Senior Manager, Trusts & Foundations

Airborne Comrades Association; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Youth Orchestra is seeking an entrepreneurial and collaborative trusts fundraiser to lead growth in funding from trusts and foundations across the UK. You will manage a portfolio of funders, develop persuasive, evidence-led proposals and reports, and work with the Fundraising & Communications team to meet agreed income targets.

You will communicate evolving programmes with agility, articulating potential and securing significant support for NYO’s future work with teenagers.

Qualifications

• Experience in trusts and foundations fundraising.
• Strong ability to develop evidence-led proposals and reports.
• Ability to manage a portfolio of funders and secure income.

Responsibilities

• Manage a substantial portfolio of trust, foundation and statutory funders.
• Develop compelling proposals and reports, including major bids.
• Collaborate with colleagues to align programme, financial and impact information.

Skills

Fundraising

Grant writing

Relationship building

Job description

The National Youth Orchestra is the UK’s leading organisation championing orchestral music as a powerful agent for teenage development.

We activate teenagers’ confidence, optimism and skills to play their part in the world today, through performing and sharing extraordinary music.

We are looking for an entrepreneurial and collaborative trusts fundraiser to play a leading role in growing the investment that supports NYO’s work with teenagers across the UK. Trusts and foundations contribute more than £600,000 annually, and this new role will help deepen existing partnerships, develop new opportunities and secure significant support for NYO’s future.

As an ambitious and growing organisation, we need to communicate new and evolving programmes with agility, articulating their potential clearly and building the support needed to make them possible. This is an opportunity to build from a position of strength, sustaining successful programmes while securing investment to create opportunities for many more teenagers.

You will manage a substantial portfolio of trust, foundation and statutory funders, leading relationships from cultivation and application through to stewardship, reporting and renewal. You will develop compelling, evidence-led proposals and reports, including significant and strategically important bids, and work closely with colleagues to bring together programme, financial and impact information.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced fundraiser who combines excellent writing and relationship-building skills with strategic judgement and careful delivery. You will take ownership of agreed income targets and play an active part in a collaborative Fundraising & Communications team working across Individual Giving, major donors and Trusts & Foundations to achieve shared goals.

Deadline for applications: 10am, Monday 21 September 2026

Contact details

[e-mail]

02071898100

10 Great Turnstile, London, WC1V 7JU

Related information

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