Trusts and Grants Manager

Life believes that no one should face pregnancy or pregnancy loss alone. In today's world, it's incredibly difficult to have a child, whether due to financial pressures, relationship challenges, career interruptions or other concerns. Life is a national pregnancy support charity, supporting women and families to explore these challenges and providing the emotional and practical support they need throughout pregnancy and early parenthood.

Life's national helpline provides compassionate, non-judgemental support to women, parents and families facing pregnancy, pregnancy loss and the challenges of early parenthood. Life also provides supported housing and community support for mums and their babies across the country and operates two outreach centres that send free pregnancy tests nationwide while distributing essential baby supplies locally to families experiencing hardship.

Life Charity now seeks to appoint a new Philanthropy Manager (Trusts, Grants and Foundations), and Prospectus is delighted to be supporting the search.

Philanthropy Manager (Trusts, Grants and Foundations)
Homebased UK / Leamington Spa (within reasonable travel distance from head office in Leamington Spa)
35 hours per week / Permanent (flexible working opportunities)
£34,000 – £39,000 per annum

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced trusts and grants fundraiser to lead Life Charity’s trusts, grants and foundations strategy. The role aims to secure multi-year four, five and six-figure grants and build a reliable, sustainable income stream. Reporting to the Fundraising Lead, you’ll develop and manage a robust pipeline end-to-end (research, cultivation, application, reporting and renewal), write compelling cases for support and tailored proposals, and work closely with service delivery and finance colleagues to shape fundable projects with clear, measurable outcomes. You’ll also steward existing funders through high-quality communications and reporting, keep accurate records and insight on income trends, and act as the internal specialist point of reference on the UK grant funding landscape.

The successful candidate will bring significant experience of securing and managing substantial trust/foundation and/or statutory income, with a demonstrable track record of delivering against annual targets and building a healthy pipeline. You’ll be confident working independently and proactively, able to develop strong cross-organisational relationships, and comfortable picking up the phone to develop new funder relationships. You’ll also have experience working with budgets and financial targets, strong organisational skills, and a highly professional approach aligned with Life Charity’s values and commitment to inclusive practice.

How to apply:

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process then please contact Femke Vorstman at Femke.Vorstman@prospect-us.co.uk.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. To formally apply, you will need to complete a supporting statement (max. 2 sides of A4) by EOD on Monday 31st August.