Trust Officer

A day centre for young, homeless people is recruiting for their next Fundraising Officer (Trusts and Foundations) to join the brilliant fundraising team. It's an exciting time to start as we are refreshing the organisational strategy and looking for new funders, you will have the opportunity to shape the trusts and foundations income stream

Job Title: Fundraising Officer (Trusts and Foundations)

Location: Hybrid working with 4 days in the office in Brighton

Contract: Permanent and full time

Salary: £ 26,936-28,617.68 per anum (pending pay award for 2025)

Our Vision - A city where all young people have somewhere they call home.

Our Mission - We provide young people who are homeless in Brighton and Hove with a safe

and supportive space to shape their future

About the organisation

We are the only drop-in day centre for young homeless people in Brighton and Hove. We operate a day centre which provides practical and emotional support; confidence building activities; life skills and access to health services, volunteering, training and employment for young people who are homeless and insecurely housed.

We work with homeless 16-to-25-year olds to help them move from crisis to stability. Our vision is that no young person becomes part of the long-term homeless population. With an increasing demand for our services, we are seeking an experienced Fundraising Officer to join our small Fundraising & Communications team and contribute to our ambitious plans for income generation, building on our strong track record of working with Trusts & Foundations.

About the role

To contribute to the fundraising strategy by maximising income from regional and national Trusts & Foundations, with support and guidance from the Fundraising & Communications Manager and CEO. To be responsible for the effective management of a prospect pipeline, meeting annual targets and ensuring that bids and evaluation reports are submitted to deadline. The Trusts and Foundations income will support young people who are homeless in Brighton and Hove with a safe and supportive space to shape their future. Working towards a city where all young people have somewhere they can call home

Responsibilities:

Develop and secure funding from new and known Trusts and Foundations

• Undertake prospect research, ensuring all new and known funders are captured in the pipeline
• Prepare and submit agreed number of bids on quarterly basis to meet targets, tracking conversion rates and ensuring timely feedback to Fundraising & Communications Manager
• Develop funding bids to meet operational priorities, as expressed in the organisation's Strategic Plan
• Continue to develop in-house knowledge bank on key issues relating to youth homelessness, ensuring relevant sector reports, statistics, facts and case studies are captured and updated.

Deliver excellent supporter experience for funders

• Build good working relationships with contacts at Trusts & Foundations and key stakeholders
• Ensure reports and communications are delivered to deadline to keep funders up to date with progress against grants and any other relevant operational developments
• Ensure all internal records and Donorfy are updated on a regular basis.

Monitoring and evaluation

• Work closely with colleagues to ensure evaluation reports are submitted in a timely manner, capturing data from in-house CRM systems and qualitative case studies
• Contribute to all monitoring and evaluation, ensuring compliance with GDPR and other data protection requirements and best practice.

About You

Essential Skills

• At least two years' experience of developing funding bids for a charity
• Demonstrable track record in securing grants/donations in excess of £5k
• Experience of undertaking prospect research and pipeline management
• Strong writing skills and ability to synthesise information with good attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to forge internal and external relationships
• Capable of working independently, managing multiple projects to meet deadlines
• Knowledge of Word, Excel and CRM system e.g. Donorfy, Raisers Edge, Beacon.

Desirable

• Understanding of key issues faced by young people using The Clock Tower Sanctuary's services
• Experience of working as part of a small team in a charity
• Knowledge of fundraising best practice and industry standards

Application Process

If you are interested in finding out more information about this role, visit https://www.thects.org.uk/get-involved/work-with-us/ where you can download a full job pack and equalities monitoring form.

To apply for the role, you will need to send us:

• An updated CV (with names of two references)
• A supporting statement which should include the following:
  • Why you are interested in the role
  • How your values align with the organisation
  • How your experience, skills, and knowledge meet the essential and any desirable criteria in the person specification.

Send your CV and Supporting Statement to applications@thects.org.uk no later than 9am on Monday 20th January 2025. Please put Fundraising Officer (T&F) in the subject heading of your email.

Interviews are scheduled to take place week of the 3rd of February 2025.

Please send your Equalities Monitoring form to emonitoring@thects.org.uk. It will not be seen by anyone involved in the shortlisting or interview process.

We know some great candidates might not meet everything listed in the job description or may have skills we haven't mentioned. If that sounds like you, we'd still love to hear from you- please apply and tell us about yourself.

We want our team to reflect the diversity of the young people we support. We welcome people from all backgrounds and are especially keen to hear from LGBTQ+ people and those from minoritised ethnic communities.

We also value personal or lived experience. If you have faced homelessness, mental health challenges, substance use, abuse, or seeking refuge, we'd like to hear how that experience could help you in this role.

We aim to make our application and interview process as easy as possible. If you need adjustments or information in a different format, let us know. We can also accept applications in other ways, not just written ones.