Development Officer: Trusts and Foundations

Fundraising and Stewardship
• To steward and maintain our existing relationships, writing detailed and engaging reports to the Collection’s current supporters.
• To research trusts and foundations (personal foundations and corporate foundations), both in the UK and abroad, who may not have supported the Collection before or have lapsed in their support.
• To manage key relationships with charitable trusts & foundations, delivering proposals and budgets from conception to application, and providing all follow-up and reporting, including delivery of benefits and appropriate acknowledgment.
• To be responsible for grant approvals, crediting obligations, progress monitoring and deadlines.
• To fully understand the organisation’s activities and build compelling, specific cases for support for grant applications, proposals and reports.
• To analyse wider sector trends and giving patterns.

Finance and Administration
• To maintain up-to-date records of correspondence with all trusts, foundations, and prospects and ensure the highest standards of data capture are maintained on Microsoft Dynamics 365. This includes, but is not limited to, information on giving history, interest, relationships, contacts, applications, etc.
• To work with the Development Assistant in order to maintain high standards in financial processes and recordkeeping, processing payments and storing personal data in a way that is consistent with GDPR and other relevant legislation and best practice.
• To assist the Department in constructing donor pipelines, reports and lists on the CRM (Microsoft Dynamics).
• To support the prompt and efficient administration of gifts and the thanking of key contacts (both from the Director and the Board).

Other
• To participate in any way that the Director of Development or Development Manager requires to fulfil the key responsibilities for the department.
• To communicate clearly and effectively internally and externally, and to foster transparent and excellent relationships with other departments at the Collection.
• To assist in out-of-office or after-hours activities and events as required.

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