Trusts and Grants Manager (Maternity Cover)

FareShare UK; London; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

FareShare UK is seeking a Trusts and Grants Manager for a 12-month maternity cover role. The position involves managing high-value funding relationships, developing compelling proposals, and collaborating with a passionate team in a hybrid work environment. This role offers an excellent opportunity for career advancement in trusts fundraising.

Benefits

28 days' annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Employer's pension contribution

Employee Assistance Program

Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme

Season ticket loan

Qualifications

• Experience managing five and six figure grants.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Manage a diverse portfolio of high-value funding relationships.
• Develop innovative stewardship plans and compelling proposals.
• Collaborate with colleagues to maximize fundraising opportunities.

Skills

Communication

Relationship Building

Strategic Thinking

Tools

CRM

Job description

Trusts and Grants Manager (Maternity Cover)

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Job Description -Trusts And Grants Manager (maternity Cover)

Department: Fundraising

Reporting to: Senior Trusts and Grants Manager

Location: Hybrid/London - minimum 1 day a month in our London HQ

Contract: Fixed - 12 months

Hours per week: 35 Hours

Salary: £39,414 - £41,488

Our Vision: A UK where "No good food goes to waste".

We are UK's national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to approximately 8,500 frontline charities and community groups. Every week we provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people.

There has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness. For more information visit: www.fareshare.org.uk

FareShare is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities and as a Disability Confident Employer, we provide reasonable adjustments.

We aim to recruit from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our commitment to redistributing surplus food, come and join us!

The role

FareShare is committed to expanding our work so more surplus food can reach thousands of charities and community groups nationwide. Central to this aim is a vibrant national fundraising department that has consistently grown the organisation's new and existing income streams in recent years.

FareShare's Trusts and Grants Team has a strong track record of working across a range of impactful partnerships to raise :£5m of income each year. A team of 6, we pride ourselves on being knowledgeable and passionate about FareShare's work, building compelling cases for support that can amplify our impact for years to come.

As a Trusts and Grants and Manager you will take on the management and stewardship of a diverse portfolio of high-value funding relationships, while developing new partnerships with a high propensity to support our work. You will play a proactive role in strategic planning and have line management responsibilities of a Trusts and Foundations Officer.

You will be a strategic thinker, used to working with high value grant making professionals and trustees and with senior staff and stakeholders within your own organisation. You will have a strong track record in income generation and supporter stewardship and have excellent communication skills. Cross team collaboration is crucial to the role, and you will be able to demonstrate strong relationship building and influencing skills.

This is an excellent opportunity for somebody looking to broaden their experience and take the next step in their career in trusts fundraising, while working in a high-performing and supportive team.

Main areas of responsibility

• Build relationships with portfolio of five and six figure trust supporters, understanding their motivations and tailoring opportunities and communications to cultivate strong, long-lasting partnerships
• Foster a deep understanding of FareShare's work and strategy to create persuasive fundraising proposals that inspire and solicit funds. This includes developing relationships across the organisation to build a sound understanding of FareShare operations and where support is most needed
• Champion and input in to the teams prospecting process, using your own research and sector knowledge to take new opportunities from identification through to solicitation, particularly focussing on those with multi-year and high value potential.
• Develop innovative and personalised stewardship plans, in collaboration with senior colleagues when appropriate, to deepen funder relationships. Craft compelling written communications including emails, proposals, and reports to showcase the impact of trust support and celebrate key milestones. Lead calls, meetings and visits to strengthen funder partnerships and engagement with our work
• Provide supportive management to a Trust and Grants Officer, offering regular advice and guidance, identifying opportunities for development and monitoring performance objectives in line with the organisational and team strategy.
• Play an active role in developing and delivering the Trusts and Grants team strategy contributing to planning and management of team objectives, and supporting the Senior Manager to motivate the team and drive trust income.
• Work with colleagues across the Fundraising sub-teams to maximise cross over opportunities between income areas
• Maintain accurate records of partner interactions in our CRM system and shared files, and consistently update financial records and account plans.
  
  

As an employer committed to Equal Opportunities, we will assess applications in line with these criteria that we consider either as being essential or desirable in this role.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of securing and successfully managing five and six figure grants and multi-year gifts from a range of grant makers, including project funding and unrestricted funding
• Experience in prospecting for new high value business opportunities via multiple research channels and soliciting new donors to make significant gifts
• Experience in writing compelling funding applications and impact reporting
• Experience in developing and presenting complex project and financial information to support compelling funding proposals
• Experience of successful cross department working with senior colleagues to deliver on funding objectives and budget
• Experience of line management or transferable skills to line management
  
  
  

Skills, Knowledge And Abilities

• Strong up-to-date knowledge of the trust, grant and foundation landscape
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, particularly in writing proposals and presenting to or meeting with funders
• Proven ability to form good working relationships, both internally and externally
• Ability to assimilate strategic plans into compelling funding proposals
• Excellent numeracy skills with the ability to work with complex budgets and present them to funders
• Ability to work on own initiative, meeting objectives and managing competing priorities and tight deadlines under pressure
• IT Literacy and ability to use a CRM.
  
  
  

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of using Salesforce or equivalent CRM system
• Demonstrable interest in food insecurity, food waste and surplus redistribution.
  
  
  

Values and behaviours

• A commitment to recognising and celebrating diversity and inclusion
• An interest in furthering FareShare's mission
• Flexibility of approach and a team player.
• Forward thinking and willing to contribute ideas and opinions.
• Willingness to travel around the UK on an occasional basis
  
  
  

Benefits

• Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel
• 28 days' annual leave + 8 bank holidays
• Employers pension contribution
• Employee Assistance Program
• Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme
• Season ticket loan
  
  
  

Closing date for receipt of applications is Sunday, 18th May 2025 11:59pm

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

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  Other

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  IT Services and IT Consulting

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