Trusts & Grants Bids & Income Officer

We are looking for an articulate, highly numerate individual with good excel skills and excellent Client Relationship Manageement, ideally from within the charity sector.

Trusts & Grants Delivery

Manage a portfolio of trust, foundation and grant funders
Writing applications and reports
Budget management for restricted funds
Working with FSM and Felix colleagues on bids
Build strong relationships with programme officers, grant managers, funding panels.
Managing restricted funding compliance
Coordinating evaluation and evidence collection for funder reports
Monitoring funder requirements and deadlines

Pipeline Development & Prospect Research

Identify a pipeline of new opportunities in trusts, grants, foundations and corporate to secure new income for FareShare Midlands
Maintain a rolling 12 to 18 month pipeline
Regular prospect research using databases (e.g. funds online, the charity commission website, idox etc)
Prioritising opportunities by value, likelihood and strategic fit
Assisting on project development working with colleagues to build in the needs and preferences of funders to ensure projects can attract support

Funder Stewardship & Reporting

Professional stewardship of trusts and foundations funders
Managing funder communications in line with grant agreements
Working with the stewardship officer and comms team to identify and develop impact stories and relevant data.

Communication

Writing funder-facing materials
Ensuring clarity, evidence and compliance in all submissions
Coordinating case studies and impact data for bids

Compliance, Monitoring & Administration

Application tracker ownership
Reporting calendar management
Income forecasting for trusts & grants
Document management for funder requirements

You will be successful in this role by:

Consistently securing income from trusts, foundations and statutory funders in line with agreed targets
Maintaining a strong, well-researched pipeline of trust and grant opportunities
Submitting high-quality funding applications and reports to deadline
Achieving a healthy success rate across applications through strong prospecting and proposal quality
Ensuring full compliance with restricted funding requirements
Building positive, professional relationships with funding partners
Providing accurate income forecasting and pipeline reporting
Bringing creativity and passion in communicating FSM's central mission to inspire funders to support us.Essential

Demonstrable experience of restricted funding
Ability to manage multiple deadlines
Strong analytical and written skills
Confidence working with budgets and impact data
Experience of supporting or developing fundraising partnerships and maximising fundraising opportunities
Experience of securing gifts from trusts, grants and foundations
Experience in writing compelling funding applications and impact reporting
Experience in prospecting for new business and stewarding donors face to face
Willingness to work flexibly including events and occasional weekends.
To subscribe to the ethos, vision and mission of FareShare Midlands
Full clean driving license and have access to a vehicle so that travel between depots or to stakeholder meetings is possible (all travel costs reimbursed)Skills, knowledge and abilities

Knowledge of trust, grant and foundation fundraising, particularly around restricted funding
Excellent communication skills, good persuading skills and good writing skills
Excellent numeracy skills and use of Excel
Good relationship building skills, both inside and outside an organisation
Ability to work to meet objectives and deadlines
Ability and experience of working well in a teamValues and behaviours

A commitment to Equal Opportunities
An appreciation of FareShare Midlands' mission and vision
Flexibility of approach and ability to work in a team
Proven ability to develop and maintain good working relations, with both internal and external audiences