Senior Trusts Officer

Senior Trusts Officer.

Salary: c£35,000 per annum.
Location: Remote (with occassional travel to London office).
Contract: Permanent, 35 hours per week.

Benefits:
- 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.
- Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
- Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
- Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
- Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailer's discounts.

Why Action for Children? 
Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

A bit about the role
Action for Children aims to deliver substantial growth from our high value audience over the next five years, with the Philanthropy and Trusts Team playing a vital role in achieving that ambition, working together with the Partnerships, Events and High Value Operations teams.

You will work to secure multi-year donations from trusts and foundations to deliver a wide range of organisational priority projects and services, also contributing to the development of the trusts pipeline to support the team's growth strategy.

We are looking for someone with excellent written and verbal communication skills and demonstrable experience of securing five and six figure gifts from Trusts and Foundations.

How you'll help to create brighter futures

- Working collaboratively to deliver an annual 7-figure team target, with a focus on securing four to six figure donations from charitable trusts and foundations for services to be delivered.
- Line managing staff utilising Action for Children policies and procedures to drive performance, including setting and monitoring individual and team objectives and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), taking ultimate responsibility for the delivery of income targets.
- Initiating and developing multi-year partnerships between trusts and foundations and Action for Children to deliver challenging income targets.
- Developing and implementing individual solicitation and stewardship plans for a portfolio of existing trusts and new prospects, to include charitable foundations, across the UK and internationally.
- Developing and implementing a communication and stewardship programme.
- Collaborating with fundraising colleagues to track and report on prospect management activities, maximising opportunities to enrich and develop supporter journeys.
- Taking responsibility for ensuring that all fundraising partnerships with charitable trusts achieve their maximum potential, and that the charity delivers on its commitment to funders.

Let's talk about you 

- Experience of trust fundraising with a strong track record of initiating new relationships and securing five and six figure gifts.
- Experience of managing relationships with Trusts and Foundations.
- Substantial experience of devising and implementing successful fundraising programmes to deliver income growth.
- The ability to manage a complex pool of prospects and donors, devising clear donor solicitation plans with the aim of securing long term financial philanthropic support.
- Experience of creative proposal and report writing, with the ability to demonstrate clear outcomes and impact.
- Experience of preparing budgets for potential funders and for grant reports, with working knowledge of charitable financial accounts.
- A professional solutions-focused approach to making effective decisions, applying critical thinking to weigh up risks and challenges.
- To have a flexible and calming approach to work and willingness to be accommodating over working hours when required.

It's an exciting time to join the Trusts team at Action for Children, and we are looking for collaborative, energised and forward-thinking individuals to join our ambitious team of fundraising professionals.

Please see the Job Description for the full list of accountabilities and requirements.

Good to know 
Application Process 
There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.

Talent Pool 
We know talent when we see it. But sometimes we find the right person but not for the right job. We'd love to keep your details for when the right job comes up. Let us know if you'd rather we didn't. 

Diversity, equality, and inclusion 
At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children. 

 Don't meet every single requirement?
If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.
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Job Description

Closing Date: Thursday 19th September 2024.
Interviews will be on a rolling basis, so please do get your application in as soon as possible.
See below for further information about working with us:

Action for Children Employee Benefits
AfC Commitment Statement