Fundraising Manager

About Future Frontiers
At Future Frontiers, we support young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to realise their potential at school and achieve post-16 qualifications that build towards secure, fulfilling employment.

We are particularly interested to hear from candidates who have lived experiences relatable to our young people.

Your responsibilities

• Build lasting relationships with supporters
• Develop and manage a portfolio of supporters
• Write applications for funding
• Report on impact
• Record-keeping

About you

Experience

• Managing relationships with trusts and foundations, or similar transferable skills from a sales/fundraising background (essential): Experience of applying to and stewarding trusts and foundations to secure 4+ figure gifts over multiple years.
• Identification and cultivation of new business (essential): Experience of independent research and cultivation to develop a pipeline of trusts and foundations.

Skills and competencies

• Passion for Future Frontiers’ mission
• Relationship management
• Communication
• Attention to detail
• Planning and prioritisation
• Curiosity

What we can offer you

• Annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with service
• Flexible working with regular working from home as standard, 4pm finish on Fridays
• Annual personal training and development budget of £300
• Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling
• Team building offsites and regular team socials throughout the year
• Additional parental leave pay and additional childcare leave for child’s first 2 years

Please see the full job description for all the details.