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UK Trusts Executive

Employer
ActionAid
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
£30,079 - £30,988 per annum
Closing date
2 Apr 2019

Job Details

ActionAid UK are recruiting for a Trusts Executive to support trust fundraising within the Trusts and New Markets team.

 

ActionAid is an international charity that works with women and girls living in poverty. Our dedicated local staff are ending violence against women and girls and helping change lives, for good. We won’t stop until women and girls are out of danger, out of poverty and on track to create the future they want.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual with trust fundraising experience to take the next step in their fundraising career with a leading international development charity.

You will be working in a dynamic, friendly and successful team of five, who work to drive income for ActionAid from UK and international Trusts & Foundations. You will collaborate closely with colleagues from across our Philanthropy and Partnerships Team and the wider ActionAid international federation, with lots of opportunities for cross-team working.

About the role
The main responsibilities of the role are to account manage a portfolio of existing mid-level UK trust supporters (each giving around £40k - £80k per year) and to cultivate and approach new mid-level trust prospects, with the support of the UK Trusts Manager.

The UK Trusts Executive will be responsible for coordinating emergency mailings to mid-level and small trusts in the event of a humanitarian emergency. You will also work on match funding appeals and seek co-financing for institutional projects.

Working closely with our Research and Project Information team, the UK Trusts Executive will draft reports and targeted funding proposals for donors, which will require good communication with country offices and strong writing skills. You will also be responsible for timely and creative stewardship to maintain and grow donor relationships.  

The post holder will also input and support across a range of activities, including event design and delivery, donor trips, keeping the CRM database updated and wider fundraising efforts within Philanthropy and Partnerships.  

About you 
In order to succeed within this role, it is essential that you have proven experience of securing income from trusts and foundations or from high value donors or similar.

You must be self-motivated and must have experience working in a cooperative and flexible way as part of a busy team and working independently.

We are keen to receive applications from those with excellent written communication skills and a proven track record of producing high quality written materials.

Applicants must also have strong relationship building and interpersonal skills. Experience of events would be beneficial.

If you have these qualities, along with an interest in working for an organisation focused on changing the lives of women and girls living in poverty, for good, then please apply.

It is important that applicants are willing to adhere to our feminist leadership principles and that they have a good understanding of international development issues.

ActionAid is committed to driving improvement through digital channels, tools and ways of working. We will ensure that we provide the technology and the training to enable all staff to perform their roles to the best of their abilities. In return, we ask that all staff are committed to continually improving their digital skills and knowledge within the working environment. Our recruitment processes will evaluate the digital skills of all applicants.  

Please note that this role is being offered as a 6-month fixed term contract.

Interviews will take place during the weeks commencing the 8th and 15th of April.

Company

ActionAid is an international development charity which works in 45 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Founded in 1972, ActionAid is an international federation and has offices in Johannesburg, Nairobi, Rio de Janeiro, Bangkok and Washington DC, as well as London.

ActionAid UK is part of the international federation and almost all of the people and partners who run ActionAid programmes are from the developing world. This means its staff are on the ground, experiencing poverty at first hand. They see day-to-day how poverty affects people’s lives, and are uniquely placed to give a voice to the women and children who suffer most.

ActionAid’s work has several different components, unified by a commitment to place women and girls at the centre of its work. The charity aims to end hunger by giving millions of people in extreme poverty the skills they need to grow sustainable food, and campaigns to address the causes of hunger.

ActionAid also responds to emergencies and conflicts. It provided emergency assistance to more than 600,000 people in 2015 and trained nearly 46,000 others to protect lives and prepare for emergencies. In total the charity responded to 27 emergencies around the world last year.

Improving access to education is another facet of its mission. 59 million children, more than half of them girls, were out of school in 2013. ActionAid works with more than 5,000 schools across Africa, Asia and Latin America to help over a millions girls and boys get the free, quality education they are entitled to.

Women’s rights and gender equality informs all of ActionAid’s activities. The charity works with communities against female genital mutilation, gender-based violence and forced early marriage.

ActionAid also campaigns for tax justice, fairer wages and more effective aid which can tackle the roots causes of poverty. It estimates that poorer countries lose around $200 billion a year from tax dodging by companies.

A variety of different roles are available at ActionAid including policy adviser, fundraising offer and HR manager. Employee benefits are plentiful, encompassing the opportunity to develop new skills, a pension scheme, childcare vouchers and free advice services.

ActionAid also supports selected UK employees to travel to host countries in order to gain first-hand experience of its in-country work. Frequent secondments, whereby employees work, for a period, in another department or different country in the federation, take place. The charity encourages job shares.

Company info
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020 3122 0561
Location
33-39 Bowling Green Lane
London
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