Trusts Fundraising Executive

This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated fundraiser with a passion for international development to join an award-winning and ambitious team and help us to dramatically grow our income to reach more children in the worst conflict affected countries. With a strong understanding of relationship-based fundraising, you will be part of the Trusts and Foundations team and generate income from a portfolio of existing and prospective donors. You will help to identify and research new prospects to drive the pipeline for the Trusts & Foundations income stream, grow the small and medium trust portfolio and work closely with the Philanthropy and Partnerships team to plan and deliver cultivation and stewardship opportunities.

If you share our values and believe that children’s lives should not be torn apart by war, we want to hear from you.

About us

War Child, the specialist charity for children affected by conflict. For more than two decades we’ve delivering high-impact programmes that are rebuilding lives across Afghanistan, Ukraine, Iraq, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Central African Republic and Yemen. We understand children’s needs, respect their rights, and put them at the centre of the solution – from reintegrating children formerly associated with armed groups and armed forces in the Central African Republic, to reuniting children with their families in Afghanistan. We look forward to a world in which the lives of children are no longer torn apart by war. This is a vision that can only be realised through the collective actions of children themselves, communities and their leaders, organisations like War Child, governments and key decision makers.

Child safeguarding and Adults at Risk

Our work with children and at-risk adults to keep them safe is the most important thing we do. We are committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults in all areas of our work. We have zero tolerance for any behaviours and practices that puts children and/or vulnerable adults at risk of abuse and/or harm.

Trusts Fundraising Executive

Your role

The purpose of the role is to support the Trusts and Foundations team to cultivate and manage income generation from small to medium sized trusts and foundations, with opportunities to develop relationships and manage larger accounts. You will support the growth of unrestricted and restricted income by carefully researching opportunities, developing relationships, writing compelling and tailored applications and reporting on existing grants.

A member of the Partnerships and Philanthropy team, you will report into the Senior Trusts and Foundations Manager whilst working closely with the Programmes, Major Donor and Partnerships functions.

Your key objective is to secure income to help War Child deliver quality programmes to an increased number of children in conflict zones, while ensuring the organisation has the flexible funding needed to maintain stability and growth.

Your responsibilities

Prospecting

• Identify new prospects and devise strategies for engagement to drive the pipeline for the Trusts and Foundations income stream.

Donor Stewardship and communication

• Own, manage and grow our small and medium trusts’ portfolio who generously support the charity’s programme of work.
• Develop and implement strong stewardship, cultivation and solicitation plans for prospects and donors to generate and maximise income.
• Work with the wider Fundraising team to plan and deliver cultivation and stewardship events
• Represent War Child in meetings, pitches, presentations and events.
• Develop appropriate and compelling case for support and produce tailored written funding applications of the highest quality, for War Child projects and programmes.
• Work with the Senior Trusts and Foundations Manager to execute robust reports with the goal of maximising income, retaining and expanding existing relationships.

Collaboration

• Develop good relationships and maintain excellent communication channels with other teams and departments to obtain necessary programmatic and budget information.
• Actively participate in regular department and team meetings, contributing to strategy discussion and decisions that will be beneficial to the development of fundraising activities.
• Represent the Philanthropy & Partnerships team in Project Groups to maximise the success of cross team projects through collaboration and sharing of skills and experience.

Administration

• Use all tools available to ensure compliance and efficient income management for Trusts & Foundations.
• Lead on Client Record Management (CRM) database for Trusts & Foundations.
• Contribute to creating a culture committed to the safeguarding of children and adults and compliant to WCUK’s Child Safeguarding and Adults at Risk Policies.

These duties provide a framework for the role and should not be regarded as a definitive list. Other reasonable duties may be required consistent with the grade of the role.

You are

• Committed to War Child’s mission, vision and values
• Interested in Trusts & Foundations fundraising and have a desire to grow your experience
• Able to demonstrate research skills used in a role
• An excellent verbal communicator, confident in dealing with people at all levels, externally and internally, with the ability to influence and negotiate
• An excellent written communicator able to write and produce powerful and compelling fundraising proposals and reports
• A confident relationship manager able to take a personal approach to relationships
• Able to demonstrate success in achieving financial targets through account management
• Able to maintain self-motivation and drive
• Organised with the ability to prioritise workload, manage your own time and meet deadlines under pressure
• Competent in Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
• Experienced in or able to use a Client Record Management system