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Trusts and Grants Manager
| Posting date: | 28 April 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £36,000 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 14 May 2025 |
| Location: | BA1 2JB |
| Remote working: | Fully remote |
| Company: | Dame Kelly Holmes Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Position Title: Trust & Grants Manager
Responsible to: Head of Income Generation and Fundraising
Salary: Up to £36,000, pro rata
Hours: 0.8 FTE (4 days a week)
Benefits include: Flexible work environment, 23 days annual leave (pro-rata) which increases after 2 years, 3 Volunteering Days (pro-rata), 3 Trust Days, Death in Service, Employee Assistance Programme, Auto Enrolment Pension, paid agreed expenses.
Location: Home-based with the ability to travel nationally (including small number of overnight stays)
Term: 0.8FTE, permanent
Closing Date: 14 May 2025 at 5pm
Interview Dates: 21 & 22 May2025 (via teams)
About Dame Kelly Holmes Trust
Dame Kelly Holmes Trust puts world-class athletes shoulder to shoulder with young people. Equipping them with a winning mindset and shaping their futures - it's a teammate like no other.
Whether that’s building relationship skills, improving self-esteem or learning to stay focused, our sporting champions help the next generation move forward with confidence.
Application Process:
Please send your application (CV and Cover Letter of no more than 2 pages) to recruitment@damekellyholmestrust.org Your Cover Letter should demonstrate how you meet the key responsibilities of the role and job criteria detailed below.
We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences. To ensure an inclusive recruitment process, all cover letters and CVs are anonymised before shortlisting.
Please contact recruitment@damekellyholmestrust.org if you need any additional support with the application process.
Job Description
Reporting to the Head of Income Generation and Fundraising, we are looking for someone with a passion for helping vulnerable young people to achieve their potential and who is excited by playing their part in raising funds towards our £1 million target. Working in our small Income Generation Team, you will have responsibility for writing compelling proposals and reports that showcase the impact of our work. You will have the opportunity to build lasting relationships with current and potential funders, building and stewarding our restricted income pipeline which you will own.
We are looking for someone with a strong track record of securing funding, preferably within the youth, sport for development or health & wellbeing sector. Strong attention to detail is essential, along with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently.
We are a home working charity which is committed to flexible working. We are open to considering different working patterns for this role.
Key responsibilities:
Fundraising and business development
Write compelling funding proposals and cases for support, from £5000 to £100,000s
Own and grow Trusts and Grants pipeline, identifying and researching new funding opportunities
Cultivate and steward relationships with new and existing funders
Represent Trust at programmes, events, funder meetings
Relationship Management:
Build and maintain strong relationships with current and potential funders
Ensure effective communication with funders, providing high quality reports and updates
Work collaboratively with internal teams to ensure funded projects deliver maximum, demonstratable impact in line with funder expectations
Managing systems and processes
Create a calendar of opportunities for grant submissions, ensure application deadlines are met
Maintain accurate and up to date funder records in Trust’s CRM system, Salesforce
Maintain efficient systems for tracking applications and reporting
Work closely with Senior Finance Manager to ensure restricted income is accurately forecasted and updated accordingly
General responsibilities:
To ensure Data Protection procedures are followed at all times
Role model the Trust’s values and behaviours and encourage individuals to do the same
To ensure that a positive image of Dame Kelly Holmes Trust is projected at all times
To contribute to other activities undertaken by Dame Kelly Holmes Trust
To contribute to organisational effectiveness through positive team working
To adhere to Dame Kelly Holmes Trust Health and Safety & Safeguarding Procedures.
Criteria: Essential/Desirable
Proven experience in trust and grants fundraising, securing five and six-figure and multi- year funding partnerships - E (Interview/ Application)
Demonstrable success in developing compelling proposals and reports for funders - E (Interview/ Application)
Strong relationship management skills - E (Interview/ Application)
Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to convey impact effectively - E (Interview/ Application)
Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines - E (Interview/ Application)
Knowledge of youth, sport for development or health & wellbeing sectors - D (Interview/ Application)
Experience of using CRM systems, ideally Salesforce - E (Interview/ Application)
Ability to work effectively with colleagues to establish a collaborative working environment - E (Interview/ Application)
Able to handle significant confidential material and information - E (Interview/ Application)
Dame Kelly Holmes Trust recognises the value that a diverse workforce can bring to our organisation and strives to reflect this among our employees, athletes, volunteers and other stakeholders. To help us measure how well we are doing against this, please could you complete our online Monitoring and Diversity form - https://www.surveygizmo.eu/s3/90130030/Monitoring-Diversity-Form
For information on our Privacy Policy available - https://www.damekellyholmestrust.org/privacy-policy
Responsible to: Head of Income Generation and Fundraising
Salary: Up to £36,000, pro rata
Hours: 0.8 FTE (4 days a week)
Benefits include: Flexible work environment, 23 days annual leave (pro-rata) which increases after 2 years, 3 Volunteering Days (pro-rata), 3 Trust Days, Death in Service, Employee Assistance Programme, Auto Enrolment Pension, paid agreed expenses.
Location: Home-based with the ability to travel nationally (including small number of overnight stays)
Term: 0.8FTE, permanent
Closing Date: 14 May 2025 at 5pm
Interview Dates: 21 & 22 May2025 (via teams)
About Dame Kelly Holmes Trust
Dame Kelly Holmes Trust puts world-class athletes shoulder to shoulder with young people. Equipping them with a winning mindset and shaping their futures - it's a teammate like no other.
Whether that’s building relationship skills, improving self-esteem or learning to stay focused, our sporting champions help the next generation move forward with confidence.
Application Process:
Please send your application (CV and Cover Letter of no more than 2 pages) to recruitment@damekellyholmestrust.org Your Cover Letter should demonstrate how you meet the key responsibilities of the role and job criteria detailed below.
We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences. To ensure an inclusive recruitment process, all cover letters and CVs are anonymised before shortlisting.
Please contact recruitment@damekellyholmestrust.org if you need any additional support with the application process.
Job Description
Reporting to the Head of Income Generation and Fundraising, we are looking for someone with a passion for helping vulnerable young people to achieve their potential and who is excited by playing their part in raising funds towards our £1 million target. Working in our small Income Generation Team, you will have responsibility for writing compelling proposals and reports that showcase the impact of our work. You will have the opportunity to build lasting relationships with current and potential funders, building and stewarding our restricted income pipeline which you will own.
We are looking for someone with a strong track record of securing funding, preferably within the youth, sport for development or health & wellbeing sector. Strong attention to detail is essential, along with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently.
We are a home working charity which is committed to flexible working. We are open to considering different working patterns for this role.
Key responsibilities:
Fundraising and business development
Write compelling funding proposals and cases for support, from £5000 to £100,000s
Own and grow Trusts and Grants pipeline, identifying and researching new funding opportunities
Cultivate and steward relationships with new and existing funders
Represent Trust at programmes, events, funder meetings
Relationship Management:
Build and maintain strong relationships with current and potential funders
Ensure effective communication with funders, providing high quality reports and updates
Work collaboratively with internal teams to ensure funded projects deliver maximum, demonstratable impact in line with funder expectations
Managing systems and processes
Create a calendar of opportunities for grant submissions, ensure application deadlines are met
Maintain accurate and up to date funder records in Trust’s CRM system, Salesforce
Maintain efficient systems for tracking applications and reporting
Work closely with Senior Finance Manager to ensure restricted income is accurately forecasted and updated accordingly
General responsibilities:
To ensure Data Protection procedures are followed at all times
Role model the Trust’s values and behaviours and encourage individuals to do the same
To ensure that a positive image of Dame Kelly Holmes Trust is projected at all times
To contribute to other activities undertaken by Dame Kelly Holmes Trust
To contribute to organisational effectiveness through positive team working
To adhere to Dame Kelly Holmes Trust Health and Safety & Safeguarding Procedures.
Criteria: Essential/Desirable
Proven experience in trust and grants fundraising, securing five and six-figure and multi- year funding partnerships - E (Interview/ Application)
Demonstrable success in developing compelling proposals and reports for funders - E (Interview/ Application)
Strong relationship management skills - E (Interview/ Application)
Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to convey impact effectively - E (Interview/ Application)
Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines - E (Interview/ Application)
Knowledge of youth, sport for development or health & wellbeing sectors - D (Interview/ Application)
Experience of using CRM systems, ideally Salesforce - E (Interview/ Application)
Ability to work effectively with colleagues to establish a collaborative working environment - E (Interview/ Application)
Able to handle significant confidential material and information - E (Interview/ Application)
Dame Kelly Holmes Trust recognises the value that a diverse workforce can bring to our organisation and strives to reflect this among our employees, athletes, volunteers and other stakeholders. To help us measure how well we are doing against this, please could you complete our online Monitoring and Diversity form - https://www.surveygizmo.eu/s3/90130030/Monitoring-Diversity-Form
For information on our Privacy Policy available - https://www.damekellyholmestrust.org/privacy-policy