Grants Fundraiser – Conservation Charity

We are looking for an experienced Grants Fundraiser to manage and broaden their own portfolio of grant funder relationships, including leading on major applications, compiling reports and complex claims.

Grants Fundraiser
Based: WWT HQ - Slimbridge Wetland Centre - commutable from Stroud, Gloucester & Bristol
Hours: 37.5 Hours per week
Salary: c£30,000 per annum

The Grants Team makes a major contribution to raising the funds we need for wildlife and community-focused conservation programmes in the UK and internationally, environmental education projects and the work that ensures that our wetland centres and reserves offer all that they can for wildlife and people.

This is an exciting career development opportunity to maximise the potential of relationships with a wide range of grant funders, including charitable trust, statutory, landfill community and lottery funders. The post holder will be the lead for the whole of Supporter Development on some projects, working closely with teams across WWT to develop projects aligned with both our strategy and funder interests. 

We are looking for a career Fundraiser who is an innovative, resourceful, self-motivated, well-organised and creative person with strong communication and numerical skills. The successful candidate will have a track record of securing at least high five figure sums and be confident of influencing stakeholders at all levels, supervising staff and managing their own workload proactively.

The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is a conservation charity that protects wetlands for wildlife and people. For 70 years we have been pioneers in saving threatened wetland wildlife across the globe and are experts in wetland management and creation.  We work with communities living among some of the most vulnerable wetlands in the world, providing leadership and influence to create a sustainable future for our wetlands, their wildlife and the people who depend upon them. We believe that showing people first-hand how extraordinary wetlands are can ignite their passion to help us conserve them, so we provide amazing experiences at our unique UK wetland centres for over one million visitors every year as well as bringing wetland projects to people where they live and work.

In return for your hard work and dedication you’ll enjoy a wide range of benefits including:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays plus bank holidays (increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service)
• Contributory pension scheme (conditions apply)
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Child care voucher scheme
• Free entry to all our centres

Closing date: 20/11/17
Interview date: 30/11/17       

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WWT is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment.

No agencies please.