Fundraising Executive Major Donor

Our client is looking for a Fundraising Executive specialising in Corporate / Trusts

Client Details

A leader in their field

Description

This is a skilled role requiring specialist knowledge and experience of Trusts and Foundations. The post holder will be responsible for securing a high return on investment in the form of major philanthropic grants from charitable trusts and foundations, thus providing significant funding for a spectrum of projects including capital campaigns, research, and scholarships. The post holder should have exceptional communication and written skills, with strong influential and negotiating skills in order to develop high quality funding proposals and impact reports.

1. Working closely with stakeholders
2. Ensure that funding applications of the highest quality, priority and relevance are developed, agreed and submitted in order to secure optimal levels of support. Maintain up-to-date and in-depth intelligence on potential funders' priorities and preferences through desk research and face to face meetings.
3. Work closely with colleagues to plan events, seminars, and meetings that strengthen stakeholder and supporter relationships and promote the organisations work. Liaise with colleagues to implement appropriate stewardship programmes that thank and maintain long term relationships with foundations, including correspondence, visits, events and personal meetings.
4. Prepare and update materials that effectively communicate complex projects to both internal and external audiences in order to support fundraising and to maximise visibility of campaigns and philanthropic projects.
5. Act as an information source on funding from the trusts and foundations sector, and as a central point for incoming queries from trusts. Serve as a resource for colleagues across the team, ensuring the most compelling and effective approaches are made to trusts by providing review of applications and ensuring consistency of message and grant seeking practice. Work with the stakeholders to maintain close contact with other colleagues who are responsible for research grants and ensure smooth co-ordination of funders who make both research and philanthropic grants.
6. Ensure that current and accurate information on contact details, income, application records and activity in this area is maintained on Raiser's Edge database.
7. Keep abreast of professional and regulatory developments in charity legislation and higher education fundraising.

Profile

Experience working with and securing large gifts (£100k+) from Trusts and Foundations both in the UK and internationally.

• Excellent communication skills both written and oral.
• Ability to comprehend, digest and express complicated information is critical.
• Ability to think both strategically and tactically about the relations between potential donors and fundraising goals.
• Ability and inclination to meet potential funders and make an ask.
• Ability to effectively promote the work of our orgaisation to prospective donors.
• Ability to identify and work with professional and academic colleagues in the cultivation of prospects and in the solicitation of gifts.
• An understanding of Universities as a complex charity
• An interest in and knowledge of factors affecting higher education in the UK.

Job Offer

A salary of up to £47,000 approx plus excellent holidays and other benefits

Hybrid working