Trust and Foundation Philanthropy Coordinator

Migrant Help are currently looking for a Trust and Foundation Philanthropy Coordinator to join their team. You will join us on a full time, maternity cover until until 8th June 2026. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £32,612 per annum.

About us:

Migrant Help is a leading charity that has been established for over 60 years and delivers a range of support and advice services to migrants across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable migrants, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential.

At Migrant Help, we foster a culture in which equality, diversity and inclusion are recognised, valued and encouraged. It doesn t matter who you are or where you come from, we match your skills with the needs of our organisation. As long as you share our values, vision and goals. We welcome applications from candidates regardless of their age, religion or belief, race, gender reassignment, disability, sexual orientation, sex, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

We place a high value on employees in relation to the work that they do and the benefits the organisation offers, with an ethos of being a Great Place to Work.

The Trust and Foundation Philanthropy Coordinator:

Part of the Income and Partnerships team, the Trust and Foundations Philanthropy Coordinator is a rewarding and valuable role at Migrant Help. You will be responsible for supporting the Migrant Help Income Strategy to diversify the charity s income streams whilst working closely with our strategic programmes, coproduction and front-line services teams across the charity. You will identify, generate, and help grow income from a portfolio of trusts & foundations, stewarding relationships with philanthropic funders, individual donors and supporting with high value grant applications.

If you have demonstrable experience of trust & foundations philanthropy fundraising, have excellent writing and skills and looking for a role that you can help to continue to build within a charity that is making a difference, we d love to hear from you.

Key responsibilities of our Trust and Foundation Philanthropy Coordinator:

• Working with the Head of Income & Partnerships to identify, research, qualify and build a pipeline of Trust & Foundations and philanthropic prospects.
• Researching and identifying funding opportunities aligned to our strategic programmes.
• Annual fundraising target of £75k+ with a minimum forecasting of 6 12 month pipeline.
• Writing high quality, robust and compelling fundraising applications and propositions that inspire donors.
• Working with the Head of Income & Partnerships, proactively support the development and implementation of donor cultivation, stewardship and building relationships with high value donors, funders, funding partners, grants and trusts, managing all aspects of donor care.
• Supporting individual giving and community fundraising, stewarding their donations and ensuring they receive the highest quality donor management.
• Managing and producing impact and evaluation reports to ensure all T&F and philanthropic donors receive high quality stewardship of their donation.
• Maintaining accurate records of new and current funding applications, evaluation and impact reports ensuring database records are correct and up to date and adhere to reporting and GDPR guidelines.

Skills and experience we are looking for in our Trust and Foundation Philanthropy Coordinator:

• Demonstrable experience of trust & foundations fundraising.
• Excellent writing skills, attention to detail, accuracy and proof reading skills.
• Experience of writing and producing bespoke T&F grant applications, funding proposition and impact reports, communicating complex information clearly.
• A good understanding of the key features of trust & foundations fundraising, including how Trusts & Foundations operate and award grants, as well as key compliance considerations and trends in the sector.
• Ability to build strong relationships at all levels both internally and externally.

These are some of the benefits we offer:

• Our working week is 35 hours per week offering flexibility and work life balance
• Enhanced family friendly provisions
• Employees will gain an extra day annual leave per year to a maximum of 39 days, including bank holidays (pro-rata).
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave
• Access to Perkbox, an employee rewards and benefits platform with over 9,000 deals and discounts, a range of free perks, employee wellbeing support and other additional employee benefits and recognitions.
• Wellbeing support.
• Migrant Help offers employees a non-contributory pension scheme Migrant Help pays 8% worth of employee salary into the pension scheme.

Closing Date: 31st January 2025

If you are interested in becoming our new Trust and Foundation Philanthropy Coordinator, please click 'APPLY' today. We look forward to hearing from you!