Opportunities 

Trusts and Foundations Senior Officer 

• Role Purpose: To lead on trusts and foundations fundraising
• Reporting to: The Fundraising, Partnerships and Membership Manager
• Hours and location: This post is part-time working flexibly 3 days per week. It can be worked from home or based in our South London office, although we are currently primarily working from home. 
• Contract: Permanent
• Salary: £30,000 FTE

Are you passionate about promoting gender equality and women's rights? Do you have a track record of successful trusts and foundations fundraising experience? 

The opportunity to join our team as Trusts and Foundations Senior Officer comes at an exciting time as we begin to develop the next phase of our organisational strategy. Fawcett’s focus on women and girls’ lives is critical as the COVID crisis risks turning the clock back on gender equality.

This post will play a vital role in our busy team, supporting the sustainability of our organisation by securing trusts and foundations funding. The postholder will:

• Lead on drafting trusts and foundations funding applications
• Ensure fundraising compliance with the Charity Commission and Fundraising Regulator
• Work with Policy, Research and Campaigns staff to develop projects suitable for fundraising
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with current and potential funders.

To find out more about this role, you can download the Trusts and Foundations Senior Officer job pack here.

Closing date for applications is 11:59pm on 16 January 2022.

Invitations to interview will be sent on 21 January and interviews will be held via zoom w/c 24 January 2022.

If you would like to discuss the role, please email Manuela Campbell, Fundraising, Partnerships and Membership Manager: [email protected]

To apply: 

• Please complete the online application here.
• Please complete our Equality Monitoring questionnaire here.
  Responding to the Equality Monitoring questionnaire is entirely voluntary - if you do not wish to answer it, or any specific questions, you do not have to. It should take less than 5 minutes to fill in.

No CVs or cover letters will be accepted. Your application will be assessed based on how well you meet each element of the person specification included in the job pack, please use concrete examples to illustrate this.

Fawcett values equality and diversity. We particularly welcome applications from disabled candidates, older candidates and black and ethnically minoritised candidates, who are currently under-represented in our organisation. Each applicant will be individually assessed regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and we will use positive action in case of a tie break situation.