Trusts and Grants Fundraiser

We’re recruiting for a Trusts and Grants Fundraiser 

The Role

You’ll be helping disabled people feel unstoppable. As a Trusts and Grants Fundraiser you’ll be right at the heart of our team’s efforts to make sure no one affected by spina bifida or hydrocephalus feels alone.

Every year we need generate over £300,000 in income from Trusts and Grant giving bodies to make sure our families get the help they need. Your role will be to generate income from a range of trusts, corporate foundations, and public bodies.

 

What SBH Scotland can offer you

Flexibility – We offer flexible working, including the opportunity to work from home or around caring responsibilities.

Motivated and supportive colleagues – Staff scored SBH Scotland as 9 out of 10 for motivation and a supportive work environment.

An opportunity to express yourself – Staff scored SBH Scotland as 8 out of 10 for being supportive in taking risks with new ideas.

We also offer: Workplace pension scheme, salary sacrifice scheme, death in service benefit, childcare voucher scheme, 30 days annual leave plus 4 statutory holidays. (Pro Rata for 21hrs a week)

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

 

To be as unstoppable as the people we support.

• To proactively identify and develop approaches to a wide range of new potential funders.
• To work closely with the Direct Services Team and Senior Trusts and Foundations Co-ordinator to develop compelling funding proposals that will power our services and our innovation work.
• To assist with the development of new relationships with a range of Scottish trusts, corporate foundations, and other grant-making organisations, statutory bodies, and Scottish Government.
• To make full use of the fundraising team’s contacts and networks wherever possible to identify “warm” prospects.

To be a team player who unifies people around our cause.

• To support the stewardship of our funders and generating imaginative ways of engaging them in the work we do.
• To work with the Direct Services team to evaluate impact of funding.
• To support colleagues if they need help.

A commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

• Provide regular analyses of income and impact to Senior Trusts and Foundations Co-ordinator
• To gather data and feedback to learn from failures and apply learning to improve processes and applications.
• Ensure that all donor and prospect records are maintained and updated accurately and promptly on Raiser’s Edge and that record keeping is compliant with the charity’s Data Protection Policy.

THIS POST IS SUBJECT TO PVG DISCLOSURE MEMBERSHIP SCHEME

 

Accountable to Head of Fundraising and Communications

Reportable to Senior Trusts and Foundations Co-ordinator

Place of Work Hybrid

Hours of Work 21 hrs per week (Monday to Friday) – Flexible working available/toil system

Salary £29,809 (pro rata) = 21 hours – £13,414

Closing date for applications: Thursday 7th August 2025

Proposed interview date: Tuesday 12th August 2025 at SBH Scotland, G68 0LS.

To apply please submit your CV and a Cover Letter outlining your experience, why you are interested in this role, and how you meet the skills and experience outlined above. Email us.

• Full Person and Job Specification download HERE

At SBH Scotland we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer - If you have a disability, and meet all of the minimum criteria for this role, you can request a guaranteed interview. Please note that in your covering letter.

SBH Scotland is an equal opportunity employer. In order to meet the aims and commitments set out in our equality, diversity and inclusion policy we also ask if you’ll kindly fill in our Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form and send back to us. This is, however, completely optional. Thank you.

If you require any of the above detail sent to you via email please let us know. Email us.

Find out more about spina bifida and hydrocephalus here or look at some of our events.