Strategic Trusts & Foundations Fundraiser

Perennial - Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Perennial is seeking a Trusts & Foundations Fundraising Manager to shape and grow its charitable funding from trusts and foundations. Based in the Marketing and Fundraising team, you will develop a robust grants pipeline, write compelling applications and work with service leads to demonstrate impact.

Reporting to the Head of Fundraising, the role offers the opportunity to secure significant grants, build strategic partnerships and help ensure sustainable support for Perennial's programmes

Qualifications

• Experience securing significant grants from trusts and foundations.
• Experience managing a trusts and foundations pipeline.
• Excellent proposal and bid-writing skills.
• Strong relationship management and stewardship skills.
• Ability to translate complex services into fundable propositions.
• Experience working with project budgets and impact reporting.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver a trusts and foundations fundraising strategy.
• Build and manage a pipeline of charitable trusts, foundations and institutional funders.
• Prepare high-quality funding applications, proposals, expressions of interest and cases for support.
• Research and identify new funding opportunities aligned with Perennial's strategic priorities.
• Manage funder stewardship, reporting and grant compliance requirements.
• Maintain accurate records of applications, reporting deadlines and relationships within the CRM.
• Monitor income performance and provide regular pipeline and forecasting reports.
• Collaborate with teams across the organisation to bring our work to life for funders.
• Support colleagues to identify, shape and develop fundable projects and services.
• Work closely with service leads to gather impact data, outcomes, beneficiary stories and evidence of need.
• Help develop funding propositions ranging from small service enhancements to larger strategic initiatives.
• Ensure projects are clearly costed and supported by realistic budgets and outcomes frameworks.

Skills

Proven track record in securing grants

Trusts & foundations fundraising

Proposal & bid writing

Relationship management

Budgeting & impact reporting

Project management

Organisational skills

Independent & collaborative work

Tools

CRM / donor database management

Job description

Perennial is seeking a Trusts & Foundations Fundraising Manager to shape and grow its charitable funding from trusts and foundations. Based in the Marketing and Fundraising team, you will develop a robust grants pipeline, write compelling applications and work with service leads to demonstrate impact.

Reporting to the Head of Fundraising, the role offers the opportunity to secure significant grants, build strategic partnerships and help ensure sustainable support for Perennial's programmes