Fundraising Officer – Trusts

Intro

This is a chance for a motivated and enthusiastic particular person to work in our
unbelievable, expert Fundraising Crew in an thrilling interval of formidable progress. The function presents
many alternatives to develop fundraising abilities and expertise.

About CAT

The Centre for Various Expertise (CAT) is an internationally famend environmental
charity, a world-leading eco centre, and one of many foremost suppliers of postgraduate
environmental training within the UK, primarily based close to Machynlleth in Mid Wales.

CAT offers inspiration, training and coaching in options to the local weather and biodiversity
emergency.

Key actions embrace, residential,
in-person and on-line quick programs and occasions, vocational coaching, and postgraduate levels in
a variety of sustainability-related matters.

Our free Data Service offers recommendation for people and our Zero Carbon Britain crew
publishes analysis and works straight with councils, communities and different organisations to
assist remodel advanced financial, social and political methods.

This can be a very thrilling time to hitch the organisation, notably for a fundraiser with a
deal with trusts and foundations. CAT not too long ago entered an thrilling part in its improvement,
launching a £20 million capital fundraising marketing campaign to rejuvenate our customer centre. This
will present the postholder with alternatives to assist work on excessive profile funding
functions, gaining invaluable expertise to additional their profession objectives.

Job particulars:

Ref: FOFT240326
Space of duty: Fundraising
Accountable to: Fundraising Supervisor
Liable for: Supervision of volunteers
Contract sort: Short-term (maternity cowl – till 30 June 2025)
Accountability Grade: 4
Location: Versatile: home-working with common visits to the CAT eco centre
close to Machynlleth
Hours: Full-time: 37.5 hours per week.
Working days: Normally Monday to Friday, core hours are from 10am to 4pm.
Occasional weekend and night working.
Wage and worker advantages: £24,886 p.a.

CAT presents a beneficiant annual go away allowance of 25 days p.a., plus financial institution holidays (normally 7-9 days), plus extra allowance at Christmas (normally 3 days), plus 1 further day for yearly
labored (as much as 5 days).

CAT additionally presents a gorgeous bundle of worker advantages, together with:

• A free cooked lunch and free scorching drinks from the café each time working from the CAT eco
  centre
• 40% low cost on retail items bought from CAT
• Alternatives for CPD coaching, {qualifications} & skilled memberships to be funded
  by CAT
• Alternative to take 2 CAT quick programs per yr free-of-charge
• The chance to buy extra vacation days
• A ‘Cycle to Work’ scheme (deliberate)
• 5% pension contribution
• Beneficiant maternity and paternity entitlement and Loss of life In Service profit
• 2 hours monthly for normal well being & wellbeing & 2 hours monthly for Welsh
  language tuition.

Work remotely: See Location
Software deadline: 9am 19 April 2024
Interviews to be held:  week commencing 22 April 2024 (on web site)
Anticipated begin date: As quickly as potential

Overview of function:

This is a chance for a motivated and enthusiastic particular person to work in our
unbelievable, expert Fundraising Crew in an thrilling interval of formidable progress. The function presents
many alternatives to develop trusts and foundations fundraising abilities and expertise.

CAT’s Fundraising Crew is accountable for elevating very important funds for CAT’s core and undertaking work
from people, trusts and foundations, statutory sources, teams and organisations. That is
important for CAT to fulfil its charitable mission – to tell, encourage and allow individuals to
take motion for a sustainable future. The post-holder will play an important function inside this
crew.

To efficiently elevate funds from trusts and foundations, the postholder will work carefully with
and be supported by different members of the crew together with the Fundraising Crew Supervisor, the
Fundraising Supervisor for Main Donors & Legacies and the Head of Strategic Funding and
Programmes. They could additionally present assist to those crew members if required to lift funds from
statutory, company, group or particular person sources, together with by serving to to organise occasions and
webinars, and could also be required to supply supporter care and administration assist for one more
Fundraising Officer.

To have interaction and ship profitable methods for fundraising from trusts and foundations, the
postholder will analysis related sources of revenue; consolidate this funding and undertaking
info and supply assist for the setting and monitoring of undertaking budgets; hold the
undertaking pipeline up to date; analysis, interact and develop relationships with donor prospects and
guarantee stewardship; submit a rolling programme of functions; and monitor and consider
suggestions. They can even be sure that donors are thanked and obtain applicable recognition,
and guarantee compliance with CAT’s insurance policies and procedures, while sustaining data and
managing any reporting necessities.

Important duties

Trusts and foundations:

• To work with the Fundraising Supervisor and Head of Strategic Funding and Programmes to
  assist the event and implementation of methods and plans for fundraising from trusts
  and foundations, together with via an audit of trusts and foundations.
• To offer assist to guide workers in undertaking improvement together with finances setting,
  monitoring and reporting.
• To analysis trusts and foundations funding prospects.
• To take care of and additional develop a undertaking pipeline and rolling programme of bids.
• To have interaction with, develop and keep robust relationships with trusts and foundations and
  statutory funding our bodies.
• To analysis, full and submit compelling funding functions, liaising carefully with
  related workers inside CAT and, the place related, accomplice organisations.
• Guarantee applicable stewardship of supporters.
• Guarantee funders are thanked and their assist is acknowledged appropriately.
• Be sure that the method for reporting on grants is monitored and that groups perceive
  their roles and duties as soon as funding is secured.
• To make sure applicable monitoring and analysis of funding bids.
• Guarantee knowledge and data are saved updated and that workers comply with good observe.
• To help with workers coaching, improvement and motivation, guaranteeing that each one workers obtain
  enough induction, well being and security and buyer care coaching.
• To offer assist for the administration of fundraising budgets, together with bill and revenue
  coding and monitoring revenue and expenditure.
• To contribute to common Key Efficiency Indicator studies.
• To take care of correct and full info on the trusts fundraising databases.

Different duties:

• To offer assist to crew members if required to lift funds from statutory, company,
  group or particular person sources, together with by serving to to organise occasions and webinars.
• To offer supporter care and administration assist for the Fundraising Officer.
• Some other applicable duties as outlined by the Fundraising Supervisor.

Functions needs to be forwarded to [email protected]
by the deadline stating the job title within the Topic line.

Any queries needs to be addressed to [email protected]

Functions are required, CVs is not going to be accepted.