Fundraising Officer

About Cornwall Heritage Trust

Cornwall Heritage Trust works to “preserve and strengthen Cornwall’s unique heritage” through management of historically important sites, grant schemes, education projects and heritage promotion activities such as Story Cafes.

A registered charity, the Trust was formed in 1985 and owns or manages 11 heritage sites of which it owns 4. Led by a Board of enthusiastic Trustees the Trust has 4 part time members of staff based at the new office in Redruth.

Role Purpose

The Trust is a charity and has a small membership from which it receives an income each year. A recent fundraising campaign was targeted at charities, trusts and foundations and proved very successful. However, its success relied on external consultants, whereas this new internal role is planned to enable CHT to expand its day-to-day fundraising activities and represents an exciting opportunity to help shape the Fundraising Strategy.

The Fundraising Officer will contribute to the Trust’s income generation by making applications for funds from grant-giving charities, trusts, corporates and foundations and work on growing the membership of CHT locally, nationally and globally. They will join the Trust’s small team of staff and trustees and will need to be able to work flexibly to gain the best possible outcomes for the role.

About You

You will have a proven track record of working within the fundraising sector with experience of making applications to Trusts and Foundations. A sound knowledge of tax efficient giving and past experience of ensuring regulatory compliance for fundraising is also important. Knowledge of the heritage sector in Cornwall would be a definite advantage.

The ability to demonstrate management and achievement of challenging targets and deadlines is imperative for this role, along with exemplary written and verbal presentation skills, the ability to write compellingly and persuasively and have excellent research and analysis skills.

We are a small team and you will need to hit the ground running, a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office as well as online applications and social media platforms is essential with previous experience of the Mac operating system and CRM databases desirable. You will also need to have outstanding administrative and organisation abilities.

We are looking for a friendly, outgoing person with an approachable manner to help lay the foundations of our fundraising focus and fit with our hard-working team. You will need to be able to work flexibly as you will be required to work some weekends and evenings and will need a clean UK driving licence and access to your own transport. Able to work independently and under your own steam you will also be an enthusiastic team player who is able to adapt to the frequently changing demands of a small office.

A full role Job Description and Person Specification is available on our website along with further instructions relating to the application process.

If you would like to find out more about this exciting opportunity and for details of how to apply please visit our website www.cornwallheritagetrust.org/who-we-are/vacancies/

Job Type: Part-time

Salary: £11.37 /hour

Applications must be submitted by midday on Friday 28^th September 2018; it is anticipated that interviews will take place on Monday 8^th October 2018.  If shortlisted you will be invited to interview and will be advised if there is a task or activity that will need to be completed.  Applications should be submitted by email to info@cornwallheritagetrust.org however if you require any assistance with the application process please do not hesitate to call Cathy on 01209 707008.