Fundraising Coordinator

Fundraising Coordinator

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Location: Hybrid –London offices (primarily Waterloo) and remote working

Salary: £30,000 per annum.

The Role

The Fundraising Coordinator supports the generation of Trust income, principally for their activities in London and/or South England. The role works closely with development colleagues and delivery staff to help identify income sources, approach funders and partners, develop and write bids, and contribute towards their annual income targets. The main income generation specialism and target of this role is grants from charitable trusts/ foundations, lottery and statutory sources, as well as public sector commissioning opportunities.

The company are looking for an experienced fundraiser with a successful track record in at least two of the following areas: identifying funding opportunities; securing major grant funding; and winning statutory contract tenders. Alongside this relevant experience, you will also possess an ability to work to tight deadlines prioritising multiple tasks and will be a natural team player with excellent written and spoken English.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify suitable sources of grant funding for projects and programmes of activity and monitor the external funding environment, alerting colleagues to appropriate new sources as required.
• Write high quality funding applications to funding bodies such as charitable trusts, BIG Lottery, local and regional statutory funding sources as required.
• Manage a constant portfolio of projects requiring funding, working closely with colleagues to develop individual project action plans to resolve funding gaps and meet overall team targets.
• Develop and submit bids for formal tenders and public sector commissioning opportunities.
• Work with the Head of Fundraising and other fundraising and development team staff to develop fundraising strategies and actions.
• Research and develop fundraising opportunities for current and developing local and London wide projects, and secure funds from the public, private and voluntary sectors.
• Liaise with project managers to ensure all potential fundraising opportunities are matched to suitable projects and that appropriate development work is undertaken in a timely manner.
• Make approaches to funding bodies as identified and secure funding for a range of programmes and projects.
• Ensure that funders’ requirements are communicated to project managers and the targets are met and accurately reported on.
• Prepare and write large bids such as Big Lottery, statutory grant applications and public sector commissioning opportunities.
• Prepare and write fundraising proposals to grant making trusts and foundations.
• Support individual and organisational relationship building activities with our key charitable trust and foundation targets.
• Share good practice and contribute to the company’s fundraising activity.
• Support the development of new projects for new or innovative work.
• Develop areas of projects where required to make fundraising proposals more robust, for example securing partnership support for projects.
• Monitor and prepare regular reports as required for Fundraising meetings.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable company, please do not hesitate to apply.