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<div class="mds-edited-text mds-font-body-copy-bulk"><p><strong>Dogs Trust is looking for a new Trusts & Foundations Officer to develop relationships with trusts and foundations in the UK</strong></p>
<p>Dogs Trust is the UK’s largest dog welfare charity and normally cares for around 14,000 dogs across its network of 21 rehoming centres in the UK and one in Dublin. Dogs Trust has a non-destruction policy and will never put a healthy dog to sleep.</p>
<p><strong>Trusts & Foundations Officer</strong></p>
<p><strong>Location:</strong> Anywhere in the UK / Remote / Hybrid</p>
<p><strong>Salary:</strong> £36,000 – £38,000 per year + </p>
<p><strong>Contract:</strong> 9 month FTC, Full time or Part Time - potential to lead to permanent position</p>
<p><strong>Reports to:</strong> Head of Trusts and Foundations</p>
<p><strong>About the role:</strong></p>
<p>This is a truly exceptional opportunity for a talented Trusts and Foundations Officer to join a high performing and friendly team on an interim basis. </p>
<p>Within the Trust and Foundations Team, the Trust and Foundations Officer is responsible for stewarding existing trusts as well as researching, cultivating and applying to new supporters with an emphasis on fundraising from larger trusts and securing multi-year gifts.</p>
<p>Beyond the rehoming work the charity is most well-known for, Dogs Trust also carries out world-leading research, supports vulnerable dog owners who are experiencing homelessness or domestic abuse, provides affordable behaviour training through our Dog Schools across the UK, and much more.</p>
<p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Raising funds from Charitable Trusts and Foundations</strong></p>
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<p>Supporting the Head of Trusts and Foundations in delivering the trusts/foundations elements of the fundraising strategy.</p>
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<p>Developing a pipeline of charitable trusts and foundations that could support a range of Dogs Trust projects, programmes and activities, including Dogs Trust Worldwide and Dogs Trust USA.</p>
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<p>Ensuring a strong pipeline of prospects is maintained by tracking and planning applications.</p>
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<p>Preparing an agreed number of high quality funding bids, in line with the requirements of potential funders.</p>
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<p>Keeping up to date with relevant trends, risks and opportunities in the sector.</p>
<p><strong>External Relationship Management</strong></p>
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<p>Initiating and building relationships with new grant making trusts and foundations via telephone, email and in person.</p>
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<p>Relationship management of existing trusts/foundations, including coordinating all commitments for these funders across Dogs Trust departments.</p>
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<p>Identifying philanthropic advisors and other membership bodies who support the interests of charitable trusts and foundations and who could initiate first introductions for Dogs Trust.</p>
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<p>Providing high quality stewardship and satisfying funder requirements.</p>
<p><strong>Internal Relationship Management</strong></p>
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<p>Working with the major donor team, identifying where trust and foundation trustees could also be cultivated as major donor prospects in their own right.</p>
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<p>Working with the corporate team, building relationships with and submitting applications to company trusts and foundations.</p>
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<p>Working closely with all departments to acquire suitable case studies / projects for funding bids and updates for existing funders.</p>
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<p>Contributing to and providing regular updates across the organisation to ensure trust and foundation fundraising activity is embedded across the organisation and is aligned with the wider plans and objectives of Dogs Trust.</p>
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<p><strong>Person Specification</strong></p>
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<p>Experience of researching, collating, preparing and submitting multiple funding xxx applications to charitable trusts and foundations.</p>
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<p>Successful track record of securing grants from charitable trusts and xx foundations.</p>
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<p>Experience of developing and maintaining key relationships with trusts and foundations over a sustained period of time, and a thorough understanding of how charitable trusts and foundations operate.</p>
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<p><b>Renumeration Package:</b></p>
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<li>Holiday; Annual leave starts at 26 days per year excluding bank holidays.</li>
<li>Generous Pension Plan, BUPA dental plan, season ticket loans, Staff Support Line </li>
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<p><b>To apply:</b></p>
<p>For further information about the role, or to arrange an informal and confidential conversation, please contact our consultant: Kieran McGorrian, Head of Not for Profit Practice at Aquilas | <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="no-follow">[email protected]</a> | 0775 125 0774</p>
<p>Aquilas are wholly committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applicationsfrom all suitably-qualified candidates.  We are truly invested in our candidates and being supportive and informative throughout the application journey</p>