Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser

Royal Museums Greenwich; Greenwich; On-site; GBP 36,450 - 44,550; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension scheme

22 days annual leave

40% discount in cafés

30% discount in shops

Interest-free loans for travel tickets

Flexible working options

Job summary

A prominent historical institution is seeking a Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser to contribute to their annual revenue target of £1.4M-£2M. Responsibilities include securing major grants, identifying funding opportunities, and preparing proposals aligned with project goals. The ideal candidate will possess grant writing experience, strong communication abilities, and a passion for heritage. This full-time position is fixed-term until June 2028 with a salary of £40,500 per annum, offering a flexible working environment and additional employee benefits.

Qualifications

• Proven experience of securing grants and complex funding applications.
• Excellent writing skills and strong powers of persuasion.
• Highly organized and able to prioritize and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Secure major grants to contribute to the Museum's revenue target.
• Source and identify funding opportunities.
• Prepare compelling proposals to match project aims with fundraising criteria.

Skills

Grant writing

Financial reporting

Networking ability

Organizational skills

Persuasion skills

Collaboration

Flexibility

Interest in heritage and culture

Tools

Raisers Edge NXT

Job description

Royal Museums Greenwich is a collection of diverse historical sites. The sites are the National Maritime Museum, Cutty Sark, the Royal Observatory, and the Queen’s House. Each of these sites has a unique identity and a common purpose to serve our communities, through sharing our collections and expertise. We are a place to explore the sea, space, art and history, and our strategy ‘Charting Our Course’ puts people at the core of its success.

The Role

Working in the Development team and reporting to the Senior Manager, Trusts and Foundations, the Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser will contribute to the Museum’s annual revenue income target of between £1.4M-£2M across all sites and departments, maximising trusts and foundations income in line with RMG’s strategy ‘Charting our Course’. The post holder will contribute to a £78M ambitious capital campaign ‘First Light’, a transformational and once in a lifetime project at the Royal Observatory Greenwich.

Key responsibilities include securing major grants of between 4 – 5 figures to contribute towards the Museum’s annual revenue target and capital project ‘First Light’ and supporting more strategic 6 figure bids. The post holder will source and identify opportunities for funding, instigate contact with prospective funders, prepare compelling and accurate proposals to match Museum and project aims with fundraising criteria, create attractive ‘packages’ of activity/programme strands to maximise grant opportunities, and work with the Senior Manager, Trusts and Foundations to develop a robust stewardship plan and actively contribute to the delivery of this.

The successful candidate will have proven experience of securing grants and of complex funding applications, as well as accurate financial reporting. They will have excellent writing skills, strong powers of persuasion and networking ability, be highly organised, able to prioritise and meet deadlines, and be a team player with a collaborative mindset. A hunger to reach and exceed financial targets, as well as passion and enthusiasm for heritage and culture, are essential to this role. Knowledge or experience of Raisers Edge NXT is desirable.

This is a full‑time, fixed‑term role until 30 June 2028, in Band 5 – Management and Proficient Specialists. Core hours of work will be 36, 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, with an additional hour to be worked as agreed upon with management. Due to the nature of the work flexibility is required in meeting the demands of the role.

Salary:

£40,500 per annum

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Please be aware that we are unable to sponsor visas.

The application deadline is 1st March at 23:59. Interviews are pencilled in for Tuesday 10th March.

We offer a culture encouraging inclusion and diversity, a generous pension scheme plus life cover, 22 days annual leave (rising to 25 days after 1 year) plus bank holidays, 40% discount in our cafés and 30% discount in our shops, a range of interest‑free loans including: season/travel tickets, bike and bike equipment, Gym or Leisure membership plus individual learning; training opportunities and continuous performance management reviews to support personal and career development, NMDC reciprocal agreement for free admissions to other museums and galleries’ paid exhibitions, and an environment with flexible working options. For a full list of the benefits, please click here.

EDI

Diversity and inclusion are integral to our work at Royal Museums Greenwich, as we are a museum for everyone. We want to foster a spirit of inclusion, collaborative working, innovation, and valuing people as individuals whose lives have been shaped by different experiences. Therefore, we welcome applications from everyone.

We actively work with Disability Confident scheme and ask that you let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments you need or things you would like us to know during the interview process, which may include being provided with the interview questions in advance, requiring a step free interview space, that you are eye‑contact avoidant, or having the interview questions in a written format or additional time in timed tests, interviews or other assessment activities.