Trusts & Grants Fundraiser (Part-Time, Maternity Cover)–£28,000 FTE– Portsmouth, PO1/ Hybrid

The Role

Do you have a flair for writing compelling funding applications? Are you looking for a rewarding role where your words help change young people’s lives? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you.

As a Trusts & Grants Fundraiser, you will play a key role in maintaining and growing our income from charitable trusts and foundations. Working closely with our existing Trusts & Grants Fundraiser and the Head of Fundraising & Marketing, you will help keep our funding pipeline strong during a maternity cover period.

You will draft engaging funding applications and reports, build lasting relationships with funders and use your creativity to demonstrate the life-changing outcomes of our work at sea.

This is a part-time role (three days per week) with flexibility to agree a working pattern that suits you.

If you’re organised, creative and excited by the idea of securing vital funding that makes real impact, this Trusts & Grants Fundraiser role at Tall Ships Youth Trust could be your next great adventure.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a portfolio of existing and potential funders to achieve income targets.
• Research and identify new funding opportunities in line with our strategic goals.
• Write persuasive funding applications and detailed end-of-grant reports.
• Maintain accurate records on our fundraising database and track application progress.
• Collaborate closely with the wider fundraising and marketing team to share insights and opportunities.
• Support occasional fundraising events or engagement activities as needed.

The Company

We’re a national youth development and outdoor learning charity that supports young people, particularly those facing disadvantage, to develop essential life skills. We take young people aged 12-25 on residential youth sailing voyages onboard iconic yachts.

Out on the water, under sail, they learn lessons that set them up for life and help them to realise their true potential. To support our mission, we also run a programme of adventure voyages for adults that directly subsidise our highly effective youth development programme.

We have a vision of a society where the exclusion of young people and a lack of opportunities for them are things of the past. Together with our supporters, we are doing everything we can to help young people from all over the UK stand taller than ever before.

The Benefits

• Flexible, hybrid working.
• 25 days’ annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays.
• An additional paid daily wellbeing break.
• Death-in-service insurance.
• A supportive, close-knit and positive working culture.

The Person

• Excellent written communication and organisational skills.
• Great attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Some experience in trusts and grants fundraising (desirable but not essential).
• A proactive approach and a genuine desire to help young people thrive.
• An interest in sailing or enthusiasm to learn more about it.

Contact information

Kathryn Fenner