You will be contributing to CCS's fundraising strategy and helping make a social impact by maximising income from regional and national Trusts & Foundations, with support and guidance from the Head of Development & Communications and CEO.
You will be responsible for building relationships with donors, the effective management of a prospect pipeline, meeting annual targets and ensuring that bids and evaluation reports are submitted to deadline.
The Trusts and Foundations income will support the work CCS does in enabling positive change and supporting the communities of Somerset to thrive.
Key Responsibilities
* Fundraising
* Research
* Relationship Building
* Monitoring & Reporting
You will be enabling change:
* Work with the Head of Development & Communications to develop and apply for funding bids to meet operational priorities, as expressed in CCS's Strategic Plan.
* Research and identify prospective Trusts and other grant giving bodies whose aims and objectives are aligned with CCS and prepare a calendar of relevant and timely approaches.
* Support in developing a strong trust funding and major grants pipeline, creating new Trust prospect recommendations and approaches.
* Regularly evaluate fundraising activity to ensure the pipeline is on track and take remedial action, if required.
You will be building connections:
* Manage communications with a portfolio of new and existing supporters with a clear objective to gain and renew support.
* Work collaboratively with the rest of the Fundraising Team to ensure fundraising income is maximised.
* Develop strong relationships with Trusts & Foundations, keeping supporters abreast of organisational priorities.
* Develop strong and effective internal relationships with colleagues in all teams, to support cross-team working.
You will be helping us thrive together:
* Undertake prospect research, ensuring all new and known funders are captured in the pipeline.
* Develop an in-house knowledge bank on key issues, ensuring relevant sector reports, statistics, facts and case studies are captured and updated.
* As required, plan and organise opportunities for Trust supporters to visit CCS projects and experience programmes firsthand.
* Be a representative for the charity at networking events where required.
* Work with the Data & Impact Manager to prepare reports as required by funders.
* Contribute to all monitoring and evaluation, ensuring compliance with GDPR and other data protection requirements and best practice.
* Maintain effective records of key activities and contacts.
* Ensure reports and communications are delivered to deadline to keep funders up to date with progress against grants and any other relevant operational developments
* Ensure all internal records are updated on a regular basis.
* Assist with other fundraising tasks as required.