Trusts Manager

Trusts Manager

Salary: circa £42,000 per annum

Location: Holborn, London with possibility of working remotely

Contract/Hours: Permanent, Full-time - 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 retailers discounts.

Vulnerable children in the UK need your help

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's 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.

Last year, we helped more than 670,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.

A bit about the role

Action for Children aims to deliver growth from our high value audiences, with the Trusts team playing a vital role in achieving that ambition, working together with the Philanthropy, Corporate, Events and High Value Operations teams.

As Trusts Manager you'll manage and drive forward activity to secure significant, multi-year donations from trusts, foundations and statutory funders to support a wide range of organisational priority projects and services. You will also be responsible for the development of a pipeline to maximise key areas of growth up to seven figure income.

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.

How you'll help to create brighter futures 

Some key responsibilities for the Trusts Manager role include:

• Working collaboratively to implement activities to deliver an annual team target of a seven-figure sum, with a focus on securing donations of six figure donations and upwards from charitable trusts, foundations and statutory funders.
• 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 complex, multi-year partnerships between trusts and foundations and Action for Children to deliver challenging income targets, regularly preparing briefings for members of the senior leadership team.
• Developing and implementing individual solicitation and stewardship plans for a portfolio of existing trusts and new prospects, to include charitable foundations, in the UK and internationally, through the development and implementation of a communication and stewardship programme.
• Collaborating with fundraising colleagues to track and report on prospect management activities, remaining supporter-focused and maximizing opportunities to enrich and develop supporter journeys.
• Identifying and securing a range of budget relieving Gift in Kind and Pro Bono opportunities ensuring that brand exposure from such activities is commensurate to the value of the gift.

Let's talk about you

• Relevant experience of trust fundraising with an excellent track record of initiating new relationships and securing five and six figure gifts.
• Experience of managing relationships to introduce Trusts and Foundations at the highest levels.
• Experience of leading, inspiring and line managing fundraisers to achieve against specific financial goals.
• The ability to manage a complex pool of prospects and funders, devising clear donor solicitation plans with the aim of securing long term financial support.
• A professional and enterprising solutions-focused approach to making effective decisions, applying critical thinking to weigh up risks and challenges to drive, develop and implement new ideas, systems.

Good to know

For an informal chat about what the role will entail, you can contact Beth Quartermaine, Senior Philanthropy & Trusts Manager, at to arrange a call.

Contact: Scott Jones at for any further queries or support with your application.

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.