Title : Trusts Executive
Salary : £40,000
Location : UK remote - with a commitment to attend important meetings / training sessions in person in Haywards Heath or UK locations, up to 7 times a year. Availability to travel overseas for events/project visits up to one week a year, if required.
Contract : Full-time (35 hours) or Part-time (28 hours) with some flexibility around hours worked.
About the role
The Trusts Executive will be responsible for managing a portfolio of trust donors, focusing on trusts capable of contributing to a high level. The successful candidate will have an active and positive impact to the overall direction of the team and the organisation as a whole.
This exciting role will see the successful candidate managing and cultivating an existing portfolio of committed trust and foundation donors via bespoke proposals and meetings at all levels of seniority, as well as, engaging with exciting new trust prospects in targeted global markets
Relationship Building:
* Manage and cultivate relationships with a portfolio of trust and foundation donors through bespoke proposals, mailings, reports, and meetings.
* Develop key relationships with CEOs, Directors, and Trustees to achieve planned objectives.
New Business Development
* Research, identify, and engage with new trust prospects in global markets.
* Work with Sightsavers' trustees, CEO, and senior figures to establish high-value funding relationships.
Cross-Team Working
* Collaborate across the organisation to deliver high-standard project proposals and ensure excellent grant management for existing donors.
Networking and Contribution:
* Actively participate in trust and foundation networks.
* Contribute to the overall direction of the Trusts and Corporate Partnerships Team by sharing information, insights, and fundraising materials.
Essential:
* Excellent written skills for proposals, bids, and reports.
* Experience in fundraising, marketing, or sales.
* Proven success in cultivating and maintaining donor/client relationships.
* Understanding of charity sector and international development issues.
* Strong presentation and writing skills, including project budgets and reports.
* Excellent communication, people, and IT skills (Word and Excel).
* Good analytical skills and attention to detail.
* Highly collaborative with strong listening and negotiating skills.
* Numerate with the ability to analyse complex financial information.
This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.
The ideal candidate will be a positive and solution focused individual who embraces challenging targets, a diverse workload and is able to represent the charity at the highest levels.
Benefits
Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts. If you choose to work in or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London
To apply for this exciting opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.
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