Senior Trusts & Foundations Manager, Philanthropy Team

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

💵 £42.6k - £50.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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The Duke of Edinburgh's Award

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1956

🤲 Charity

📚 Education

Charity • Education

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award is a UK-registered charity that runs a youth personal-development programme for 14–24-year-olds. It delivers tiered Awards (Bronze, Silver, Gold) focused on volunteering, skills, physical activity and outdoor expeditions, and provides resources, training and support for participants, leaders and partner organisations. The charity also raises funds, recruits volunteers, partners with schools and community groups, and provides branded merchandise and online tools to support participation and delivery.

📋 Description

• Develop and deliver strategies to grow income from trusts, foundations and statutory bodies • Identify and secure new funding opportunities • Manage a portfolio of existing supporters • Build compelling cases for support demonstrating the impact of the charity’s work • Contribute to annual income plans and fundraising strategies • Build and maintain a sustainable pipeline of trust, foundation and statutory funding opportunities • Support income forecasting, budget management and performance monitoring • Contribute to strategic fundraising projects supporting long-term growth and organisational priorities • Work with Prospect Research colleagues to identify and qualify new funding opportunities • Develop compelling and innovative funding applications aligned with organisational priorities • Secure significant new income through strategic prospecting, relationship development and high-quality bid writing • Identify opportunities for multi-year and partnership funding • Lead cultivation, application, stewardship and reporting for trust and foundation supporters • Support management of high-value philanthropic relationships alongside the Head of Philanthropy • Develop impact reports and funding proposals • Maintain accurate fundraising records, applications and income on the CRM system • Monitor fundraising performance and provide pipeline reporting and analysis • Ensure compliance with organisational policies, fundraising regulations and sector best practice • Collaborate across departments to gather information and evidence for applications and reports • Represent the charity at meetings, events and networking opportunities • Contribute to internal planning and cross-organisational fundraising projects

🎯 Requirements

• Proven track record of securing significant income from trusts, foundations and statutory funders • Experience generating five- and six-figure gifts, including multi-year funding commitments • Excellent written communication skills and experience producing high-quality funding applications, proposals and impact reports • Strong stakeholder management skills, including experience working with senior leaders and cross-functional teams • Demonstrable success identifying and developing new funding opportunities • Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines • Excellent attention to detail and focus on achieving results • Collaborative, proactive and positive approach to work • Strategic thinking and commercial awareness • Ability to build trusted relationships with funders and colleagues • Confidence representing the charity externally • Passion for supporting young people to achieve their potential • Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, including references covering gaps in employment/education • Eligibility to work in the UK • Completion of a health check

🏖️ Benefits

• Generous pension contribution • Employee assistance programme • Healthcare cash plan • Volunteer leave • 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays • Additional 3 days paid leave between Christmas and the New Year • Option to buy additional annual leave • Benefits discount website • Death in service benefit of 4 x salary • Incapacity benefit • Generous family leave • Generous sick leave • Geographical allowance of 7%, capped at £4,000 per annum, for eligible home or office-based postcodes within 30 miles of Charing Cross • Fully remote working