Trust and Foundations Executive

Merrifield Consultants are proud to partner with a Jewish Charity to find their new Trust and Foundations/ Major Donor executive. This role is a fantastic opportunity for a candidate looking to play a key role in supporting the charity's fundraising strategy with focus on their Trust and Foundation applications.

Job Title: Trust and Foundations Executive
Contract: Full time, temporary (on going)
Organisation: Jewish Charity
Salary: 35,000-42,000
Location: London (Two days in the office, Tuesday and Wednesday or Thursday)

Role responsibilities:

• Secure donations from trusts and foundations in order to meet annual income targets.
• Manage relationships, reporting, and application cycles for Trusts and Foundations ensuring excellent stewardship of all grants.
• Research and identify potential funders or prospects for new applications and establish a pipeline of potential approaches to grow the number of grants.
• Write quality, detailed applications and reports that effectively demonstrate impact in engaging and compelling ways.
• Monitor grants requirements and compliance, ensuring accurate reporting to funders and all records are maintained accurately on our database.
• Research and identify prospective funders and alternative funding sources.
• Prepare donor or prospect research briefs for senior volunteers and senior managers including due diligence checks on current and potential donors.
• Develop engaging supporter stewardship plans and Legacy pipelines to build relationships with our supporters .
• Build internal and external relationships including donors, table hosts and committee members.
• Work collaboratively with the Fundraising team on current and future fundraising strategy and activities to shape fundraising priorities.

Skills and experience:

• Experience producing high quality, tailored Trust and Foundation applications including researching, planning, reporting, and seeing through to completion.
• Experience of research and preparing reports for donors or other stakeholders.
• Highly developed writing skills, with the ability to write in a compelling and accessible manner.
• Donor Stewardship experience and proven ability to cultivate and maintain positive relationships with high net-worth individuals and stakeholders in general.
• Confidence using CRM databases (preferably Raisers Edge or similar), high-level working knowledge of Word and Excel.
• Knowledge of the Third Sector and other fundraising areas including Corporate and Legacy.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, self-motivated and target orientated individual, who is passionate about our work and relishes the challenge of growing our non-statutory income (over 2 million annually) further whilst building relationships internally and with stakeholders.

To find out more and apply for the role, please contact Isabel Britten at Merrifield Consultants

We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout.