Trusts, Foundations and Grants Manager | Fully remote, Full-time, permanent
Location: Fully remote, with occasional travel to Peterborough for team meetings, funder meetings or APF events as required
Salary: £34,000 - £41,000 per year
Hours: Full-time, permanent
Role purpose
The Trusts, Foundations and Grants Manager will secure income from trusts, foundations, statutory bodies and other grant-making organisations to support APF’s mission to stop lives being lost to pulmonary fibrosis.
The postholder will identify new funding opportunities, develop compelling applications and reports, build strong funder relationships and maintain a sustainable pipeline of grant income. Working collaboratively across APF, they will gather evidence,
impact data and lived experience stories that demonstrate the difference APF makes to people affected by pulmonary fibrosis.
Success will be measured through achievement of agreed income targets, growth in the grant funding pipeline, retention and development of funder relationships, and timely delivery of high-quality applications and reports.
The role will work with a high degree of autonomy, managing a portfolio of prospects and funders. The postholder will develop project budgets with budget holders, coordinate cross-organisational contributions to proposals and make recommendations on funding opportunities to the Head of Fundraising.
Key Responsibilities
1. Trusts, Foundations and Grants Fundraising
- Manage APF’s trusts, foundations and grants fundraising plan by identifying opportunities, developing applications and stewarding funders.
- Manage and grow a robust pipeline of trust, foundation, statutory and other grant-making opportunities, ensuring activity is prioritised effectively and key deadlines are met.
- Develop applications ranging from small and medium-sized grants to larger multi-year funding proposals.
- Achieve agreed annual income targets through successful applications, excellent stewardship and effective pipeline management.
- Research, identify and assess new trusts, foundations and grant-making organisations whose priorities align with APF’s mission, values and strategic objectives.
- Monitor funding trends and emerging opportunities, using insight to strengthen APF’s pipeline.
- Provide regular pipeline forecasting and performance reporting to the Head of Fundraising, identifying risks, opportunities and mitigation actions.
- Take delegated responsibility for progressing applications and proposals within agreed approval processes, escalating significant opportunities and risks where appropriate.
2. Internal Funding Development and Collaboration
- Build strong relationships across APF to identify projects, services, research initiatives and strategic priorities that require funding.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to understand funding needs, shape compelling cases for support and ensure opportunities align with organisational priorities and impact goals.
- Gather information, evidence, data, budgets and case studies from colleagues across the organisation to support high-quality funding applications and reports.
- Oversee research governance structures, including research funding and advisory committees, ensuring effective reporting, assurance and escalation to the Board.
- Promote a culture where fundraising is understood as a shared organisational responsibility and where teams actively contribute to funding opportunities.
3. Proposal Development and Fundraising Delivery
- Lead the development of compelling, high-quality funding applications, proposals, expressions of interest and reports.
- Work closely with services, research, policy, involvement, communications and fundraising colleagues to develop strong and persuasive cases for support.
- Translate complex programmes, projects and strategic priorities into clear, engaging and fundable proposals.
- Develop project budgets in collaboration with budget holders and finance colleagues.
- Ensure all submissions meet funder requirements and are completed to a consistently high standard.
- Manage multiple applications and reporting deadlines simultaneously, maintaining strong attention to detail.
4. Funder Stewardship and Relationship Management
- Build and maintain positive relationships with trusts, foundations and other grant-making organisations.
- Develop and deliver tailored stewardship activities that strengthen engagement and encourage repeat funding.
- Act as a key point of contact for funders, ensuring timely and professional communication.
- Coordinate meetings, presentations and funding visits involving senior leaders, trustees and operational colleagues where appropriate.
- Ensure all grant conditions, reporting requirements and deadlines are met.
- Support the development of long-term funding partnerships that maximise impact and income.
5. Statutory and Corporate Funding Development
- Support the Head of Fundraising and the Director of Policy, Research and Involvement to identify and pursue statutory and corporate funding opportunities where appropriate.
- Research opportunities from NHS organisations, local authorities, government programmes and other public-sector funders.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to develop funding applications and reports for statutory funders.
- Help build APF’s understanding of local and national funding opportunities that support the charity’s strategic priorities.
6. Impact Reporting and Insight
- Develop high-quality grant reports that clearly demonstrate outcomes, impact and value for money.
- Work with colleagues to gather data, case studies and evaluation information that show the difference APF makes.
- Use reporting outcomes and funder feedback to strengthen future applications and funding propositions.
- Monitor performance against agreed fundraising KPIs and provide regular updates to the Head of Fundraising.
7. Data, Systems and Compliance
- Maintain accurate records of funder relationships, applications, reports and income using APF’s CRM system.
- Ensure all correspondence, stewardship activity and reporting deadlines are appropriately recorded.
- Work closely with Finance colleagues to ensure grants are accurately recorded, coded and monitored.
- Use data and insight to improve fundraising performance and pipeline management.
- Ensure all fundraising activity complies with the Code of Fundraising Practice, APF’s ethical fundraising standards, data protection legislation, grant conditions and restricted-fund requirements.
- Handle funder, supporter and organisational information responsibly, including appropriate use of consent, confidentiality and secure record keeping.
How to apply
Please submit a CV and a covering letter, maximum two pages, outlining your suitability for the role and demonstrating how your experience aligns with the key responsibilities and person specification.
Applications should be sent to recruitment@actionpf.org. If you would like an informal conversation about the role, need the application information in another format, or would like to discuss adjustments to the recruitment process, please contact us on 01733 839642.
For more information, read our job description pack.