stormbreak CIO

Grants and Trusts Manager. Stormbreak are on a mission to challenge the rising crisis in children s mental, physical and emotional wellbeing and we re looking to grow the stormbreak Trust and Income team to achieve this. Are you passionate about fundraising and about children s mental and physical health? Do you want to positively shape and impact children s lives, helping give them the tools and strategies to sustainably manage their mental health and wellbeing? We need a talented, successful grants and trusts manager with an impressive track record of securing funding (including six figure) and driving charitable income growth. We need someone with experience of working within small-medium sized charities, someone who understands the challenges charities face and is resilient, self-sufficient, tenacious , ambitious, honest, full of integrity , brimming with enthusiasm and an all-round brilliant fundraiser (and human!) who loves what they do and is excited about making a real difference to stormbreak and the children and adults we work with. You will lead on: achieving the fundraising budget and increasing stormbreak s total income over future years, stewarding and cultivating our existing portfolio of trust / foundation supporters to maximise future income from the trusts / grants income stream through carefully crafted new approaches and applications, diversifying stormbreak s income through the new development of major donor / corporate fundraising income streams. Main responsibilities: To achieve the fundraising budget To increase stormbreak s income in future years To manage the existing portfolio of grants, and, as part of the team, ensuring effective reporting / stewardship and maximising opportunities for future support / income. Liaising with the stormbreak delivery team about grant deliverables / outcomes Maintaining a system to record all reporting / stewardship activity Writing reports for restricted and unrestricted grants Keeping in touch with funders identifying and implementing appropriate opportunities to cultivate relationships To undertake an ongoing programme of research and to manage / support volunteers to identify the best new prospects. To maintain and continually develop stormbreak s pipeline ensuring effective planning and applications throughout the year. To liaise with the stormbreak team regularly about funding needs and priorities and to use this knowledge to inform research and applications. To develop / update cases for support, making effective use of stormbreak s impact / evaluation data, case studies and other assets. To keep informed of, and adhere to, fundraising regulations / best practice and to keep abreast of fundraising developments. Most of the time, you ll be working from home. Once a week, we all meet at our office in Poole so being able to travel to Poole in Dorset for meaningful connection and discussions with the team once a week is important. Stormbreak is a national, dynamic and ambitious charity, established in 2019 and led by a dedicated and expert team, all highly experienced and proficient in their respective areas and all very supportive of fundraising efforts. Help us to create healthy, happy humans forever!