Trusts & Foundations Manager at Primary Care Careers

Primary Care Careers; Ipswich; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 42,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced holiday

Flexible/hybrid working

Employee health cash plan

Employee assistance programme

Employer pension scheme with up to 7%

Life assurance

Free eye tests

Cycle to work

Enhanced maternity & paternity pay

Job summary

East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) is seeking a part‑time (30 hours, 4 days) trusts and foundations manager in Ipswich. The role blends on‑site hospice work with some home working, and involves leading a fundraising programme to secure income from trusts, foundations and grant‑makers, aligned to funder priorities and EACH services.

You will line manage the senior fundraisers, build relationships with funders, develop applications and impact reports, and collaborate across fundraising, care

Responsibilities

• Lead the trusts and foundations fundraising strategy.
• Develop a sustainable pipeline of funding opportunities.
• Prepare high‑quality funding applications, proposals and impact reports.
• Line manage and coach the senior fundraiser and collaborate with fundraising, care and finance teams.

Job description

Trusts & Foundations Manager

Location: Ipswich, ENG, GB

This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth.

East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) is looking to recruit a trusts & foundations manager to join us for 30 hours per week, worked as 4 days across Monday - Friday. The role is hospice-based, with the opportunity for some home working. Please specify your preferred EACH hospice work-base location (Milton, Norwich or Ipswich) when applying.

At EACH, we support children and young people with life-threatening conditions, and their families.

We are seeking an experienced trusts and foundations manager to lead the delivery of our trusts and foundations fundraising programme, securing income from charitable trusts, foundations and grant‑making organisations to support hospice services, projects and developments.

This role is responsible for achieving agreed income targets, developing a sustainable funding pipeline worth up to £2M, and ensuring funding opportunities align with the needs of EACH's services and the priorities of funders.

The postholder will manage a portfolio of existing and prospective funders, oversee the development of funding applications, proposals and impact reports, and lead the identification, cultivation, stewardship and renewal of funding opportunities.

As part of this role, you will line manage, coach and support the senior trusts and foundations fundraiser, working collaboratively with colleagues across fundraising, care and finance to develop funding opportunities, monitor performance and contribute to the delivery of the wider fundraising strategy.

You will:

• Lead the delivery of EACH's trusts and foundations fundraising strategy.
• Develop and manage a sustainable pipeline of funding opportunities.
• Build and maintain relationships with charitable trusts, foundations and grant‑making organisations.
• Prepare high‑quality funding applications, proposals and impact reports.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to develop projects, funding packages and capital appeal opportunities.
• Monitor performance against income targets and contribute to reporting for senior leadership and trustees.
• Ensure accurate CRM management and compliance with fundraising and data protection requirements.

About the Candidate

• Experience of trusts and grant fundraising, including developing funding opportunities and supporter relationships.
• Experience of securing income against financial targets.
• Experience of preparing funding applications, reports and proposals.
• The ability to interpret information and data to create evidence‑based applications and cases for support.
• Relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience of managing priorities and delivering work to deadlines.
• Experience of supporting, developing or managing others.
• Effective written, verbal and presentation skills.
• It is essential that you have a current, full, valid driving licence and access to your own vehicle to enable travel as part of the role.

Benefits of working for us include:

• Enhanced holiday plus holiday purchase scheme
• Flexible/hybrid working
• Employee health cash plan
• Employee assistance programme
• Employer pension scheme, with up to 7% employer contribution, and life assurance cover
• Free eye tests
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced maternity & paternity pay

About Us

East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) ensures the best possible quality of life and makes every moment count for children and families across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk.

Our family‑centred approach includes specialist nursing care, symptom management nursing, short breaks, wellbeing activities, therapies, care at end of life, bereavement support, counselling and volunteer services in the family home; all meeting the individual needs of the child, young person and whole family.

In 2020, all three of our hospices; The Nook (Norfolk), The Treehouse (Ipswich) and Milton (Cambridge) were rated OUTSTANDING by the Care Quality Commission.

We have a talented workforce of staff and volunteers in care, fundraising, retail, facilities, IT, finance, marketing & communications and human resources. We’re over 440 employees strong, with a team of more than 2,000 volunteers across the organisation including over 50 shops and a retail distribution centre.

If you would like to find out more or make a request, please contact the EACH recruitment team by email at [e-mail], or by phone on 07595 414843.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.