Development Manager: Trusts and Foundations

Fundraising and Stewardship
• Contribute towards realising the fundraising targets through maintaining and increasing income from existing and new sources.
• Build effective, long-term relationships with your portfolio of trusts & foundations and prospect pipeline through regular communication, attendance at events and face to face meetings.
• Produce clear, specific and compelling applications to Trusts and Foundations that have the capacity to give up to six- and seven-figure grants and donations.
• Work with the key stakeholders to ensure an effective stewardship programme is in place for Trusts and Foundations donors including follow-up, monitoring and reporting.
• To be responsible for grant agreements, crediting obligations, progress monitoring and deadlines.
• To analyse wider sector trends and giving and understand the patterns, benchmarking activity with other relevant organisations.
• Work with other fundraising colleagues, as well as the Research and Operation Manager, to ensure a coordinated approach to prospects.

Finance and Account Management
• Maintain up-to-date records of correspondence with all trusts, foundations, and prospects and ensure the highest and most adequate 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.
• 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.
• Work with the Research and Operations Manager to research trusts and foundations (including personal foundations and corporate foundations), both in the UK and abroad, build a pipeline of donors and progress them to application stage.
• Support the prompt and efficient administration of gifts and the thanking of key contacts (both from the Director and the Board).

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

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