Trusts & Foundations Manager

London Youth

Trusts & Foundations Manager at London Youth securing five and six-figure funding partnerships. Focusing on high-value relationships to support youth development initiatives in London.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £35,931 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and maintain an exemplary understanding of the needs of young people and youth organisations in London.
Proactively communicate the vision and mission, aims and work of London Youth to funders.
Undertake prospect research to identify new funding opportunities that increase restricted and unrestricted income.
Collaborate with teams from across London Youth to develop and submit high quality five and six figure applications to trusts, foundations, institutional funders, and livery companies.
Work with colleagues to find ways to increase income from existing funders.
Meet all KPIs and financial targets.
Provide first class stewardship to funders.
Maintain up-to-date records on all aspects of fundraising activity on Salesforce and SharePoint and produce regular reports when needed.
Ensure agreements are in place with all funders and are recorded in line with our processes.
Take responsibility for your ongoing professional development.
Commit to and actively promote London Youth’s policy and procedures to value and respect diversity and inclusion in all duties and working relationships.
Reflect our inclusive culture in your day-to-day work and support a positive health & safety and safeguarding culture in your interactions with colleagues.
Follow our organisation’s anti-racism principles and practices as you actively promote and respect diversity and inclusion in all aspects of your work and working relationships.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Track record of leading and securing five and six figure funding relationships with trusts, foundations, institutional funders, and livery companies.
Demonstrable knowledge of UK and London funders.
Ability to undertake rigorous prospect research and build and manage a robust pipeline.
Demonstrable relationship management skills.
Proven project management skills.
Experience of regularly recording and reporting on data.
Ability to interpret financial data.
Awareness of Fundraising Regulatory Framework.
Experience of acting as an organisational ambassador in a range of outward facing contexts.
Passionate and demonstrably committed to improving the lives of young people.
Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
Attention to detail.
Ability to prioritise workload.
Ability to work independently or with small or large groups of colleagues.
Ability to work in a changing and flexible environment.
Willingness to learn new skills.
Discretion and ability to maintain confidentiality.
Willingness to work occasional evenings or weekends at London Youth events.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous holiday allowance - 39 days paid holiday each year (including bank holidays and closure days). If you work part-time, your holiday allowance will be proportional based on your working days.
Employer 4% pension contribution.
Additional leave granted to support voluntary activity.
Free access for you and your family to the Employee Assistance Programme.
Free Health Care Cash Plan.
Free access to the 'Headspace' app for you and your family.
Free access to the Charity Mentoring Network, as a mentor or mentee.
You'll be working with a fantastic team of passionate colleagues across London Youth.
You will be making a difference to the lives of young people!

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Hard Skills & Tools

fundraisingprospect researchrelationship managementproject managementdata reportingfinancial data interpretationfundraising regulatory frameworkpipeline managementstewardship

Soft Skills

communicationattention to detailprioritizationindependenceflexibilitydiscretioncommitment to diversity and inclusionleadershipcollaborationprofessional development