Fundraising Officer (Trusts)

Closed: 25 November 2018
Fundraising Social Care/Development Trusts

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  • Salary £32,659.39 per annum (£19,595.63 pro rata for 3 days per week)
  • Location Westminster, London, Greater London (On-site)
  • Job Type Permanent
  • Sectors Housing and Homelessness
  • Job Reference : 00324495

Fundraising Officer (Trusts) 

Cardinal Basil Hume founded the Centre in 1986; we offer a diverse range of services for homeless young people, families in need and the local community on one site. The Centre enables people to gain the skills and support they need to overcome poverty and homelessness. 

We have a person-focussed approach which encourages us to recognise that each human being is different with complex needs and so our response needs to be multi-layered. Therefore, the organisation has six principal service packages: residential services for homeless young people; family support; housing and welfare rights advice; employment support; learning (English and digital inclusion); and immigration advice and advocacy. 

Position: Trust Fundraising Officer 
Location: Westminster, London 
Job type: Part Time, Permanent 
Hours: 21 hours in a 24 hour week 
Salary: £32,659.39 per annum (£19,595.63 pro rata for 3 days per week) 
Benefits: Pro rata of full time 24 days, rising to 26 after one year’s service, and 28 after two years’ service. The Centre provides an auto-enrolment pension scheme and will match employee contributions up to a maximum of 6%. You can choose to opt out of the scheme. A Season Ticket Loan is available. 

Closing date for applications: Sunday 25th November 2018 
First interview planned for: Wednesday 5th December 2018 
Second interview planned for: Friday 7th December 2018 

About the role: 

- Raise income from grant-making charitable trusts, inputting to and working within the strategic Trust fundraising plans of the Development Manager. 
- Support the Senior Corporate Fundraising Officer to complete applications for grants from corporate trusts and foundations 
- Provide client stories for the twice yearly magazine to Individual Donors 
- Write compelling copy about services for use across all income streams and for a variety of platforms 
- Proactively build on the Centre’s current grant fundraising programme 
- Manage the relationships with trust and foundation contacts 
- Maintain effective systems to record trust and foundation details 
- Stay informed of new developments in trust and foundation fundraising through research and from knowledge gained from trust and foundation networks 
- Research potential new trust funders 
- Complete corporate grant applications 
- Support the fundraising team with our existing cultivation activities 

About you: 

- Experience of fundraising from voluntary sources 
- The ability to write clear, persuasive, jargon free, emotive and inspiring copy 
- Good analytic and problem-solving skills 
- Ability to build effective work relationships and work as part of a team 
- Good negotiation skills including the ability to persuade others 
- Good computer skills, particularly in Microsoft Office 
- Understanding of, and empathy with, the motivation behind philanthropy 
- Willingness to work flexibly including occasional early evenings and weekends 

Desirable: 

- Understanding of the impact of homelessness and social exclusion 
- Understanding of the motivation of faith-based donors 
- Experience of researching funding opportunities 
- Experience of a fundraising database (the Centre uses ThankQ) 

The Centre is an Equal Opportunities Employer. The Centre requires all its staff and volunteers to respect the ethos of the Centre and to be in sympathy with its aims and objectives. 

The Centre requires all its staff and volunteers to undertake an appropriate level of DBS or police check. 

You may have experience of the following: Trust Fundraising Officer, Third Sector, Trusts Officer, Fundraising Officer, Fundraiser, Donor Management, Charitable Trusts, Charity, Charities, Trust Fundraiser, Major Gifts, Donations, Grants Officer, Fundraising Assistant, Not For Profit, Business Development, Relationship Management, Fundraising, Corporate Fundraiser ,etc.