Trust & Foundation Specialist

Candlelighters exists to bring light and hope to every family affected by childhood cancer across Yorkshire. Candlelighters is committed to fighting children’s cancer, improving treatment and finding cures, and in doing so is helping ordinary families who are facing extraordinary circumstances.

This wonderful charity considers itself to be one big family, and anyone touched by children’s cancer in Yorkshire is considered to be a member of that family and is able to access the charity’s varied range of support and services. This fantastic organisation is looking for a Fundraising Specialist to generate income for the charity through the implementation of a Trust Fundraising Strategy.

The Role

This is a hugely exciting time for Trust Fundraising at Candlelighters and this role provides a great opportunity for an experienced Fundraiser to develop and achieve success. Duties will include:

• Preparing compelling Trust applications
• Researching new Trust and Foundations funding opportunities
• Identifying creative ways to maximise Candlelighters appeal to Trusts
• Providing a professional and personal service to Trust funders (via on and offline channels)
• Monitoring the income and expenditure of restricted funding.

The Person

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, you should be an experienced fundraiser with a demonstrable track record of securing funding from Trusts and Foundations. You should be comfortable developing and delivery a fundraising strategy, and of setting and monitoring fundraising budgets. Creative and persuasive, you should be a good communicator with the ability to bring to life the stories of Candlelighters that make it such a unique and special place that funders to want to support.

Why Candlelighters?

Candlelighters is one big family. They live and breathe their values and stand for and what makes them who they are. 97% of staff voted this charity as a Great Place to Work, and Candlelighters was the highest ranked charity in this category! This is because, not only is Candlelighters hugely passionate about families whose life it changes every year, the charity also puts significant emphasis on staff and personal welfare. Candlelighters has a hugely reputable positive organisational culture and has a range of wellbeing initiatives that ensure all staff feel valued and respected, but also supported in their roles. These include a range if wellbeing activities including talking therapy, onsite refreshments, business coaching, support for working parents and employee discount cards to name just a few!

If this sounds like the type of role and charity that could suit the next phase of your career, then do get in touch. To register your interest please apply here, or for more information contact Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons.

Please note: If you would like to submit an application or express your interest in an alternative format, such as audio or video upload, please contact either Charlie or Leanne who will be happy to advise on this. Also, please let us know if you require any adaptations for your initial engagement with us.

Please also be aware that we use anonymous recruitment methods when submitting shortlists for all our roles and we only work with organisations that are happy to engage with us in this way.

Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition and pregnancy.