Rainbow Trust Children's Charity
Corporate and Community Fundraising Manager
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Location: Leatherhead, Surrey
Closing date: 30 September 2026
Interview dates: Interview dates to be confirmed
Salary: Up to £45,000 + excellent benefits
Rainbow Trust
About The Role
We are looking to appoint a Corporate & Community Fundraising Manager who will be responsible for leading the delivery of Rainbow Trust’s Corporate and Community Fundraising strategy and operational plans, which is aligned with the charity’s wider business plan.
Reporting to the Head of Fundraising and leading a team of four fundraisers to meet combined income targets of over £2M, the post holder will build strong relationships with senior corporate stakeholders, trustees, ambassadors and supporters, acting as an advocate for the charity and ensuring exceptional stewardship.
The role will maximise income, engagement and long-term partnership opportunities across corporate partners, community organisations and volunteer fundraisers. With overall accountability for delivering significant income growth for the organisation.
What we’re looking for:
- A friendly, enthusiastic and experienced fundraiser who achieves results through people – you are socially focused and resilient, enjoy networking and are able to quickly connect with others and build effective working relationships.
- A motivating, empathetic and persuasive communicator – you have a selling communications style, are an experienced bid writer, and a confident public speaker with experience of presenting to panels or addressing large audiences.
- Knowledge of different corporate and community fundraising initiatives, including charity of the year, cause related marketing and strategic partnerships – you understand the components of a mutually beneficial and multi-faceted partnership, and have proven experience of prospect management and winning new business.
- You thrive working in a busy environment on multiple priorities simultaneously – results-oriented and a fast learner, you respond quickly to pressure and a changing environment.
- You are confident using data to inform decision making – you can leverage past learning to drive success in future opportunities.
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Why join us?
We’re Proud To Be a Two-Star Best Companies Top 50 Mid-sized Organisation And a Top 10 Charity, And We’re Committed To Creating a Great Place To Work. You Will Benefit From
- Pension scheme where we contribute 5% of your salary and you contribute at least 3%.
- A life assurance scheme for all employees which provides a death in service benefit of three times’ basic pay.
- Flexible working hours to balance home and working life.
- 25 days of annual leave plus public holidays – rising to 26 days after 1 year, 27 days after 5 years and 30 days after 11 years, with an additional 5 days to use in your 10th or 20th year of service (pro rata for part time).
- The option to buy/sell annual leave, as well as additional leave for your birthday, wedding/civil ceremony and an extra half day off for Christmas shopping.
- Time off in Lieu.
- Employee Assistance Programme with access to remote GP, counselling, physiotherapy, resources to support your mental health and financial wellbeing, as well as a 24/7 helpline via Help@Hand.
- Family friendly policies, focused on employee wellbeing, and an active cross-organisational wellbeing group running a number of initiatives throughout the year.
- Access to the Blue Light Card Scheme, and other rewards and discounts.
- Bike to work, season ticket loan and payroll giving schemes.
- A recommend a friend recruitment bonus scheme.
- Robust training and development programmes to support your learning and growth
If you’d like to find out more about these benefits and working with us, please visit our why work with us page.
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About Us
Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity enables families who have a child with a life-threatening or terminal illness to make the most of time together, providing expert, practical and emotional support, where they need it for as long as it is needed. For families living with childhood illness, time is everything. Right now, there are too many families coping alone with no support, no time to think, no time to make memories and no time for each other. We believe that no family should go through this alone, so we are here to change that.
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To apply please send your CV and Covering letter to recruitment@rainbowtrust.org.uk
Your covering letter should highlight why your application should be considered above others and clearly state how your experience matches the essential criteria outlined in the Person Specification.
For a full job description and person specification visit our website or call 01372 220073.
Please disclose in your covering letter if you have used AI for any part of your job application.
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.
Interviews will take place at our Head Office in Leatherhead. We will only contact those applicants who have been successful. If you require any adjustments during the interview process, please let us know.
An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this post.
Rainbow Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment.
Rainbow Trust is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all backgrounds.
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