Main purpose of job:
To develop an ambitious Trust Fundraising programme for RBLI including Welfare to Work, other Charities, Benevolent Funds, Health and Wellbeing, research, and the capital programme. To produce winning charitable trust, lottery and statutory funding applications. The role includes prospect research, liaison with colleagues across the charity, budget and project development, assessment, monitoring and evaluation and reporting.

Overview of the Role & Team:
This is a new post in a newly created fundraising function with massive potential for growth. The department is overseen by the Director of Strategic Development who has been recently appointed and who is responsible for development of the RBLI fundraising strategy. The role offers the successful candidate the chance to influence and develop this exciting fundraising programme. You will be a team player, with sound account management experience, incorporating project monitoring and reporting.

Key Responsibilities:
• Deliver an annual income generation target.
• Research funding opportunities and identify core services and new projects, for revenue or capital, to fit the criteria of key funders.
• Liaise with colleagues and recommend re-packaging of existing projects, obtaining the information required for successful funding proposals.
• Develop and write strong applications to charitable trusts, the lottery and statutory funders, managing the entire process from research to development of proposal, assessment and grant acceptance.
• Account manage trust and foundation relationships and oversee reporting, ensuring their requirements are met, monitoring progress, and evaluating funded projects.
• Without over-reporting, ensure that all relevant trust and foundations feel involved and up-to-date with the work of RBLI. This may include ensuring trustees are invited to events, organising memorable and engaging tours of our services and facilities, and arranging meetings with senior stakeholders.
• Work with service delivery teams to minimise any potential underspends and ensure that all issues concerning the success of funded projects are addressed in a timely and professional manner.
• Maintain accurate records and information about all supporters and applications and ensure that database and hard copy files are kept up-to-date.
• Provide regular financial reports and management information such as trust application success ratios.
• Network externally with potential project partners, funders, major donors, and sector support resources (such as the IoF Special Interest Groups) to keep in touch with opportunities and trends.
• Keep up with social and policy trends, including amongst statutory funders and maintain a general awareness of developments and pressures in public sector services and on welfare to work programmes.
• Develop the understanding of frontline staff, Trustees, volunteers and other stakeholders, to create a culture of welcome, relationship building, asking, and stewardship which supports fundraising.
• Represent RBLI at internal and external events to engage with supporters, businesses, and sector influencers.

Personal Attributes:
• Good at establishing positive relationships at all levels
• Committed to the highest standards of donor stewardship
• Proactive about information gathering
• Ambitious for success
• Passion for the sector
• Team player with proven networking skills
• Flexibility

Skills & Experience Required:
Essential:
• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Proven success of fundraising from trusts, foundations and grant makers within at least one charity or non-profit organisation
• Experience of successfully delivering against financial targets within specified deadlines
• Evidence of success securing 5-figure, single and multi-year grants
• Evidence of ability to research and identify new trust prospects
• Evidence of ability to make creative approaches e.g. using senior stakeholder relationships or known personal interests
• Experience account managing multi-year grants and donations
• Significant knowledge and understanding of the UK grant making sector
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills, evidenced in long-term relationship management as well as in applications
• Ability to compile compelling and accessible applications, reports, papers and management information
• Strong computer skills (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint etc) with knowledge of fundraising/CRM databases
• Ability to work under pressure, managing multiple demands and organising own workload
• Flexibility with out of hours work will be required, e.g. at events

Desirable:
• Institute of Fundraising Certificate/Diploma
• Experience securing donations or grants towards welfare to work, unemployment schemes, mental health, academic research, and capital campaigns
• Significant knowledge and understanding of the welfare to work and employment policy environment, work programmes nationally, and public opinion
• Success securing 6 figure, single and multi-year grants

Benefits:
RBLI offer 25 days holiday per annum, a Group Flexible Retirement Plan, Life Assurance and Childcare Vouchers.

If you wish to be considered for the above role, forward your CV and covering letter including a supporting statement to recruitment@rbli.co.uk

* RBLI reserves the right to remove a vacancy at any time prior to the published closing date

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