Trust Fundraising Officer

Job description

**Are you an excellent Trust Fundraiser? Looking for your next challenge? Want to work within a Christian charity? Then this role could be for you.**

IHP’s vision is to see a world in which all suffering due to lack of healthcare is eradicated. Our Christian faith underpins all that we do. It motivates us to care for those in need, and give our best in all circumstances, as an expression of God's love. We serve the poor in health without regard for ethnic or religious background, focusing on where the need is greatest.

In the last 3 years IHP's income of over £5.8m enabled us to reach over 54 million patients in more than 25 countries across the world. This income came from a range of sources including institutional, corporate grants (mainly healthcare companies who also donate medicines and healthcare supplies), trusts and foundations, partner NGOs, and individuals.

To support our continued growth, we are looking for an experienced **Trust Fundraising Officer** to join our small yet dynamic Fundraising team to help grow our income through Charitable Trusts and grant making organisations. This is an exciting time to join the organisation as we celebrate our 20th Anniversary year and look to a future of growth and building on our past achievements.

**About the role**
- You'll research trusts and foundations funding opportunities to which IHP can apply.
- You'll work across teams and build effective relationships with team members in order to identify suitable projects for funding in line with strategy and budgets.

**Essential qualifications, knowledge,/transferrable skills and experience**:

- Relevant fundraising experience (trusts and foundations)
- Experience of managing relationships with external stakeholder
- Experience of administration and record-keeping
- Knowledge of humanitarian response, international development and/or global health (Desirable)
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Highly organised, efficient and self-motivated
- Ability to work with competing priorities, deadlines and targets
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to be flexible as part of a small team
- Excellent research skills with an eye to identify opportunities
- A results-oriented mindset with a commitment to meeting and exceeding fundraising targets
- Committed to IHP’s Christian Ethos

**See the Person Specification and Job Description for more detail.**

IHP is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Staff regularly spend time together praying for IHP’s work and there is an occupational requirement for the post holder to have a personal commitment to the Christian faith. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

We offer excellent benefits including a company pension scheme, employee wellbeing and benefits support, training, development and a generous holiday entitlement. We have an active Equality, Diversity and Inclusion staff working group. Our staff describe our culture as 'inclusive', 'dynamic' and 'rewarding', a place where you will be supported to 'thrive professionally and personally'. A recent starter has described IHP as a place which 'puts people at our heart'.

Join a dynamic team where your skills are valued, your voice is heard and you have the space to work independently and develop.