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Canal & River Trust
Canal & River Trust
1,001 – 5,000 Employees
Charity
Canal & River Trust is a UK charity dedicated to caring for and revitalising around 2,000 miles of canals and rivers across England and Wales. Its work combines practical waterways management—including dredging, vegetation control, moorings and boating licences—with engineering, maintenance, heritage restoration and waterside regeneration. Working alongside volunteers and local communities, the organisation improves public access, protects historic sites and promotes the environmental, social and health benefits of spending time by the water.
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Fundraising Partnerships Manager

Secure trust, foundation, lottery and statutory funding for Canal & River Trust by developing funder relationships and leading complex bids. Build income and impact through a high-value funding portfolio.

GBUnited Kingdom
£45,000 / year
HybridFull-timeMiddleSeniorEnglish RequiredAccount ManagerSales

Description

  • Build and manage a high-value funding portfolio and pipeline.
  • Research and qualify trust, foundation, statutory and National Lottery opportunities that support strategic priorities.
  • Develop strategic relationships with funders.
  • Create tailored plans to cultivate and steward funders.
  • Arrange meaningful engagement between funders and senior Trust colleagues.
  • Lead the development of persuasive funding propositions, proposals and applications.
  • Bring together operational, programme, impact, finance and specialist colleagues to define needs, outcomes, delivery models, budgets, evidence and project readiness.
  • Coordinate complex funding processes from funder engagement and due diligence through application, assessment and contracting.
  • Scan for emerging opportunities, intelligence and trends through research, networking and funder engagement.
  • Steward funders by ensuring commitments are met and reports are timely and high quality.
  • Keep fundraising management information up to date in the CRM.
  • Provide insight for team planning, forecasting and performance reporting.

Requirements

  • Bring strong knowledge and experience of the UK funding landscape.
  • Show a record of securing substantial funding from charitable trusts and foundations, the National Lottery and/or statutory or public-sector funders.
  • Have experience identifying, researching and qualifying funding opportunities, then building and managing a strong pipeline or portfolio of prospective funders.
  • Have cultivated and stewarded significant funder relationships and strategic partnerships.
  • Demonstrate excellent proposition development and written communication skills.
  • Have turned complex organisational priorities, projects and programmes into compelling, evidence-based funding proposals and investment cases.
  • Have led or coordinated complex funding opportunities involving multiple stakeholders.
  • Bring strong relationship management, influencing and facilitation skills.
  • Demonstrate strong research, analytical and prioritisation skills.
  • Show sound financial and commercial awareness, including confidence with project budgets, funding restrictions, match funding and financial information.
  • Bring strong organisation and portfolio management skills.
  • Communicate and present effectively in person.
  • Experience fundraising in environmental, heritage, infrastructure, nature, community or place-based sectors is desirable.
  • Experience developing large-scale, multi-year or transformational funding opportunities is desirable.
  • Experience working with senior organisational stakeholders, including executive leaders or trustees, is desirable.

Benefits

  • Access to a competitive pension scheme.
  • Holiday entitlement that increases over time.
  • A range of employee benefits.

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