Trust and Corporate Fundraising Manager

Employment Support Charity

We are partnering with an organisation that supports members of the armed forces community, including veterans and adult family members with health conditions and other complex challenges, on their journey into employment after leaving service.

They help individuals overcome barriers to employment and transform their lives. With a long and proud history, the organisation continually adapts its services to ensure they remain relevant to modern-day veterans and their families.

This key role involves delivering a grants portfolio to support the strategic aims of Veterans and Family Services. Working alongside the Senior Trusts Manager, you will be responsible for generating income from trusts, foundations, and corporate partnerships at the 5- and 6-figure level. The core grant fundraising programme is well-established, with regular funds from military charities and other trusts and foundations. The corporate partnership programme has recently been updated to focus on higher-value grants and broader partnerships.

The charity has ambitious plans to expand its services and is seeking a capable and confident individual who can work autonomously and creatively across a diverse portfolio, while also engaging with the wider team. This is a remote role, open to those based in the UK, with travel required to London once a month.

About the role

As Trust and Corporate Fundraising Manager, you will: 

  • Support the development and delivery of the fundraising plan, proactively researching and pursuing new income opportunities, with targets for fundraising applications to trusts & foundations and corporate foundations. (Account Management 60%, New Business 40%)
  • Develop strategic and collaborative relationships with funders to maximise income and ensure excellent supporter care with a team target of £770k
  • Write and submit compelling, evidence-based funding applications, targeted to the priorities and criteria of the funder
  • Provide excellent stewardship of all funders, building on the existing stewardship framework

About you

If you’re someone who enjoys a varied portfolio with a focus on trusts, foundations and corporate partners, particularly those with corporate foundations, and you’re ready to play a pivotal role in sustaining and expanding services, we would love to hear from you.

Ideal skills and experience: 

  • Experience in grant fundraising, charitable foundations, corporate foundations, lottery or statutory sources
  • Excellent research and prospecting skills to create a pipeline of relevant opportunities
  • Proactive and highly motivated, able to work independently and as part of a team, through a collaborative approach
  • Creative thinker who can consider alternative options when making approaches to potential partners

Apply for this role

Interviews will take place on a rolling basis, so please get in touch ASAP to hear the brief in full and discuss your application.

QuarterFive and our clients know fundraising could better reflect the diverse backgrounds and experiences of the people the charity sector supports. We encourage individuals with relevant skills and experience to apply for roles regardless of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief. If you think you meet some of the criteria for a role and would like to discuss how your other experience might transfer, please ask us for a chat. We’re here to support you. Appointments will be made on merit alone and we will gladly make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.

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