Senior Trusts & Foundations Manager

Job Description

Marketing Coordinator, Young People
Hours: Full time
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £32,292 per annum
Location: King's Cross, London N1C – Hybrid (Minimum 2 days in office per week) with regular travel in London/UK.

About the Employer

Our client is the UK‘s national fundraising charity for museums and galleries. They believe that art can make you see, think and feel differently, and through their work they help make art more accessible to as many visitors as possible, wherever they are.

We charity gives grants to help museums and galleries acquire works of art for their collections, share them with wide audiences, and support the training and professional development of curators. They are supported by a growing membership of 151,000 through their national membership scheme, as well as the generosity of many trusts, foundations and individuals.

The role

As Senior Trusts and Foundations Manager, you will play a key role in the development and delivery of a successful trusts and foundations strategy, securing grants towards a broad range of programmes and activity to support and strengthen the UK museum sector. Working closely with the Head of Trusts and Foundations and Head of Programme Development, you will develop high quality, compelling funding proposals in support of this charity’s strategic priorities.

You will devise cultivation plans to engage new supporters and provide a high level of stewardship to secure and manage a portfolio of five, six and seven-figure grants. Joining an experienced and high performing Development team, you will oversee a varied workplan and a diverse portfolio of grant-making foundations, contributing towards a Major Giving team target of £5 million annually.

For this role, they are looking for a highly motivated and strategic fundraiser with curiosity and passion for the museum and gallery sector, excellent written communication skills, and experience in securing substantial philanthropic support from foundations or other grant-making bodies.

This is a unique opportunity to join this charity at the beginning of their new five-year strategy (2027-2031). They are working to enrich and share public collections in new ways, increase access to museums for audiences across the UK, and amplify the sector through a broad range of programmes, advocacy training and support. Partnerships with trusts and foundations will be vital to the success of our new strategy, and as the Senior Trusts and Foundations Manager you will work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation to bring these to life.

Key Employee Benefits

• Generous Annual leave – 25 days annual leave and bank holidays, with additional non–contractual office closure dates at Christmas.
• Free National Art Pass – for yourself and another person of your choice.
• Free Entry to Exhibitions
• Life Assurance – cover for up to three times your basic salary.
• Season Ticket Loan
• Pensions – Eligible employees are enrolled into the scheme with the exception of those who have contracts of three months or less. The employer contributes 8% of the basic annual salary during the first six months of employment or until probation is successfully completed, whichever is the later. At that point the contribution is increased to 10%.

Closing deadline: 23.59pm on Tuesday 1 December 2026.
N.B. The right is reserved to close the ad early, so please get your application in as soon as possible, to avoid disappointment.

Interested?

To find out more information, please click the apply button. You will be taken to a simple CHM Recruit form and then redirected to complete your application for this position.

This employer is committed to building their team and trustees from the broad range of backgrounds and experiences across the UK, valuing difference and diversity, and building a workplace based on shared values of equality and mutual respect.

They have ambitious plans for the future and will be holding themselves to account and putting their principles into action, as everyone works together to help bring about positive change and a fairer future for everyone. They therefore want to encourage applications from all races, ages, religions and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with any kind of disabilities and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to the organisation.

Non–UK nationals will require current and valid permission to work in the UK.

Please note that any suspected use of AI in relation to answering sift questions will be marked down.

No agencies please.