Head of Trusts and Foundations

5 months ago


London, United Kingdom Merrifield Consultants Full time

Job description

Merrifield Consultants are delighted to be working with Nordoff and Robbins Music Therapy to find a Head of Trusts and Foundations. This would be a wonderful opportunity for an experienced Trust Fundraiser/Manager looking for that next step up. You would be using your skills and knowledge to secure and grow sustainable income from charitable trusts, foundations and statutory funders, managing two Trust Officers (remotely) and helping grow income from the charity's trust portfolio in Scotland, England and Wales.

Accountable to: Deputy Director of Fundraising
Locations: Minimum 2 days office based at 2 Lissenden Gardens, London. Maximum 3 days ’Working from Anywhere’.
Working Hours: Monday to Friday 40 hours per week. Can be worked flexibly around our core hours of 10-4
Contract Type: Permanent
Annual Leave: 31 days pa plus bank holidays

**Salary**: £40,550 plus £1,500 London Weighting (if applicable)

**Head of Trusts and Foundations**

We are Nordoff and Robbins Music Therapy and music is in our DNA. We use the power of music to enrich the lives of people affected by life limiting illness, isolation or disability and we are the largest music therapy charity in the UK.

We’re looking for a Head of Trusts and Foundations to join our Fundraising team to help us reach more people across the UK and amplify awareness of music therapy and its benefits and outcomes.

**We are Nordoff and Robbins**

If you want to work at a charity with people and music at its heart; that is committed to providing an equitable, diverse and inclusive workplace full of inspiring colleagues who work tirelessly to put those we exist to serve front and centre of everything we do; if you want to work collaboratively with integrity and kindness and are willing to come with us on a journey as we work together and collectively come to work with strong backs, soft fronts and wild hearts, we could be your next team.

**Are you Nordoff and Robbins?**

If you are values driven, courageous, curious, agile, flexible, enthusiastic and future focused (without losing sight of the here and now), if you can bring positivity and accountability to your work, if you strive for brilliance, challenges excite you and if you would speak with passion and dedication about our cause we want to hear from you

**What we need**:
The Trust and Foundations (T&F) Team is part of Nordoff and Robbins’ Fundraising Department. We generate vital income from Corporate Partnerships, Events Fundraising and Individual Giving. The fundraising directorate is currently a department of 16 colleagues and growing fast.

The Trusts and Foundations team currently consists of a Fundraising Operations Officer and two Trusts and Foundations Officers. The advertised role will be managed by the Deputy Director of Fundraising.

You will have at least two years’ demonstrable experience of generating income from trusts, foundations and statutory sources.

Extensive experience of developing a Trusts and foundations strategy — identifying risks and opportunities and translating into tangible objectives and work plans.

Don’t worry, you don’t need to be musical, but you do need to be able to work cross
- organisationally with colleagues in all areas of the charity and especially music therapists to help bring awareness of our mission, vision and achievements to the world.

N0RDOFF & ROBBINS

**3 best things about the job (in our humble opinion)**

1. You will be joining us right at the beginning of our exciting new five-year strategy, leading on generating income from trusts and foundations and statutory income streams with room to contribute and shape and grow T&F strategy.

2. You will be working with a committed and ambitious Income and Fundraising team and partnering with our dedicated and innovative Music Services team — pretty much the dream team

3. You will be helping to make a direct impact on our music therapy delivery, our education and our research, allowing us to reach those most in need of music therapy.

**What we offer**:
A salary of £46,550 (plus £150 0 London Weighting, if applicable) - total salary £48,050 FTE

Flexibility around working arrangements. London-based colleagues currently work a mix of home and office-based hours, with a minimum of one day in our North London Centre

Salary sacrifices benefits including cycle to work.

A employer pension contribution of 5% to match your own contribution of 4%

A confidential Employee Assistance Programme to support your work and home life Training and career development opportunities appropriate to your ambition & Role

A true People First charity with training and career development as part of our core

An inclusive culture — and lots of music

We have a firm set of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (EDIB) principles and values that we all commit to.

Closing date: 13th August

Interviews: Week beginning 21st August

Location: Face to face interviews will be held at the char



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