About Us: Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity provides specialist nurses and support for seriously ill children across the UK. Our vision is that every seriously ill child deserves a Roald Dahl Specialist Nurse and fundraising is core to achieving this. Job Descripton: The role’s main task is to maximise income from trusts by the creation of high-quality applications and reports to funders, and by providing excellent account management and cross-team collaboration. We want someone who shares our core values of being child focussed, sparky, empowering, resourceful and kind and who can live by the ethos of who Roald Dahl was and what he is delivering through his legacy. This is an exciting opportuntiy for someone who is flexible, has excellent organisation skills and wants to be part of a supportive, marvellous team. Key Responsibilities: Supported by the Head of Development and the rest of the team: - Trust Research: Proactively identify trusts and research them for suitability. - Trust Applications: Gather information, curate it and write it up into informative, engaging, high quality applications, giving trusts the opportunity to fund our work. - Trusts relationships: Build relationships with our funders through letters, email, telephone calls and face to face engagements. Provide high quality account management, maximising income generation and relationshio longevity. - Reporting: Gather the necessary information to compile reports that give funders real insight into what they have achieved. - Support the rest of the team: To gain experience and maximise fundraising opportunities, you will support other members of the fundraising and communications team in their work - whether that is gathering information for an application, administration, proof-reading a report, or helping with an event. - Additional areas : With the support of more senior staff, participate in the development of strategy, planning and tactics in relation to trusts fundraising. These responsibilities are subject to review and may be varied in emphasis depending on operational requirements. Person Specification: - Minimum one year experience working or volunteering for a charity. - Experience in writing successful bids and securing income, ideally from trusts. - The ability to take complex information and translate this into persuasive written communication. - Solid research skills, which can be applied to identification of suitable new prospects for our funding pipeline. - Ability to operate in a highly cohesive, high performing team based on the principles of trust, mutual respect, and empowerment. - Effective time management skills and the ability to prioritise conflicting workloads successfully. - A high level of competence in using Microsoft Office software notably Excel, Word and generic databases. Other Information: • Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Confirmation of appointment will be subject to a satisfactory standard Disclosure and Barring Service check. • The appointment is subject to the satisfactory completion of a probation period. • Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity is committed to giving equal opportunity to everyone, regardless of background. While our offices are not currently accessible for people with significant mobility difficulties, we will make all reasonable adjustments to allow the most suitable candidate to perform their role effectively. • The post holder will have the right to work in the UK.