The Trusts & Foundations Manager (Maternity Cover) will be part of a friendly and collaborative Partnerships Team of ten. We are a high impact charity with ambitious plans to grow, and trust and foundation partnerships are at the heart of our plan to help more young people from disadvantaged backgrounds reach top universities. We are currently looking for a talented professional to have an influential role in growing our trust and foundations fundraising. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced trust fundraiser to take on this busy and exciting role. Your skills, mindset and commitment to our vision of widening student participation in higher education will be vital in helping us with our bold expansion strategy.

You will implement and further develop the strategy for trust fundraising with the Partnerships Director, adhering to agreed targets and will build relationships with a portfolio of potential and strategically important trusts funders, engaging with them through phone calls, meetings, written correspondence, events and by creating engaging proposals.

Duties and responsibilities

The Trusts & Foundations Manager will (See online portal for more details):

• Lead on Strategy & Stewardship
• Lead the application process for trusts and foundations, other grant-making bodies, livery companies and some statutory organisations, with detailed budgets and supporting material in order to write tailored, inspirational applications and project reports addressing grant-making priorities and requirements as specified.
• Lead Trusts & Foundation Finance and Administration