Global Director, Trusts & Foundations

Birdlife International; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working (on-site + remote)

David Attenborough Building location

Pension scheme up to 12%

25 days annual leave (+1 per year)

LinkedIn Learning access

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

BirdLife International in Cambridge, UK, seeks a seasoned Head of Trusts and Foundations to lead the organisation’s largest income‑generation area. You will personally secure six- and seven‑figure grants, develop strategy, and coach a small team across international foundations.

Reporting to the Chief Development Officer, you will grow restricted multi‑year funding globally, manage major donor relationships, and deliver targets while shaping BirdLife’s growth in philanthropy and impact across

Qualifications

• Experience personally raising six- and seven-figure grants from trusts and foundation donors and managing ongoing relationships with them.
• Experience developing and delivering a trusts & foundations fundraising strategy.
• Experience working in an international, not-for-profit environment.
• Experience managing a small trusts & foundations team, including budgetary responsibility.
• Expert knowledge of current and evolving trusts & foundations fundraising practice.
• Good understanding of climate, biodiversity, civil society and nature conservation issues, or willingness to learn.
• Solid knowledge of restricted funding compliance, reporting and grant management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive trusts & foundations strategy to grow restricted and lightly restricted multi‑year income globally.
• Lead, coach and develop the 3‑person Trusts & Foundations team.
• Represent Trusts & Foundations on the Development Management Team to steward the Development programme at BirdLife and collectively lead transformational change, especially the shared delivery of the Development strategy
• Represent Trusts & Foundations on the Principal Gifts Working Group to progress transformational trust and foundation opportunities alongside principal gifts
• Identify opportunities to grow BirdLife’s global trusts and foundations donor base.
• Personally develop and manage BirdLife’s largest and most complex trust and foundation relationships and lead cultivation of transformational trust and foundation prospects.
• Set and monitor trusts & foundations income targets and performance goals; track progress, pipeline health and compliance status and provide regular reports to leadership on revenue generation, taking corrective action as needed
• Manage the Trusts & Foundations team budget, recruitment and resource allocation

Skills

Leadership

Fundraising

Strategic planning

Grant management

Relationship building

Job description

BirdLife International in Cambridge, UK, seeks a seasoned Head of Trusts and Foundations to lead the organisation’s largest income‑generation area. You will personally secure six- and seven‑figure grants, develop strategy, and coach a small team across international foundations.

Reporting to the Chief Development Officer, you will grow restricted multi‑year funding globally, manage major donor relationships, and deliver targets while shaping BirdLife’s growth in philanthropy and impact across