Head of Trusts

Contract: Full-time, permanent (will consider part time on a pro rata basis for experienced candidates)

Reports to:

Location: Mix of WFH and 2 days per week working from our Westminster Office (London). We will consider applications from candidates outside of London if they are able to travel in regularly.

Benefits:
Flexible working options (including compressed working)
Enhanced parental leave
25 days holiday per year + 8 public holidays, a discretionary 5 days off over Christmas and 1 day off for your birthday
£150 cash wellbeing allowance

Preferred Experience
● Solid experience of building and managing a portfolio of major trust and grant funders
● Demonstrable experience of closing successful multi-year bids and six-figure bids and meeting ambitious fundraising targets
● Experience of building fundraising strategies, pipeline research, build and management, ideally using a CRM Skills
● Demonstrable ability to produce professionally written fundraising proposals that articulate the charity’s cause, demand
for services and the organisation's impact and effectiveness
● Awareness of the key major trust and grant fundraising prospects, relevant to Khulisa’s work
● Ability to quickly assess funder’s priorities and fit to Khulisa’s values and cause
● Keen and confident sense of initiative, able to hit the ground running and bring new ideas and opportunities to the fore
● Strong research and opportunity pipeline building capabilities
● Excellent reporting skills
● Strong collaborator, able to work with colleagues in the delivery, operations and evidence teams to ensure bids and reports
are accurate and within scope of the charity’s strategy
● Strong written and verbal communication skills and an excellent eye for detail.
● Excellent time management and organisational skills
● High level of numeracy
● Good coordination/multi-tasking skills and an ability to liaise with people on all levels
● Resourcefulness and being a self-starter who can manage their own workload whilst supporting the activities of others
● Able to learn quickly, comfortable working under pressure to meet demanding deadlines.