Trusts & Grants Officer

Percival are excited to be working with Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity to help recruit a Trusts and Fundraising Officer to join their growing team. Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity works to raise awareness about the needs of seriously ill children and their families. The charity believes that every seriously ill child deserves a Roald Dahl Specialist Nurse to help ensure that they receive the care, resources and opportunities they deserve.

Title: Trusts and Fundraising Officer

Salary:  £24,000 - £27,000

Working Pattern: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Hybrid - Amersham, Buckinghamshire

Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity are looking for someone to maximise income from trusts by creating high-quality applications and reports to funders as well as provide excellent account management and cross-team collaboration. The post holder will be responsible for assisting on writing compelling trusts applications and compiling reports for funders. They will communicate and build relationships with their partners to provide high quality stewardship. They will also support more senior staff, participate in the development of strategy, planning and tactics in relation to trusts fundraising.

To be successful in this role, you will:

- Have minimum one year experience working or volunteering for a charity.

- Ideally have proven experience in writing successful bids and securing income, ideally from trusts.

- Be able to translate complex information into persuasive written communication which leads to action.

- Share the charity's core values of being child focused, sparky, empowering, resourceful and kind.

- Be organised with effective time management and a high level of competence in using Microsoft Office software notably Excel, Word and generic databases.

Recruitment Timeline

Deadline for Applications: 21 st March 2024

1 st Stage Interviews: TBC

We value diversity and know how important it is for charities to fairly represent their beneficiaries, therefore we encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

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