Trusts Manager

Role Title: Trusts Manager

Salary: £42,205 to £43,417

Location: London-Hybrid

Tenure: 1 Year fixed term (potential for extension)

ActionAid UK is a member of the ActionAid Federation, an international charity that works with women and girls living in poverty. As part of the ActionAid Federation, we work with women and girls, our partners, and dedicated staff in 43 countries to end violence and fight poverty so that all women, everywhere, can create the future they want.

Are you a keen advocate of women and girls’ rights in emergencies? 

Are you a strategic relationship builder with a passion for fundraising and social justice? 

Do you want to play a key role in securing vital funding that supports some of the world’s most marginalised communities? 

Then we'd love to hear from you!

At ActionAid UK, we believe in the power of partnerships to drive meaningful change. As a Trusts Manager, you will be responsible for managing one of our most significant funding relationships, ensuring long-term impact and financial sustainability for our global programmes. Working within the Trusts and Global Markets team, you will develop and execute strategies to nurture funders, secure new funding opportunities, and play a pivotal role in growing our philanthropic partnerships.

This is more than just a fundraising role—it’s an opportunity to shape the future of international development. You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, country programme teams, and external funders to secure and manage high-value grants, helping to deliver life-changing initiatives.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Managing Strategic Donor Relationships: Take ownership of one of ActionAid’s largest funding partners, ensuring exceptional stewardship and long-term engagement.

• Developing High-Impact Funding Proposals: Work closely with our Strategic Funding and Insight team to coordinate and submit compelling multi-grant proposals.

• Maximising Future Funding Pipelines: Identify and align funder priorities with ActionAid’s most pressing needs to grow long-term financial support.

• Building New Partnerships: Support efforts to cultivate and approach new trust and foundation donors in the UK, expanding ActionAid’s impact.

• Representing ActionAid UK: Attend high-profile donor meetings, networking events, and forums to advocate for our work and secure new funding opportunities.

• Ensuring Excellence in Grant Management: Track funding commitments, oversee reporting, and maintain meticulous donor records using ActionAid’s CRM systems.

About You

We are looking for a fundraising professional with a proven track record of managing high-value trust and foundation relationships. You thrive on building strong partnerships, have exceptional communication skills, and understand the intricacies of international development funding.

You will bring:

• Experience securing and managing multi-year grants over £50,000, with a track record of growing funding relationships.

• Strong networking and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders.

• Excellent written communication skills, with experience crafting persuasive proposals and impact reports.

• A strategic mindset, with the ability to balance funder priorities with ActionAid’s programme needs.

• A passion for international development, feminist principles, and social justice.

What We Offer

At ActionAid UK, we empower our team to lead, innovate, and drive change. As a Trusts Manager, you will benefit from:

• A collaborative and dynamic work environment, surrounded by passionate professionals dedicated to making a difference.

• Opportunities for career growth, with training, mentorship, and leadership exposure.

• Flexible working arrangements, supporting a healthy work-life balance.

• A one-year Fixed-Term contract with potential for extension, offering both challenge and stability.

This is your chance to be part of something bigger. Join ActionAid UK as our Trusts Manager and help us build a future where poverty and injustice are no more. Apply today!

Due to the nature of this role, the successful candidate will be asked to participate in criminal records checks at the point of offer.

Additional Information:

Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging:

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging are key to our organisational culture. We are on a journey to become not only an anti-racist organisation but one that proudly

celebrates the diversity of all applicants and employees. We look forward to you bringing your full self to work, proudly sharing your unique perspective and helping us to shape our combined future. We especially welcome applications from those from underrepresented/marginalised communities.

AAUK is a disability Confident Committed organisation and as such any candidate that declares a disability will be shortlisted for interview if they meet the essential criteria for the role.

Referencing and Safeguarding:

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include safeguarding, criminal records and terrorism

finance checks. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

ActionAid UK is committed to preventing any form of sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse (including child abuse and adult at-risk abuse) and responding robustly when these harms take place. We expect all ActionAid UK Staff and ActionAid UK Representatives to share this commitment. We will not tolerate our Staff or other representatives carrying out any form of sexual harassment, exploitation or abuse towards anyone we come into contact with through our work.

Working practices:

ActionAid is committed to supporting flexible working. If you would like to discuss flexible working options, including the possibility of a job share for this role, there will be space to do so during the interview process.

ActionAid UK has a hybrid working policy for many of our roles. The requirement will vary from team to team and the responsibilities of individual roles. As a minimum, all colleagues are expected to attend the office 2 days per week, plus additional time for induction, training, and “Company Connection days.” Some roles may require in- office attendance on all days and if so, these will clearly be marked as in-office

roles.

We encourage you to discuss hybrid working expectations at interview.

Recruitment Processes:

Please note that ActionAid UK may review, shortlist and interview candidates prior to the closing date so we encourage all candidates to apply as soon as possible.

If we receive a very high response, we may close the vacancy early and will not accept further submissions.

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