Trusts & Foundations Manager

Reporting to: Head of Supporter Engagement

Location: Woodchurch/Hybrid

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 21 hours per week

Salary: £39,266.18 (Pro-rata)

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Trusts & Foundations Manager to join our team at Canterbury Oast Trust. 

Canterbury Oast Trust is a charity supporting people with learning disabilities and autism in Kent. We offer a person-centred approach through accommodation, support and training options including through our tourist attraction, the Rare Breeds Centre.

This newly created role will provide exceptional relationship management to our current portfolio of funders, donors and supporters, while actively seeking to diversify and expand our income by building relationships with trusts, foundations and statutory funders.

The successful candidate will play a critical role in helping Canterbury Oast Trust meet its strategic objectives by developing a sustainable and ambitious fundraising program to support our core initiatives in adult social care and our tourist attraction.

This role requires you to have strong relationship-management skills and a creative approach to fundraising with high integrity and attention to detail. Significant experience securing funds from trusts, foundations, grants, corporate and/or donors is essential.

Canterbury Oast Trust is built on acceptance, respect, and inclusion, where everyone feels that they belong and can make a meaningful contribution. We encourage applicants regardless of religion, ethnicity, nationality, disability status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family, or parental status. If you need any assistance during the recruitment process, please let us know.

We’d be delighted if you tick off all our boxes, but we also believe it’s just as important we tick all of yours. If you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not everything, go ahead and apply. We’d still love to hear from you!

All appointments are subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK; an enhanced check with the Disclosure and Barring Service and two satisfactory references.