Trusts and Grants Fundraiser
Service: Business Development
Salary:
• Starting at £32,635 FTE per annum, rising to £36,158
• Additionally, £3,866 Inner London Weighting FTE per annum OR
• Additionally, £480 home-based allowance FTE per annum
Location: Head Office, London / Hybrid or Homebased
Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week).
We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.
Contact: Permanent
Family Action & the role’s impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.
We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Trusts and Grants Fundraiser to join our Trusts and Grants team. You will play a vital role securing funding from charitable trusts, foundations, and statutory sources to support Family Action’s work across the UK.
Main Responsibilities:
• Secure and grow income from charitable trusts, foundations, and statutory fun-ders, targeting 5- and 6-figure grants to support Family Action’s strategic priori-ties.
• Develop multi-year and partnership funding opportunities to strengthen long-term income sustainability.
• Manage and expand a portfolio of existing and prospective funders, cultivating strong and lasting relationships through effective stewardship and communica-tion.
Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
• Two-years experience of fundraising from trusts, foundations and statutory sources.
• Demonstrated success in securing 5 and 6- figure grants.
Benefits:
• an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holi-days
• up to 6% matched-pension contributions
• enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
• eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
• cycle to work scheme
• investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and ca-reer development opportunities
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
To Apply:
• Click the ‘Apply’ link below and fill out our digital application form
• Closing Date: Monday 3rd November 2025 at 11.59pm
For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: james.mitchell@family-action.org
Appointments are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check where appropriate to the role.
*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role, and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview.
