Trusts & Foundations Manager

About the role  

Switchback is an award-winning small charity enabling young Londoners to build stable, rewarding lives after their release from prison. We are looking for a fantastic Trusts & Foundations Manager to join our small but mighty fundraising team. This is a new and exciting position that will be an integral part of Switchback’s future growth and sustainability for the young men we support.

As we now look forward to planning our new 2022-2024 Strategic Plan, this is a really exciting time for a Trusts & Foundations Manager to join our small but mighty fundraising team! We really value our fundraising team because it’s at the heart of our future growth and this new and exciting position has been introduced to grow our income from trusts and foundations, whilst nurturing our loyal existing supporters. You will inherit a strong portfolio and existing grants totaling over £460k, along with a database of ready to go applications and prospects. You will join us to build on our success and enable Switchback to expand our impact even further.

Joining the Head of Fundraising and Fundraising Officer, you’ll develop and write exciting and persuasive funding proposals, build new donor relationships and broaden the support from our current donors, securing significant donations and strong partnerships. At Switchback we pride ourselves on ensuring that our wonderful donors receive authentic, quality and detailed communications so that they not only continue to feel invested in our work, but most importantly, feel loved and appreciated!

About you 

We are seeking someone with a strong track record of charity fundraising who would like to work in a small team that punches above its weight, helping Switchback to grow its impact even further. You’ll be highly organised and good at writing and coordinating information with excellent attention to detail, drive, and enthusiasm to deliver against targets.

You must love building and nurturing relationships at different levels and enjoy providing our funders with high quality updates so that they always feel closely connected to our work. You will have passion for telling the stories of the young people we support and be excited to represent Switchback and our Trainees.

At Switchback we aim to build a team representative of London’s diverse population, celebrating the differences that people bring with them as a vital resource to achieve our ambition and purpose. At such, at this time we’re especially keen to hear from men, people from Asian backgrounds, and/or people with lived experience of the criminal justice system.  

Above all, you’ll be passionate about Switchback’s purpose and values, and keen to get stuck in to a wide range of policy and research activity in a small team with big ambitions to transform the system.