Trusts and Grants Officer

Hours of work: 21 hours per week (flexible in how worked)

Type of contract: Permanent

Based at: Compass House with travel to other sites as required. Hybrid working available.

Croner rank: 6

Job Purpose 

Working within the Trusts & Grants team to secure grant income and maintain records

Reporting Line

The post holder reports to the Trusts & Grants Manager

Line Management

No line management responsibility

Key Responsibilities

Planning and Monitoring

·       Contribute towards the development and implementation of annual objectives and plans to achieve agreed targets and KPI’s

·       Ensure all activity and income trackers are up to date

·    Provide regular reports on activity, funder engagement and income streams

·       Liaise with and support other teams to respond to fundraising opportunities and develop projects, resulting in fundable project design

·       Monitor success of fundraising projects and initiate next steps

Research

·       Keep up to date with the funding landscape to maximise BBOWT’s opportunities

·       Manage a functional, rolling funder pipeline for small-medium size funders, ensuring due diligence process followed where appropriate

·       Independently research and produce lists of small-medium size prospects for projects

Account Management

·       Maintain all relevant records on ThankQ for both prospective and active funders

·       Attend funder meetings when required

·       Proactively build, influence and maintain various external funder relationships, requiring curated regular contact outside the organisation by phone, email and in person

·       Facilitate funder stewardship for the team: producing and sending newsletters, and liaising with Philanthropy to invite Trusts to events

·       Produce end of project reports for funders as required

Income generation

·       Support Trusts and Grants Manager with selected projects from inception, including writing high-quality fundraising applications, implementation projects and funder stewardship.

·       Use judgement and discretion to identify appropriate charitable Trusts to apply to

Other

·       Contribute to grant bids submitted by other directorates

·       Cross team work within the Fundraising Team, supporting activities when needed

·       Other duties as delegated by the Assistant Chief Executive or Head of Fundraising

·       Work with Finance Assistant (Restricted Funds) to ensure grant requirements are met

Person Specification

• Skills and knowledge in writing compelling cases for support

• Skills and knowledge in developing and managing funder relationships

• Well-developed IT skills with a working knowledge and understanding of MS Office functions such as Word, Excel, Outlook, internet, and CRM databases

• A willing team player with a flexible approach to work

• Good attention to detail

• Able to work on own initiative and unsupervised

• Excellent time management skills and able to work to tight deadlines

• Ability and willingness to demonstrate the BBOWT values

Measurements of Success

• Accurate and timely data input

• Funder satisfaction through maintaining funder relationships

• Increased income through successful funding applications

• New funder prospects identified, researched and applied