Grant Fundraising Traineeship
Employer: Chell Perkins
Location: This role is mostly home-based; however, we have quarterly in-person team days, and you will occasionally be required to work from client sites (nationally, with a North West focus)
Temporary: Four months (with option to apply for a permanent role at the end)
Working hours: full-time (37.5 hours per week)
Salary: monthly earnings equivalent to a £24,792 annual salary
Closing date:
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Chell Perkins’ Grant Fundraising Traineeship will transform you into a grant fundraiser, equipping you with the skills you need to be successful applying to grantmakers, in a uniquely supportive environment. From day one, you will work alongside more experienced colleagues to deliver high-quality trust and foundation applications that meet the specific requirements of our varied partner charities.
This role will require you to track progress on projects and provide up-to-date accounts to our partner charities of all funds raised. You will need to comply at all times with regulations affecting fundraising, including (but not exclusively) guidelines from the Fundraising Regulator and Information Commissioner's Office.
Training provided: You will complete two modules with My Fundraising College and the Chell Perkins onboarding training. Specifically:
● Grant Fundraising 101 - learn how to identify, research, and secure funding from grantmakers, while building long-term relationships with your funders.
● Fundraising Fundamentals - learn how to develop a successful fundraising strategy, the psychology of giving, what motivates people to give, and how to adapt your fundraising to different audiences.
Duties and responsibilities
Your primary duty is to deliver charity client fundraising briefs, with a specific focus on fundraising from grantmakers. The varied nature of our work means that you will be working with a variety of partner charities simultaneously and may be required to undertake a diverse range of fundraising tasks. Common duties may include:
Trust fundraising and other duties
● Working with partner charities to create a case statement
● Conducting supplementary research in order to produce compelling proposals
● Researching potential funders
● Writing funding bids and proposals
● Following up with funders in person, via Zoom or on the phone to close grants
● Developing clear plans to grow charities’ relationships with potential and existing funders
● Reporting back to partner charities
● Keeping abreast of current trends and legislation
● Other administrative tasks as required such as invoicing, sending out contracts, ordering supplies, updating client records on Chell Perkins’ CRM, providing logistical or administrative support for events, etc.
At the end of the programme
At the end of the four-month period the following things will take place:
1. Feedback review: Chell Perkins will provide tailored feedback for you on how to continue developing and suggestions for the next step in your fundraising career.
2. Certificates: You will receive a certificate with any Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) education credits that you have earned. CFRE is the internationally recognised certification for fundraising excellence.
3. Job offers: You will be offered the chance to apply for a permanent job at Chell Perkins Ltd.
Person specification
Following the recommendations of Chartered Institute of Fundraising’s (CIofF) Change Collective and #nongraduatesmatter, we will no longer be screening candidates by educational background, but instead using the CIofF competency framework.
Our recruitment process will assess candidates against the following competencies:
Knowledge and skills
1.3 Recognises the importance of their own role in the delivery of fundraising plans, strategy and guidelines.
2.3 Supports and engages with internal and external processes to build strong working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other partners.
3.1 Works effectively and with understanding of the organisation's stated culture, values and practices. Takes part in formal and informal exploration about the team and organisation culture, values and practices.
3.2 Works effectively individually and as a group/team member exploring options, making decisions and seeking support when appropriate. When making decisions individually and in groups/teams, identifies viable options and those most likely to achieve the teams/organisation’s goals and objectives.
3.3 Can articulate own and team plans, understands and can explain the organisation’s strategic priorities and where appropriate, charitable objectives. Can explain and demonstrate how own and team plans fit with strategic priorities and/or goals. Understands the importance of time-management, and is aware of techniques to ensure work is delivered on schedule.
3.4 Engages with the day-to-day activities of one's own role and can explain the importance of one's own role and of being a role model. Can identify ways of developing one's own and team’s role that is beneficial and can articulate the reasons for why the changes would be useful.
5.3 Assists in the delivery of activities with a supporter or stakeholder focus using both physical, digital and other communication approaches. Engages with own development of communication and negotiation skills.
7.2 Collects information that contributes to the review of activities and outcomes. Gathers data and other information that relates to the impact of activities including benchmarking and outcomes.
Attitudes and behaviours
Ethical: You can explain what it means to be ethical in your role. You can also explain the organisation’s expectations around ethical practice.
Innovative: You can give examples of innovative practice in fundraising and are able to explain why it is important to organisations. You can explain how you use new knowledge to create new ideas and discuss examples of your fundraising practice.
Empathetic: You can explain what is meant by empathy and you can explain how you would show empathy. You listen to others and understand that they may have a different view of a situation or a different set of values than your own.
Resilient: You can give examples of resilient behaviour and identify how you behave or could behave that would support you to be resilient. You can explain why resilience is important for you personally and for you as a fundraiser. You can explain why resilience is important to the organisation and to your team.
Initiative: You are able to explain what initiative is and how you could show your initiative in your workplace. You can give examples of using your initiative and support colleagues and others appropriately to use their initiative.
Responsible: You can explain why taking responsibility in the workplace is important. You can explain the relationship between responsibility, trust and accountability and explore how it is important to your role. You can identify areas where you take responsibility.
Creative: You understand the role creativity has in fundraising and in the workplace and you can explain how your role would benefit from creative practice. You can explain in some detail examples of creativity in fundraising.
Courageous: You can explain what is meant by being courageous in your role and you are able to explain why being courageous is important to the organisation and to fundraising. You recognise the positives in yourself and in your colleagues and give credit and praise to others in the workplace. You seek feedback on your practice, and you listen and engage openly.
Influence: You are able to explain why being able to influence people and situations is important in fundraising and for the organisation. You can identify where being effective in influencing would be important in your role and you are able to identify situations where you may be able to adopt different approaches beneficially. You seek to build trust with your colleagues and others in the workplace and can celebrate others' success.
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