Trusts & Grants Lead

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust; Curdridge; Hybrid; GBP 23.000 - 38.000; Vollzeit

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Zusammenfassung

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust seeks a Trusts & Grants Lead to manage grants and trusts operations, identify funding opportunities, and present compelling funder proposals. You will work closely with Directors and managers to support income growth and funder relationships.

The role is full-time (35 hours) with hybrid working available, based at Beechcroft House in Curdridge. A strong track record in fundraising and impact reporting is essential.

Qualifikationen

• You will be an outstanding communicator with strong experience – from developing projects and cases for support to submitting successful applications and providing impact reports.
• You’ll have a proven track record of developing income growth and high-quality funder relationships.
• You’ll be a proactive, positive and confident fundraiser with great attention to detail.

Aufgaben

• Lead on all operational aspects of grants and trusts work and input into strategy with the Senior Philanthropy & Partnerships Manager.
• Identify funding opportunities, craft high-quality proposals and impact reports, and be the main contact for funders and foundations.

Kenntnisse

Outstanding communicator

Grant fundraising

Fundraising proposals

Impact reporting

Jobbeschreibung

Values

• Innovation

We are creative and fearless in our work.

• Accountability

We take ownership of our work and lead from the front.

• Teamwork

We collaborate widely and build supportive environments.

SalaryUp to £37,500 per annum, depending on skills and experience

LocationBeechcroft House,Vicarage Lane,Curdridge,Hampshire

Published 2 days ago

Closing in 16 days

This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in 16 days at 23:59 BST.

Trusts & Grants Lead

Full Time – 35 Hours per Week

Salary: Up to £37,500 gross per annum depending on skills and experience

Permanent Contract

Location: Beechcroft House, Vicarage Lane, Curdridge, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 2DP (with hybrid working available)

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is shaping a wilder future for our counties – protecting special places, restoring habitats and inspiring people to act for nature. As part of the UK’s fastest-growing movement for nature’s recovery, we lead with passion, integrity and bold thinking. Join a team where your work has purpose, your ideas matter, and you can help create lasting change for wildlife and people.

We are seeking a Trusts & Grants Lead to join our cause.

What you’ll be doing:

Leading on all operational aspects of our grants and trusts work, and inputting into strategy with the Senior Philanthropy & Partnerships Manager, you’ll have responsibility for identifying funding opportunities, bringing our story to life for funders through high-quality written proposals and impact reports, and acting as the main point of contact for internal and external enquiries about grant-makers and charitable trusts & foundations.

Liaising closely with Directors and managers, you’ll help bring the Trust’s work to life for an existing portfolio of funders, develop funding propositions for new and existing funders, and act as a champion for this crucial area of work across the organisation.

About you:

You will be an outstanding communicator with strong experience – from developing projects and cases for support to submitting successful applications and providing impact reports. You’ll have a proven track record of developing income growth and high-quality funder relationships. You’ll be a proactive, positive and confident fundraiser with great attention to detail and the knowledge and experience to take the lead on our trusts and grants work.

Wild About Inclusion!

As an inclusive employer we recognise that our workforce needs to better reflect the communities in which we live and work. We encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly those underrepresented within our sector, including people from black, Asian, minority Ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities. We are committed to creating a Movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.

Disability Confident.

We are proudly a Disability Confident Committed employer. The scheme is helping us recruit and retain great people to meet our workforce needs. As a member of the scheme, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. You can request adjustments including accessible formats of this vacancy by emailing [e-mail].

To be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme you must:

• Identify as being disabled which under the Equality Act 2010 means a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial*, long term** adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day to day activities; or a long-term health condition; and;

(*Substantial is more than minor or trivial **Long-term means 12 months or more)

• Set out how you meet all the minimum qualifying criteria set out in the person specification for the post at the application and testing stages. This is a requirement for all candidates, not just those applying under the scheme.

We are happy to discuss the possibilities of hybrid and flexible working

This role will be based at our office in Curdridge, however, we are happy to accommodate a hybrid working routine, and discuss a pattern of work which mutually suits the candidate and the Trust. Traditionally, office hours are Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm with an hour lunch break. We value spending time working in-person to develop strong connections with each other and with our mission, so we although we offer hybrid working, we do not offer full home working within our roles.

We offer a wide range of benefits including a competitive salary, generous annual leave allowance, a contributory pension scheme, life assurance, learning and development support, 24-hour access to our employee assistance programme, discounted staff travel with our corporate partners Wightlink (subject to T&Cs), free parking at our sites and more.

Closing date: 22 October 2026

Interviews: 29 October 2026

The Company has experienced unprecedented growth over the past few years. We have a vast number of employees, and provide support to clients from all over the country. Recently, the company has won multiple workplace environment awards and has an outstanding record of employee satisfaction.

The Benefits

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The Values

• Innovation

We are creative and fearless in our work.

• Accountability

We take ownership of our work and lead from the front.

• Teamwork

We collaborate widely and build supportive environments.

Well most importantly you get to work in one of the most magnificent parts of the UK! Here in Hampshire we have globally important wetlands around the coastline of the Solent and medieval heathland landscapes in the New Forest.

Our thriving cities and suburbs are surrounded by exceptional places for wildlife, including gin-clear chalk rivers, flower-rich grasslands, and ancient woodlands. Our jewel in the crown is the Isle of Wight where you can walk all day across downland turf and along spectacular cliffs.

That’s our working environment and you could share it with us!

Pay

Whether you are Reserves Officer shaping habitats for wildlife or a Finance Officer crunching the numbers, you are vital to the achievement of our vision for a wilder future. We want to make sure that you stay with us and feel valued, recognised and rewarded. So we benchmark our salaries against similar organisations to make sure we offer a competitive salary for all. We are also a living wage employer.

Pension

Securing your future is as important to us as securing the future for wildlife!

All our employees are auto-enrolled into our pension scheme. Those on permanent contracts, or fixed term contracts for over 2 years, receive 8% contribution from the Trust with an employee contribution of 2%.

Those on temporary or shorter termed contracts are auto-enrolled onto our NEST pension scheme, receiving a 3% contribution from the Trust and paying 5% themselves.

Holidays

Whether you want to hibernate or travel south for the winter, you will receive 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays each year (pro-rated for part time staff). Your holiday entitlement will increase with your length of service to a maximum of 30 days per year.

Flexible Working

As we work to tip the balance in favour of nature, we are keen to ensure that our employees have a healthy work life balance too.We are always ready to talk to staff about ways we may be able to support this.We have a number of staff who work part time, from home and have flexible working patterns.

Health and Wellbeing

Like nature, should you need support to recover, we offer enhanced sick pay above your statutory entitlement.

We also fund counselling sessions for employees who would like help with their mental health and wellbeing as part of our Employee Assistance Programme.

Learning and Development

We ensure that wildlife has a habitat to thrive in and we do the same for our staff. We commit to ensuring that our employees have the skills, knowledge and experience they need in order to excel at their role. We recognise talent and actively support professional and career development.

Based on our gender pay gap calculations, on average (median) men and women are paid equally at the Trust and our mean calculations report that on average women get paid slightly more than men.