The National Literacy Trust has been on an incredible growth journey. The size of their team has more than doubled to 150 people in recent years, and they have become a charity with truly national reach. But as they mature and consolidate, the need for their work only gets bigger. Poverty is growing at a rapid rate, as is the educational attainment gap between rich and poor children.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced senior fundraiser to play a pivotal role in the trusts and statutory funding team who currently bring in c.£4million and have an impressive portfolio of donors giving at the five, six, and seven-figure levels, including organisations such as the Department for Education, Arts Council England, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, Sport England and the National Lottery Community Fund.
You and the team will be focused on growing and stewarding existing partnerships, whilst also building opportunities in the pipeline to secure new funding opportunities. As part of this role, you will also work closely with the Head of Trusts and Statutory Funding to develop and execute national fundraising campaigns aimed at engaging partners and prospects.
A key aspect of the role will be providing management support and guidance to the Trusts & Statutory Manager (direct report) and Trusts & Statutory Executive (indirect report), enabling them to achieve their targets and contribute to the team’s long-term ambitions.
Introduction from the Director of Development
About the role
As Senior Trusts & Statutory Manager, you will:
- Secure and steward long-term funding partners to meet the team’s annual income target of £4million+
- Cultivate relationships with significant trust, foundation and statutory funders giving at the 6-figure+ level
- Support the development of the team’s strategy, and pro-actively support in the designing and implementing of national fundraising campaigns to engage partners
- Establish strong cross-organisational relationships with the programme and service teams to develop new funding projects and cases for support
- Lead and provide direction to the Trusts Manager, and support them in the management of the Trusts & Statutory Executive
About you
Ideal skills and experience:
- Experience of line management, with ability to motivate and develop a team including setting priorities and goals that are achievable and aspirational
- Demonstrable success in prospecting, cultivating, securing and managing partnerships with trust, foundation and statutory funders with a strong track record of securing notable 6-figure+ gifts
- Ability to identify creative funding opportunities and strong written skills to create impactful and compelling proposals and campaigns
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills that enable you to foster collaborative and productive relationships with internal colleagues and senior external stakeholders