The Fundraising Lead will proactively drive growth within our largest income stream in a high-performance environment, building and managing funder relationships, navigating deadlines on significant funding bids, and contributing towards our team's strategy.
Requirements
- Deliver high quality writing
- Take responsibility for research, writing, and impact data on significant funding bids, working closely with senior colleagues.
- Help develop persuasive, tailored proposals for new and existing funders.
- Own written follow-ups and support on regular funder communications, helping to deepen relationships and secure repeat fundings.
- Undertake research and analysis
- Conduct in-depth research to identify new trust and foundation prospects aligned with our funding priorities.
- Support analysis of funder interests, eligibility criteria, and previous giving to inform a targeted, strategic approach.
- Effectively coordinate and manage a supporter portfolio
- Take responsibility for tracking deadlines, grant requirements, and reporting schedules across a large and complex personal portfolio of funders.
- Proactively ensure all trust and foundation relationships are well-documented and managed efficiently, supporting timely submissions and communications.
- Maintain excellent attention to detail while juggling competing priorities and deadlines.
- Build trusted relationships
- Attend and contribute to high-level meetings with senior representatives of major foundations, representing the organisation at high-level discussions alongside colleagues, and leading presentations when appropriate.
- Work with senior colleagues and funders
- Collaborate directly with the Senior Trusts & Foundations Lead and the Director of Fundraising on funding decisions and major partnership negotiations.
- Benefit from regular exposure to senior leadership on significant funding opportunities.
- Support team efficiency and continuous improvement
- Help to rapidly scale our trusts and foundations pipeline, pioneering new approaches to funder engagement using AI.
- Take the initiative to improve systems, processes, and ways of working, with a strong focus onorganisation, clarity, and smart use of technology.
- Actively contribute to a team culture that values feedback and learning.
Benefits
- Free gym membership
- Local market discounts
- Regular staff socials
- Opportunities to attend Premier League, WSL, FACup, and Champions League football matches
- Cycle to work scheme
- Workplace pension scheme
- 24 days holiday allowance, increasing by one day per year after two years’ service
- Funding toward training and five days of fully paid study leave
