Trusts Fundraising Executive in Aylesford, Kent

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Trusts Fundraising Executive to help grow our income from Charitable trusts, foundations and other grant makers. This role will support the development and delivery of funding applications as well as helping to identify new funding opportunities. This is a hybrid role. Heart of Kent Hospice provides compassionate, specialist end-of-life care for people across our community. As demand for our services grows and NHS funding continues to cover only a fraction of our true costs, the need for exceptional bid-writing and proactive trust fundraising has never been more urgent.

This role is responsible for generating high-quality, compelling bids, predominantly in the three and four figure range, to fund essential clinical services, patient support, and transformational projects. You will help ensure the hospice can continue to deliver outstanding care today and plan confidently for the future.

Benefits of Working at the Hospice

• Competitive remuneration package including contributory pension scheme with NEST or the option to continue in the NHS pension scheme.
• Life assurance (2 x salary).
• Employee assistance programme.
• Incremental increases in annual leave from 27 days or 19 shifts per annum, up to 33 days or 23 shifts per annum.
• Flexible/hybrid working approach (where practical and appropriate for the role - 3/5 days at the Hospice location).
• A warm and friendly atmosphere with a focus on your health and wellbeing.

Main Responsibilities

• Proactively research and evaluate potential grant funders, identifying strong matches for priority hospice projects.
• Build intelligence on both existing and new trust prospects, ensuring a healthy and diverse pipeline of opportunities.
• Work closely with Clinical, Finance, and wider hospice colleagues to gather insight, data and evidence needed to shape compelling cases for support.
• Ensure all information collected meets funders’ expectations for clarity, impact, and accountability.
• Produce accurate and credible project budgets in collaboration with Finance.
• Monitor trust income performance against agreed targets and update colleagues proactively on progress, risks or emerging opportunities.
• Write persuasive, tailored funding applications that clearly communicate need, impact and urgency.
• Deliver exceptional stewardship through timely, personalised thanks, updates, and high-quality reports.

Essential Criteria

• Proven experience of writing successful, high-quality funding applications, securing three and four figure grants or higher.
• Demonstrable understanding of Trusts, Foundations, and statutory/lottery funders and what makes a compelling case for support.
• Experience researching funders and building a strong, diverse pipeline of prospects.
• Experience gathering information from internal stakeholders and translating technical or clinical detail into accessible, persuasive narratives.
• Understanding of budgets for fundraising applications and experience creating or working with project costings.
• Good knowledge of stewardship best practice and donor relationship management.

A Standard DBS Check will be required if you are successfully appointed. Registered Charity No 298164