Closing date: Friday 22 November 2013

Fixed-term contract: Permanent

Salary: Competitive package

Location: The Kia Oval, London, SE11 5SS

Interview date: w/c 25 November 2013

An excellent opportunity has arisen to work in the Fundraising team for the Cricket Foundation charity which launched Chance to Shine in 2005. The programme has given more than two million children in a third of state schools across England & Wales the opportunity to play cricket and experience its educational benefits. It is the biggest school sports development initiative operating in England and Wales.

In order to enable the Cricket Foundation to continue its work, a Trusts & Foundations Manager isrequired to help manage existing Trust & Foundation relationships and develop new ones, and so help the Cricket Foundation reach its fundraising targets.

Main Duties:

The job holder will support the Cricket Foundation fundraising team in carrying out their roles and responsibilities and will have the following specific responsibilities:

• Develop and manage relationships and communications with Trusts and Foundations
• Secure repeat giving from existing Trusts and Foundations donors
• Proactively prospect for new Trusts and Foundations to meet set personal fundraising target
• Work with other Cricket Foundation colleagues to produce clear Case for Support and funding applications for Trusts and Foundations

The job holder should be able to demonstrate the following:

• Ability to proactively engage face to face with key supporters, often at a senior level
• Communication, written and verbal: excellent interpersonal and writing skills
• Must be able to work to deadlines
• Drive to achieve results
• Entrepreneurial outlook
• Enthusiastic and tenacious
• Good influencing and negotiation skills
• Initiative to plan and achieve targets on own
• Self-organising/time management
• Project management experience
• Ability to work effectively in a team
• Numerical analysis skills

Experience and qualifications

• Strong IT skills:  knowledge and experience of using MS Office Word, Excel
• Two years of Trusts & Foundations fundraising experience
• Knowledge and experience of working in a similar sized organisation
• Experience of CRM/Fundraising Databases

If you are interested in this position, please send CV & covering letter explaining how you meet the specification to: Adam Stevens, at adam.stevens@cricketfoundation.org.uk.

For more information about our work visit: www.cricketfoundation.org.uk