Fundraising Manager

6 days ago


Bristol, United Kingdom Sight Research UK Full time

Job Title: Fundraising Manager - Trusts and Foundations

Charity: Sight Research UK

Salary Range: circa £40,000

Location: Can be homebased with once a month from Bristol office as well as when required.

Deadline for applications: 7th October


Purpose of the job

This role will be responsible for continuing the development and growth of a sustainable income generation pipeline from charitable trusts and foundations as well as other income streams, in order to meet the organisation’s grant making objectives. The post holder will have a strong background in trust and foundation fundraising, but also bring experience in building new income streams and knowledge of various types of individual giving, as well as some prospect research expertise to help the organisation grow its network of potential supporters.


Role Responsibilities to include

  • To make the lead contribution in delivering the Charity’s current circa £400k income target.
  • Working with the CEO, create, implement, and deliver a new and ambitious trust & grant fundraising strategy to meet the immediate and longer-term needs of the charity.
  • Review the organisation’s current Trust funders pipeline and assess potential for future growth. Monitor and refine the prospect ratings and rankings for Trusts and Foundations to ensure that they are fit for purpose.
  • Lead on managing and growing the portfolio of prospective charitable trusts and foundations funders matching prospective funders to charity programmes/projects.
  • Overseeing existing/where required setting up new effective systems for tracking, reporting and stewardship of income.
  • Work closely with colleagues to optimise fundraisingopportunities.
  • Using your written skills support the Marketing and Communications Manager to grow one-off donations and regular gifts and maximise the acquisition of new supporters.
  • Develop and produce in-depth, compelling and high - quality project information, engaging impact reports, thorough briefs and other supporting materials.
  • Over time explore and potentially develop new fundraising streams including, major gifts and community fundraising.


Person Specification

  • Demonstrable experience and proven success in prospecting, cultivating, securing, and managing partnerships with trusts and foundations.
  • A strong track record of meeting and exceeding income targets within a fundraising environment.
  • Experience of cultivating and managing relationships with Trust and Foundation donors.
  • Proven experience of managing an organisation’s prospect pipeline to keep track of opportunities and activity levels to inform income monitoring against budgets.
  • Excellent communication, networking, influencing and relationship building skills. With internal colleagues and external stakeholders.
  • Excellent standards of written communication to produce funding bids and prospect profiles.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills that enable you to foster collaborative and productive relationships with internal colleagues and external stakeholders.


For a copy of the full job pack, including the full job description, person specifications, terms of employment and details on how to apply please contact us via this advert.



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