Grants Fundraiser

We are looking for an experienced Grants Fundraiser to join our highly successful Grants team at an exciting time for WWT.

As Grants Fundraiser you will manage a wide funder portfolio of charitable trust, statutory and Lottery grant partners, with a combined value in excess of £1M and supporting a range of high-impact and innovative UK and international programmes.

The Grants Team make a major contribution to raising critical funding for high-impact and innovative conservation, education and community-focussed programmes in the UK and internationally, raising in excess of £3M p/a. This is an exciting opportunity to maximise the potential of key relationships with a range of grant funders. The successful candidate will help influence the development of key projects to ensure projects are aligned with strategy and create compelling funding proposals., The role is a permanent full time position, working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. The role is based at our Slimbridge office and suitable for hybrid working, with around one to two days a week required in the office. Occasional travel will be required to sites or funder meetings, so a driver's licence is desirable.

Someone seeking an opportunity to advance their experience in grants fundraising
A grants fundraiser with experience of securing six figure grants
A career fundraiser who is resourceful, self-motivated, determined, well-organised and creative with strong communication and numerical skills
Someone with experience of working with a range of funders, such as charitable trust, statutory, Landfill Community Fund or Lottery
You will bring

Strong relationship management skills and a confident, professional and collaborative approach to working with internal and external stakeholders
The ability to write high quality, compelling applications to secure funding for projects and a thorough, organised approach to compiling impactful reports and processing complex claims
A passion for fundraising and the transformational impact of grant funding to deliver organisational ambitions.

We're WWT, and we're on a mission to restore the super-powered ecosystems we call wetlands. There's never been a more important moment for our work, and we've got some phenomenal people on the case.

Whether they're taking a new visitor under their wing, or conducting ground-breaking research further afield, our team are second to none. And there's nothing we love more than watching them soar.

Whatever you do here, you'll be helping to restore wetlands and unlock their power. So, the only question left is, what role will you play?

Why you'll love working at WWT

Wake up every day knowing your work is helping to restore wetlands, and our world
Be surrounded and inspired by our team of passionate, dedicated people
33 days annual leave (which goes up to 38 days after 5 years of service) - this includes bank holidays and you have flexibility to take those days whenever you want

Free car parking and secure bike storage areas
Colleague discount on shopping and memberships
Cycle to work scheme
Contributory pension scheme
Life Assurance of three times your salary, for peace of mind for your loved ones
Independent personal, workplace and financial advice from Care first