Senior Trusts & Foundations Manager

Job Summary

Streetwise Opera is looking to appoint an ambitious and self-motivated individual to lead on implementing the Trusts and Foundations strategy.

Job Description

Working closely with the Head of Fundraising and members of the Senior Management Team, the Senior Trusts and Foundations Manager plays a key role in developing and maintaining relationships with new and existing funders to generate maximum income from grant-giving organisations.

Led by the Head of Fundraising, the Senior Trusts and Foundations Manager will work alongside the Senior Philanthropy Manager and Fundraising & Company Coordinator to achieve Streetwise Opera's annual fundraising target.

The role involves developing excellent relationships with trusts and foundations and public funders to build long-term support, leading on a pipeline of funding applications and carrying out research into potential new grants.

The successful candidate will write high-quality funding applications and reports, create and develop budgets for applications and work closely with project teams to ensure relevant monitoring and evaluation data is captured for reporting. They will also support the Head of Fundraising and CEO with major trust and foundation prospecting and stewardship.

Salary: £38,000 (£15,200 pro rata) per annum.

Contract: Permanent, 0.4 (2 days per week).

Hours: 14 hours (2 days) per week. Preferred working days would be some combination of Monday, Tuesday or Thursday.

Location: Hybrid, combining office-based work in Shoreditch, London with home working, or remote, working from home with occasional contact within the regions where we work.

Start date: Early January 2027.

Reporting to: Head of Fundraising.

Job Requirements

We are looking for an ambitious, self-motivated individual to lead on implementing the Trusts and Foundations strategy. We are seeking an individual with significant experience in research, application, stewardship and reporting, and a demonstrable record of raising funds. The ideal candidate will also be a strong communicator and able to multi-task in a busy and varied environment.

The attributes we are looking for are:

- The ability to research, manage and create compelling written applications to trusts and foundations which clearly demonstrate the life-changing impact of our work.
- Warm, personable and confident communicator, who is able to build and manage relationships with funders in writing and in person.
- The ability to work proactively, collaboratively and autonomously.
- An understanding of fundraising within wider organisational planning and strategy and the ability to implement planning in a fundraising context.

Job Responsibilities

- Develop excellent relationships with trusts and foundations and public funders, to build long-term support
- Lead on developing a pipeline of funding applications including carrying out research into potential new grants
- Support the Head of Fundraising and CEO with major trust and foundation prospecting and stewardship, seeking major gifts of £20,000+ where appropriate
- Write high-quality funding applications and reports, working closely with project teams
- Create and develop budgets for applications, working with project teams
- Lead on fundraising strategy for trusts and foundations
- Administration relating to trusts and public grants income, including keeping CRM database up to date, accurate recording of fundraising income, and timely reporting
- Create cases for support, case studies and other information to help make the ask to grant funders
- Ensure relevant monitoring and evaluation data is captured (by the wider team) for reporting

Job Overview

Job Title: Senior Trusts & Foundations Manager
Salary: £30k-£40k (pro-rata)
Hours: Part time
Artform: Music
Role: Fundraising
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: Mon, 23 Nov 2026
Location: Remote

How to Apply

To be considered for the role of Senior Trusts & Foundations Manager, please submit an application form via our website.

All applications will be considered anonymously. We will request your CV if you are invited to interview.

We will guarantee first round interviews to candidates who have lived experience of homelessness and meet the essential criteria.

Closing date for applications: 10:00am, Monday 23 November 2026. We do not close applications early.

We will contact all applicants regarding the outcome of their application by the end of the working day on Friday 27 November.

Interviews: Week commencing 30 November 2026.

Contact name: Rey Trombetta
Contact email: [email protected]

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About Streetwise Opera

Streetwise Opera is an opera company that enables people who’ve experienced homelessness to find inspiration and empowerment while they rebuild their lives and identities. We support participants to develop as creative people and, as we amplify their voices, change how society views homelessness. We engage world-class artists, both established and emerging, to co-create bold new work and reimagine traditional repertoire. And by bringing together diverse voices, we change how society views opera.

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