Fundraising Manager

Essential Information:

Hours of Work - 37.5 hours across 5 days, although we want all our team to have the work life balance they need. We’re open to discuss compressed hours, flexible weeks or shorter hour contracts.

Salary - £28,397 - £30,910

Vacancy Type - Permanent

Location - Hybrid, based at home but with occasional visits to our office in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk and Woodland sites acorss Norfolk & Suffolk

What you’ll do:

Our Fundraising Development Officer will report to our Head of Development & Impact and be a member of our Development & Impact Team. This role will be key to helping Green Light Trust continue to grow and to reach more people who need our support.

The priorities in this role will include:

• Researching and progressing various fundraising opportunities to help us grow our income and impact
• Writing grant applications and proposals for support, for various funding audiences
• Developing fundraising briefs for key projects, to then fundraise against
• Developing and maintaining an annual fundraising plan
• Ensuring our case management system records and tracks our fundraising progress
• Building warm and productive relationships with relevant funders, supporters, and your team at Green Light Trust
• Ensuring we meet the reporting requirements for grants and other fundraising activities
• Developing, coordinating and promoting employee team building and wellbeing days for corporate audiences, to help generate additional income for our organisation
• Maximising income from corporate supporters by cultivating mutually beneficial relationships and evolving the corporate fundraising offer

Who we’re looking for:

We are seeking someone who will help us turn the many opportunities for funding into the fuel we need to support those who need us the most.

The role will be a great fit if you:

• Understand the world of grants, trusts and fundraising
• Have experience of writing bids and applying for funding, or skills and experience that you would consider to be transferable
• Thrive on achieving targets and deadlines – key when submitting funding applications
• Have excellent written English and are a very strong communicator – relationships are key!
• Have attention to detail: accuracy across both numbers and words is important
• Have strong IT skills
• Can travel to our sites across Norfolk and Suffolk as necessary
• Are passionate about our vision and values

Our Values

• We are brave, adaptive, responsive, and fleet of foot: We respond we don’t react, we’re adaptable and at the cutting edge.
• We create calm and inspiring communities: We’re person centred, we enhance wellbeing whilst offering challenge and inspiration.
• We welcome and accept everybody: We’re inclusive, we’re accepting, we’re non-judgemental and we see beyond the external.
• We support individuals to be themselves in the long term: We’re about more than one-off interventions, we provide individualised solutions, we help people to find themselves and build their confidence.
• We really believe in what we do and demonstrate it through our actions, we’re authentic, we look after our own wellbeing whilst helping others to look after theirs, Green Light Trust is not just a job to us, we believe in the healing power of nature.

Why Green Light Trust?

Founded in 1989 as a conservation charity, Green Light Trust is now a leading provider in East Anglia of education and wellbeing programmes for the most disadvantaged in society; mostly those in the lowest 5% in terms of their wellbeing and integration.

We have grown 200% over the past 2 years and we have a real sense of purpose and truly believe in our aim to help create a society where everyone has equitable access to the power of nature.

We support adults, children and young people, using the environment to rebuild, reawaken and refocus their lives. We sit at the crossroads between health, education and the environment, transforming the lives of people with some of the most complex needs and challenges, who have been unable to get the help they need from anywhere else. At the same time, our work is also improving the wild and green spaces we work in, by bringing woodlands back into management, increasing biodiversity and creating new habitats.

What’s in it for you:

• Technology – Cloud based everything with a laptop and all the bits you need to work where suits you best – including remote IT support.
• Proper holiday - 25 days annual leave + bank holidays as well as that time between Christmas and New Year you always forget to book.
• Flexible working as standard from day one – Work from home or at our carbon neutral HQ (sit next to the wood burner) or a combination of what brings out the best in you.
• Rewards and support - Enhanced employee rewards package, no questions access to counselling support. Time out in the woods to be at one with nature. Supported time off when you need it most.
• Genuine development - Regular performance reviews, support, and progression opportunities.
• Training and coaching – Where do you want to be? What do you need to get there? Answer those questions and we’ll find a way to make it happen with training and amazing coaching with Alitus!

Please apply by submitting your CV and, optionally, a Cover Letter at the link below.