Trust and Grants Fundraising Lead

Job Title: Trusts and Grants Fundraising Lead

Reports to: Head of Fundraising and Partnerships

Location: Aerospace Bristol with flexible working

Job Type: Permanent, Full time (with potential flexibility for the right candidate).

Salary: Circa £30,000

We re looking for someone with passion and purpose to join us as our Trusts and Grants Fundraising Lead a key role where your voice, perspective and ideas will help shape the future of Aerospace Bristol.

About us

Aerospace Bristol is an award-winning museum and a place of inspiration, learning, and exploration. As we bring to life the past, present, and future of aerospace, we re also building an inclusive, forward-thinking organisation that reflects and celebrates the diversity of our community. We believe the stories we tell and how we tell them are richer when informed by a broad range of perspectives.

You will join a growing team as our Trusts and Grants Fundraising Lead, working to help us secure a wide range of funding from Arts Council England to National Heritage Lottery, as well as other strategic partners. The successful candidate will play an important role in developing the funding pipeline, evolving our case for support, and managing relationships with a variety of grant funders.

The Role

This is a collaborative and purpose-driven role that welcomes creative thinkers from all backgrounds. We encourage applications from individuals with lived experience of underrepresented communities or non-traditional routes into the fundraising sector. We welcome applicants with transferable skills from related sectors or community-led funding roles.

Manage the grant fundraising pipeline, keeping up to date with changing priorities and spotting new opportunities

Write compelling funding applications and proposals

Steward key relationships with grant giving trusts and institutions, ensuring partnerships reach their full potential

Ensure timely, quality reporting as per agreed requirements

Support in other areas of fundraising where appropriate e.g. with corporate funding proposals or applications to The Big Give

Collaborate with colleagues across the Aerospace Bristol team to enlist support with funding bids and reporting

What we re looking for

Skills & Experience

Experience in fundraising, grant writing, or a related field

A track record of securing funding, ideally including multi-year grants

Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tell compelling stories

Confident using research tools and managing data to track funding opportunities

Ways of Working

Collaborative and inclusive approach to working with colleagues and partners

A genuine interest in our mission and values

Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and spotting opportunities for innovation

If you don t meet every bullet point but feel excited by the role, we still want to hear from you.

Next Steps

If you feel that this is the role for you, then please apply! Even if you feel you only meet some of the criteria, we still encourage you to apply

We are committed to inclusive recruitment if there s anything we can do to make the process more accessible or comfortable for you, please let us know.1st stage interviews will be held via MS Teams on 16th July, with the second stage in-person interview to be held on 22nd July.

Please let us know whether you require any reasonable adjustments through any stage of the process.

Aerospace Bristol is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences particularly those who are underrepresented in the heritage and cultural sectors.

Note: This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the position and is not an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities, or working conditions associated with it.