Grants Officer

Do you have experience of successful grants fundraising for a charitable or voluntary sector organisation? Do you have a proven ability to take a creative and imaginative approach to developing funding bids and application?
Are you a natural communicator, highly articulate and passionate about Yorkshire’s wildlife?

If the answer is ‘yes’, then we may have the job for you!

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is one of the UK’s fastest growing nature conservation organisations and seeks to appoint a Grants Officer. The successful candidate will fundraise income for YWT by working in collaboration with colleagues across the Region to initiate, manage and develop a comprehensive programme of bids and applications up to 7 figures to grant schemes and grant-making trusts and foundations

Other duties will include managing a research programme that identifies and helps to establish contact with new sources of grant income, keeping accurate and updated records of where these contacts may be realised to generate additional income to the Trust. The post holder will also work cross-functionally to ensure a comprehensive relationship management programme is in place with existing and potential funders to add strength to our applications and build support for future applications