Trusts and Grants Fundraiser

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 35hrs a week)

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 – £13414

 

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.
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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

 

	Essential	Desirable
Knowledge		Experience of working within the Voluntary Sector and/or Fundraising Environment. Extensive knowledge of Office 365 (especially Word and Excel) Knowledge of Corporate Social Responsibility and the importance of this for identifying local community and national funding opportunities. Knowledge of Beacon Database Experience of Raisers Edge
Abilities and skills	Working on own initiative. Good listener, with empathy. Multi-level communication skills including persuasion, networking, and the ability to represent SBH Scotland formally. Ø  Experience of securing funding from trusts, grant making bodies, corporate foundations, statutory and Scottish Government. Experience of cultivating relationships and creating stewardship strategies for a wide range of funders. Ability to work within a targeted financial environment and achieve income targets. Ø  Ability to prioritise and work to meet deadlines. Ø  Ability to carry out research and present findings in a clear and concise manner.	Ø  Experience of working with a Direct Services Team to communicate project outcomes and evaluation methods to meet funder requirements.
Personal Qualities	Ø  Confident, enthusiastic, and adaptable. Ø  Innovative but also with a willingness to learn new skills.
Circumstances		Ability to work out with normal working hours if required. Access to a car for business purposes. Hold a current clean driving licence.

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