Trusts and Foundations Manager (KW12218)

Job title Trusts and Foundations Manager

Department Advancement Office

Salary Starting from £37,999, rising to £45,163

Grade Grade 7

Contract Type Full Time, Open Ended

Placed on Friday 22 November 2024

Closing date Sunday 08 December 2024

Interview date Wednesday 18 December 2024

Reference KW12218

Applicant Visa Guidance Skilled Worker visa: guidance for applicants (bath.ac.uk)

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Do you want to make a difference in helping students and researchers fulfil their ambitions? You will be key in raising significant philanthropic income from a portfolio of national and international trusts and foundations to increase our student scholarships and support research opportunities.

We have an exciting position based within the Advancement Office Philanthropy Team. We are seeking a highly ambitious Trusts and Foundations Manager. Overseeing a portfolio of prospects totalling £1m+ , you will work as a team to build excellent relationships and raise significant philanthropic support to help us reach our ambitious goals.

The University of Bath is a nationally and internationally leading university that has placed in the top 10 rankings of three major national league tables. The Advancement Office plays a leading role in upholding our reputation for excellence through philanthropic support and partnerships.

As a key member of the Philanthropy Team, you will manage a pool of around 50 trusts and foundations capable of supporting the University with five and six- figure gifts for areas ranging from student scholarships to philanthropic research.

Your background is likely to be in higher education or the not-for-profit sectors, ideally with experience in income generation. You must work well under pressure in a complex, multi-national, culturally diverse environment.

As a Trust & Foundations Manager you will have demonstrable success in storytelling, relationship management and raising significant philanthropic gifts. Confident and credible you will have knowledge and understanding of how to identify, cultivate, solicit and steward UK and International Trusts & Foundations

For an informal chat about this post, please get in touch with Rhiannon Nolan at [email protected] however please ensure you submit your application through our website.

Find out more about our benefits.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.