacy Trust exists to change that and your fundraising will be at the heart of making it happen.

Were looking for a Fundraising Manager Trusts & Statutory to join our Development team and grow our income from charitable trusts and foundations. Youll manage a portfolio of high-value funders craft compelling proposals and forge the kind of long-term relationships that sustain our work in 22 of the UKs most under-resourced communities.

What youll be doing

• Building and managing a pipeline of five and six-figure trust and foundation grants
• Writing persuasive evidence-rich funding applications and stewardship reports
• Developing deep lasting relationships with funders at all levels from programme officers to trustees
• Working in close collaboration with programme leads and the senior management team to align bids with our strategy
• Supporting and supervising a Trusts and Statutory Executive as a dotted-line report
• Contributing to income forecasting and budgeting for trustees
• Representing the charity at sector events and with external stakeholders

What were looking for

• Significant experience securing and stewarding five and six-figure grants from charitable trusts and foundations
• Excellent written skills; you write proposals that inspire not just inform
• Strong relationship management across a range of internal and external stakeholders
• Experience managing a funding pipeline with a CRM and confident working to income targets
• Ability to juggle multiple deadlines without dropping quality
• A genuine commitment to social justice and the power of literacy

Why join us
We are a rapidly growing organisation with 30 years experience of changing lives through words. Our funders include the Arts Council national government departments and some of the UKs most respected foundations. Youll be joining a collaborative team where your work directly enables programmes in nurseries schools prisons and communities across the country.
We offer 39 days annual leave (including bank holidays and Christmas closure) an 8% employer pension contribution a flexible hybrid working policy and a culture that genuinely values every member of the team. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Ready to make words matter
If youre as excited about this role as we are please send your CV or profile toPhilippa Randle at Charity Peopleto start the conversation. If your experience aligns with the brief well be in touch with next steps on how to make your formal application.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills ability and potential. Please inform us if you require any assistance or adjustment to help ensure the application process works for you.

Key dates
Closing:9am on Friday 15^thof May
Interviews:w/c 18^th May


Charity People is a forward thinking inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age disability (including hidden disabilities) gender gender identity or gender reassignment marriage and civil partnership pregnancy and maternity race religion or belief or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.