Vacancies

Fields in Trust

Fields in Trust (FIT) is the only independent UK-wide organisation dedicated to protecting and improving outdoor sports and play spaces and facilities, established in 1925. We want to make sure that everyone - young and old alike, and wherever they live - has somewhere nearby to go for healthy outdoor activities. Through our work we improve the well-being of millions of people nationwide.

We achieve this by protecting individual playing fields – permanently - from development, improving the facilities on playing fields and influencing government policy, to make sure our remaining fields aren’t sold off.  We help local communities manage their fields and to campaign to save fields under threat.  We also work with partner organisations to enhance local communities through improved facilities and activities.  Above all, we strive to increase awareness of the value of playing fields for all.

Our current major programme the Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge aims to achieve the protection of 2,012 fields to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

We operate from a centrally located office in King’s Cross and have two small regional offices in Scotland and Wales.  

Job Description - Major Grants & Membership Manager

Job Summary    To maximise income through applications to a range of major funding bodies such as the Lottery; regional and European grants; statutory funding; and other relevant grant schemes, contributing to the achievement of budgeted income targets

Key Tasks
 

• Manage existing grant applications
• Research, identify and develop new grant sources
• Establish and maintain contact with all prospective funders, to determine funding potential and bid procedures/ requirements
• Liaise with relevant colleagues in developing grant applications
• Develop and implement an ongoing fundraising strategy and associated work programmes that will underpin FIT’s annual targets and priorities
• Ensure that colleagues understand the importance of fundraising and the need to comply with funders’ requirements in terms of both support and timing for bids and claims
• Manage existing membership database
• Create and drive a programme to increase membership
• Liaise with finance department on information processing
• Deal with all relevant correspondence and provide accurate and up to date reports on action as required

Person Specification - Major Grants & Membership Manager

Qualifications: Degree level or equivalent

Experience    

• Previous work in a similar role
• Management of budgets in a charitable organisation
• Extensive professional experience as a communicator
• Proven knowledge of funding streams in a charity environment
• Understanding of the variety of funding means available and a proven track record of effective fundraising

Skills    

• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to construct and complete funding proposals to engage a variety of audiences
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to motivate staff and volunteers
• Proven ability to work as a team member of skilled and committed staff
• Strong administrative, project-management, financial and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise workloads
• Considerable ability to think strategically
• Able to work under pressure, reach targets and meet deadlines

To Apply please send your CV to: Lawrence.welsby@fieldsintrust.org

Closing Date: 31st January

Interviews to be held week commencing the 6th of February.