[Hiring] Trusts & Foundations Coordinator @Migrant Help

Role Description

Part of the Income and Partnerships team, the Trusts and Foundations Coordinator is an exciting and supportive role at Migrant Help. You will work closely with the Business Development Manager: Bids & Tenders, the Head of Income & Partnerships, and the wider income generating team, to identify, generate, and help grow income from a portfolio of trusts & foundations, stewarding relationships with philanthropic funders, individual donors and supporting with high value grant applications.

If you have demonstrable experience writing and producing grant applications with excellent attention to detail, and are looking for an exciting role that makes a difference, we’d love to hear from you!

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of trust & foundations fundraising.
• Excellent writing skills, attention to detail, accuracy and proof reading skills.
• Experience of writing and producing bespoke T&F grant applications, funding propositions and impact reports, communicating complex information clearly.
• Demonstrable track record of successfully securing donations and/or grants in the region of £10,000 +.
• Demonstrable experience of managing and stewarding high net worth donors.
• A good understanding of the key features of trust & foundations fundraising, including how Trusts & Foundations operate and award grants, as well as key compliance considerations and trends in the sector.
• Good understanding of philanthropy/high value donors with an understanding of how to cultivate and steward donor relationships.
• Experience of fundable projects from conception to completion and evaluation.
• Proven business case, feasibility studies or proposal experience.
• Demonstrable experience of working successfully both as part of a team, and taking initiative to organise own workload.
• Ability to build strong relationships at all levels both internally and externally.
• Excellent IT skills and confident in using MS Office, Teams, SharePoint and Microsoft 365 database.
• Knowledge of types of fundraising, development and research methods.

Requirements

• This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
• Applicants must be able to provide documents to show their right to work in the UK (such as Passport, work visa, settled status document, certificate of registration, naturalisation as a British citizen, Biometric Residence Permit etc.).
• Provide full employment history for the previous 3 years and/or suitable documentation to cover any gaps in employment.

Benefits

• Our working week is 35 hours per week offering flexibility and work life balance.
• Enhanced family friendly provisions.
• Employees will gain an extra day annual leave per year to a maximum of 39 days, including bank holidays (pro-rata).
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave.
• Access to Perkbox, an employee rewards and benefits platform with over 9,000 deals and discounts, a range of free perks, employee wellbeing support and other additional employee benefits and recognitions.
• Wellbeing support.
• Migrant Help offers employees a non-contributory pension scheme where Migrant Help pays 8% worth of employee salary into the pension scheme.

Company Description

Migrant Help is a leading charity that was established in 1963 and delivers a range of support and advice services to people affected by displacement and exploitation across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable people, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential.

We foster a culture in which equality, diversity and inclusion are recognised, valued and encouraged. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from, we match your skills with the needs of our organisation, as long as you share our values, vision and goals. We welcome applications from candidates regardless of their age, religion or belief, race, gender reassignment, disability, sexual orientation, sex, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.