Trust Fundraiser

Position Overview

This Best Companies Top 50 mid‑sized company and Top
10 charity is looking to appoint a Trust Fundraiser (3 days per week) to manage and build relationships with charitable trusts and foundations, raising the funds we need to deliver and grow our support services. Our Philanthropy Team is an ambitious team with a well‑established fundraising programme, playing a significant role in raising the £5.7m a year to fund our support services and with plans to grow income over the next 3‑5 years.

We have an established portfolio of funders, giving low level gifts to six‑figure donations and you will have the opportunity to work on large applications. The Trust Fundraiser will work closely with the Philanthropy Manager to drive Rainbow Trust's Trusts & Foundations fundraising programme. You will cultivate strong working relationships with a portfolio of trust and foundation supporters, increasing their engagement and support of the charity, through reports, meetings and phone calls.

Through the identification and research of new prospective trust funders, you will find creative ways to engage with them to secure funding.

• Excellent research and writing skills, preferably with experience of successfully securing four‑ or five‑figure gifts from charitable trusts and foundations
• The ability to work effectively with a range of internal and external people - including trust managers and trustees to build great relationships and influence
• Knowledge of the requirements of trust funders, the principles of application‑writing and effective project reporting and of managing a funding portfolio or similar
• A persuasive and open communicator - the ability to develop and submit high‑quality and compelling funding proposals and reports to trusts, working closely with colleagues across the charity
• Committed to providing the highest level of donor care, including creative stewardship for funders, meeting all grant terms and conditions and responding effectively and promptly to enquiries received from donors, funders and prospects.

Rainbow Trust Children's Charity enables families who have a child with a life‑threatening or terminal illness to make the most of time together, providing expert, practical and emotional support, where they need it for as long as it is needed. For families living with childhood illness, time is everything. Right now, there are too many families coping alone with no support, no time to think, no time to make memories and no time for each other.

We believe that no family should go through this alone, so we are here to change that.

• Flexible working hours to balance home and working life
• Employee Assistance Programme with access to remote GP, counselling, physiotherapy, resources to support your mental health and financial wellbeing, as well as a 24/7 helpline via Help@Hand
• Company car for front line care posts
• 25 days of annual leave plus public holidays – rising to 26 days after 1 year, 27 days after 5 years and 30 days after 11 years, with an additional 5 years to use in your 10th or 20th year of service (pro rata for part time)
• Time off in Lieu
• Access to the Blue Light Card Scheme, and other rewards and discounts
• Bike to work, season ticket loan and payroll giving schemes
• A recommend a friend recruitment bonus scheme
• Family friendly policies, focused on employee wellbeing, and an active cross‑organisational wellbeing group running a number of initiatives throughout the year
• Pension scheme where we contribute 5% of your salary and you contribute at least 3%
• The option to buy/sell annual leave, as well as additional leave for your birthday, wedding/civil ceremony and an extra half day off for Christmas shopping