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Job Description Join Our Team!Crohns and Colitis UK has an exciting opportunity for a Trusts Officer to join our team. In this role youll play a key part in growing our income from charitable trusts and foundations, inspiring long-term support and generating sustainable funding. If this sounds like a good fit for your skills and experience, then wed love to hear from you!About UsWe're the UK's leading charity forCrohn's DiseaseandUlcerative Colitis. A diagnosis of Crohns or Colitis is life-changing. Over 500,000 people in the UK are living with a lifelong disease many people have never heard of, and for which there is no known cure.Crohns & Colitis UK funds research, provides award winning information and support and raises vital awareness by increasing the publics understanding of the conditions, and what it means to live with debilitating symptoms. But we need to do more. We need to be a louder voice in the marketplace. Our ambitious plans for 2026 and beyond, will help to make a real difference to every supporters journey with us. If this excites you - join us!Role OverviewReporting to the Trusts Manager, the postholder will be responsible for maximizing income from Charitable Trusts and Foundations, building and nurturing elationships and inspiring long-term support and sustainable income in line with the organisational strategy.About YouThis is a great role for someone with previous experience of Trust Fundraising. Youll have first class communication skills to enable you to quickly build solid, strong relationships both face to face and over the telephone. Excellent writing skills are essential as well as good organisational skills and CRM experience. In these challenging times youll need to channel your creative skills to develop exciting stewardship plans.In this role you will need: Previous experience of Trust Fundraising with a strong track record of success and meeting targets Excellent writing skills, with the ability to take complex material and translate into visually appealing proposals. Experience of organising or helping to organise stewardship events. Experience of working with CRM databases. Target driven with experience of budgeting and financial managementPlease see our Recruitment Pack for details of our full Job Description and Person Specification.Our LocationWe are based in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, so we are easily accessible by road and rail. In this role, there is plenty of scope for working from home, although there will be times when you will need to be at face-to-face meetings. There is a requirement for you to attend a minimum of 12 in person days a year, including two Directorate meetings and the charitys mandatory All Staff Together days which take place four times a year at our offices in Hatfield or a location in London. In addition there will be a requirement to attend team and donor meetings in person as required.Benefits25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing one day per year up to 30 daysSalary Sacrifice Pension schemeFlexible working optionsEnhanced maternity, adoption and paternity pay24/7 Employee Assistance ProgrammeWellbeing programmeInterest free loan for season ticketsCycle to work schemeFree parking and secure bike locksTraining and development financial support and/or study leavePerformance review and development scheme