You and Your Role:
This new post will build on our Charity fundraising work which seeks to generate income from a portfolio of philanthropic sources, including trusts, foundations, individuals, corporate sponsors, and statutory bodies. The primary focus of this role will be to support the Reinventing Borde Hill project, helping to transform Borde Hill’s South Park and establish a community growing garden at Sugworth Farm.
The project has an am fundraising target of £1million, to be raised over the next two years. Additionally, this post will also seek and pursue opportunities to support the work of Borde Hill Garden Charity more widely. Working with the Reinventing Borde Hill project team, the role will effectively manage funders, driving the financial sustainability of the project and wider charity operations.
Your passion for heritage, the natural landscape, and community involvement will feed into compelling funder proposals and ongoing relationship-building with supporters. You will report to the Managing Director, and prepare monthly/quarterly updates for the Project Board and NLHF.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
• Coordinate a portfolio of funders, including trusts, foundations, and corporate sponsors/ local companies / individuals, to secure donations, and develop a pipeline for future gifts.
• Develop and deliver proactive and reactive fundraising programmes, tailored to prospective funders and aligned with the Reinventing Borde Hill project.
• Achieve individual annual income and stewardship targets, ensuring goals for donor retention and income diversification are met.
• Create tailored project budgets with support from the Heritage Project Manager.
• Prepare compelling grant applications and monitoring reports, using case studies and evaluative data to articulate project activities, outputs, outcomes, and budgets.
• Support and develop the existing individual giving scheme, including inputting into events for key supporters alongside the Fundraising Committee.
• Coordinate donor communications, such as member appeals and a future crowd-funding campaign for Reinventing Borde Hill.
• Undertake grant administration and reporting, in collaboration with the finance team and Heritage Project Manager, ensuring Borde Hill’s timely compliance with funder requirements.
• Foster strong relationships with current trust and foundation supporters, as well as key local stakeholders (e.g. local government), encouraging continued and deeper engagement.
• Support with organising and running events, meetings and site visits for a range of stakeholders to support Fundraising efforts.
• Work closely with the Heritage Project Manager and the Evaluation Consultant, proactively supplying or requesting information when needed, including for Project Board meetings. •
Collaborate with the Heritage Project Manager to match upcoming activities with suitable funders and continually seek new opportunities to broaden support. • Maintain accurate records for analysis and reporting. • Prepare and deliver reports to the Project Board, and to funders such as National Lottery Heritage Fund.
• Pursue ongoing professional development to enhance fundraising expertise.
• Ensure all fundraising activities comply with relevant legislation, regulation, and ethical standards (e.g. GDPR, Fundraising Regulator, Due Diligence, and Gift Acceptance).
Knowledge, skills and experience needed (Please provide evidence in your Covering Letter and CV):
• At least two years fundraising or income generation experience
• Strong contacts in fundraising and an ability to network to develop local contacts further
• Some experience with or knowledge of corporate fundraising
• Knowledge and awareness of fundraising compliance
• Desk research skills – proactively research funding opportunities
• Strong interpersonal skills, as a confident communicator
• Conscientious administration skills and ICT literacy • Ability to handle sensitive information professionally
• Able to work to targets, deadlines and project KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)
• Able to prioritise, time manage, attention to detail
• Positive, proactive approach; adaptable to change and enthusiastic
• Active interest in heritage, the environment, and the mission of Borde Hill charity
• Eligible to work in the UK
Salary: £21,000 – £22,800 (FTE £35,000 – 38,000)
Hours: Part time role (3 days per week) – 21 hours per week, 0.6 FTE. We are open to discussing working days and patterns
Start Date: As soon as possible
Holiday entitlement: 28 days pro rata (including Bank Holidays)
To apply: email your CV & covering letter to: [email protected]
Closing date: 5th January 2026
