Senior Trusts and Grants Lead (Fundraising)

Salary: circa £37,000- £40,000 per annum*, plus benefits (*pro rata for part time hours)
Hours: up to 35 hours p/w, open to discussing flexible working options
Duration: 6-month fixed term contract
Location: Edinburgh/Hybrid

Are you an experienced trusts fundraiser? Are you passionate about inspiring, encouraging and challenging people of all ages and backgrounds to explore and understand the world around them? If so, this is the role for you! Please apply today!

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Each year Edinburgh Science delivers one of Europe’s largest science festivals, a primary school education programme across Scotland, a careers event for secondary school pupils, climate engagement programmes and a variety of international programming activities and projects. 

 

About the role:

You will lead the Trusts & Foundations income generation across projects, supported by the Director of Development and Head of Development, to secure grants for Edinburgh Science and its work. You will effectively develop funding partnerships and relationships aligned to our strategic priorities.  You will manage and deliver the whole cycle of trusts and foundations income generation, including regular prospecting, producing impactful funder reports and maintaining our CRM system. 

This role may suit you if you are looking for full/part-time work for a temporary period either on a fixed term contract or freelance basis – please get in touch for an informal conversation.

View the full job description here https://bit.ly/4dJ5AiY

 

About you:

  • An experienced Trusts fundraiser.
  • An excellent writer, experienced at telling engaging stories and building persuasive cases for support. 
  • Driven and highly self-motivated, you will have a proven track record of securing significant grants (five figures and above) and experience of working with a range of trusts and foundations, including large institutional funders. 
  • Enjoy working autonomously while still forming part of a highly supportive team, and showing creativity, flair and tenacity in reaching your targets. 
  • Have ability to communicate complex messages to a wide-ranging audience, and an exceptional eye for detail are all essential. 
  • Be comfortable working with a range of internal and external stakeholders and will excel at building relationships. 
  • Have an ambitious and confident approach, combined with sensitivity and the ability to quickly gain the respect of others - this will be critical to your success in this role. 

 

How to apply:

For an informal discussion, or if you have any queries about the role, please contact our Director of Development Hannah Schlesinger at hannahs@scifest.co.uk

Click the link below to visit our dedicated careers portal to complete our brief online application. You will be asked to upload your current Curriculum Vitae and a cover letter detailing your key skills, competencies, and relevant experience. Please also include two references.

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis so please apply early to register your interest.  We reserve the right to close applications early.

 

The closing date for applications is: Tuesday 5 November 2024 at 11:59PM     

Interviews will be held: w/commencing 11 November 2024

Please note:  By the start of any employment with Edinburgh Science, you must have the right to work in the UK and documentary evidence to support this. 

Find out more about our work here https://www.edinburghscience.co.uk/

 

At Edinburgh Science we welcome applications from all backgrounds because we believe that bringing together people with different perspectives, ideas and experiences always leads to better discussions, decisions and results.

 

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Edinburgh Science

Edinburgh Science Foundation is an educational charity that inspires people of all ages and backgrounds around the world to experience the wonder of science and technology. Best known for Edinburgh’s annual Science Festival – the world’s first science festival and still one of the world’s largest – and for our Learning programmes that sees Generation Science tour Scotland and bring science to life in classrooms throughout the year and promotes STEM careers to teens through initiatives such as Careers Hive. An increasing worldwide element shares our content, passion and expertise more widely through an extensive portfolio of international projects.

Our mission is to inspire, encourage and challenge people of all ages and backgrounds to explore, understand and engage with the world around them and to communicate the educational, social and economic benefits of science and technology.

 

Our language is that of live experiences that amaze, inform and entertain in equal measure. We put the customer first whether they are the public, school teacher or pupil. We want to be the best before we are the largest. We thrive on creativity, rely upon professionalism and insist on accuracy. We believe in testing what we do assuming that rarely can an event not be improved. We respect and nurture the partnerships on which we depend for support, people and ideas. We know we are only as good as the people we work with and so value them all, here and abroad.