Trust and Grants Fundraising Lead at Aerospace Bristol

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. Please either apply at Trust and Grants Fundraising Lead | HR Star | LinkedIn or email a CV to hello@hr-star.co.uk
• 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.