Trusts Officer

  • Crohn's and Colitis UK
  • Jan 28, 2026
Full time

Job Description

Join Our Team!

Crohn s and Colitis UK has an exciting opportunity for a Trusts Officer to join our team. In this role you ll 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 we d love to hear from you!

About Us

We're the UK's leading charity for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. A diagnosis of Crohn s 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.

Crohn s & Colitis UK funds research, provides award winning information and support and raises vital awareness by increasing the public s 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 supporter s journey with us. If this excites you - join us!

Role Overview

Reporting 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 You

This is a great role for someone with previous experience of Trust Fundraising. You ll 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 you ll 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 management

Please see our Recruitment Pack for details of our full Job Description and Person Specification.

Our Location

We 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 charity s 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.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing one day per year up to 30 days

Salary Sacrifice Pension scheme

Flexible working options

Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity pay

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Wellbeing programme

Interest free loan for season tickets

Cycle to work scheme

Free parking and secure bike locks

Training and development financial support and/or study leave

Performance review and development scheme