Trusts and Grants Fundraiser


Details:
  • Salary: £33,750 - 35,625 - Annum
  • Job Type: Permanent
  • Job Status: Full-Time
  • Salary Per: Annum
  • Location: Manchester
  • Date: 1 week ago
Description:

Trusts and Grants Fundraiser

Are you passionate about improve young people’s lives for the better? Do you have trust and grant bid-writing experience?

We have an opportunity for a Trusts and Grants Fundraiser to join the team in this hybrid-working role.

This is an exciting time to join an organisation with an established youth work provision, strong reputation in private, public and voluntary sectors, and a successful track record of grants and trusts which includes a capital expenditure investment of £1.4M.

Position: Trusts and Grants Fundraiser/Coordinator

Location: Manchester/Hybrid

Salary: £33,750 - £35,625 pro rata (actual part-time salary £27,000 - £28,500)

Contract: Permanent 

Hours: Part-time, 32 hours per week

Benefits: Hybrid working, 5% contribution, 33 days inclusive of bank holidays (pro-rata), extra day off for your birthday, learning & development opportunities, access to EAP, onsite gym, sports, arts and music facilities and subsidised food from our canteen

Closing Date: 17th July 2024. Please note that shortlisting will be taking place on a rolling basis and this role may close sooner than advertised if a suitable candidate is found.

About the Role

The organisation delivers a range of targeted youth programmes for children and young people who benefit from more intensive support, to reach their goals including mental-health and emotional wellbeing support, careers and enterprise initiatives, youth voice and social action opportunities; and programmes addressing serious youth violence and exploitation.

We are looking for a Trusts and Grants Manager to oversee the fundraising of all restricted income.  Restricted income makes up 70% of the overall income stream, and enables the charity to deliver core youth work activities as well as targeted programmes such as employability, health improvement and social prescribing, detached youth work and more, with over 50 funded contracts per year. 

Key duties include:

Manage a pipeline of restricted income
Propose, cost and write trusts and grants applications that typically span from £5,000 to £100,000
Support the Director of Fundraising to complete applications for unrestricted funding
Keep up to date with local and national funding opportunities
Chair the bi-weekly trusts and grants meetings
Work closely with the Director of Youth Services to mobilise successful bids
Support during the preparation of financial audits

This role will include both line management and hands on grant application and stewarding of commissioners. 

About You

We are looking for an experienced trust and grant bid writer, with experience of developing and submitting high quality funding applications and approaches to funders.

You will also have experience of:

Gathering, understanding and presenting complex information and data in a clear, concise way
Working within a charity fundraising environment
Cultivating relationships with funders, both via verbal and written methods of communication
Working in a network of organisations

To apply, please submit a CV and Cover Letter (of not more than one page), explaining clearly why you are interested in the role.

About the Organisation

The Youth Zone is a limited charity that has been delivering high quality youth provision for 12 years. Originally commissioned with MyPlace funding, the organisation has become a community hub in Harpurhey, North Manchester – one of the poorest wards in England with 94% of youth members come from 1st/ 2nd indices on the national poverty index scale, where cost of living increases impacted hard and caused further adversity and inequality.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from under-represented groups; in particular from Black, Asian, Mixed Race & other ethnically diverse individuals, people with disabilities, and members of LGBTQ+ communities. 

The charity is committed to the safeguarding of young people. In accordance with their Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires a enhanced DBS check.

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PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation

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