Philanthropy and Grants Manager (Maternity Cover)

The Halo Trust are looking for an experienced and passionate Philanthropy and Grants Manager to join the HALO Trust’s Global Philanthropy Team to lead existing and secure new high value partnerships with Philanthropic donors (Trusts and Foundations including Corporates).

The role will cover a period of maternity leave but with philanthropic income and investment in the team expected to continue to grow, we anticipate high potential for the role to become permanent.

The HALO Trust has doubled in size over the last eight years as a result of growing support from both Governments and philanthropic donors. Global income from philanthropic donors has tripled in three years – from circa £5 million to £15 million in 2022. This growth has been driven by six and seven figure partnerships with major donors, corporates and foundations, initiated by our exceptionally well-connected network of trustees and ambassadors - and nurtured by our committed and professional global philanthropy team.

Now is a great time to join HALO, as the Global Philanthropy Team builds on this early success by driving growth in new markets, refining our model of donor stewardship and developing our range of strategic funding products. The team has a global remit and this, together with HALO’s extensive geographic footprint, creates significant opportunities for growth in our portfolio of partnerships.

You will join a small team of highly skilled, experienced and driven fundraisers with a collaborative team culture and a commitment to investing in and supporting your development. You will report to the Head of Global Grants Partnerships (job share) and work closely with the Head as well as The Director of Global Philanthropy and Global Philanthropy Lead (leading on UHNW and HNWIs) and The Global Philanthropy Research and Insight Lead on key strategic accounts and new business. You will benefit from collaboration and knowledge sharing from two other Philanthropy and Grants Managers (who each manage a caseload of partnerships with Foundations, Corporates or HNWIs), as well as with vital support from the Philanthropy Operations Manager, and Philanthropy Coordinator.

The team benefits from HALO‘s well established funding support functions, including dedicated donor relations staff in each programme location. This enables our Philanthropy Managers to focus on relationship management and stewardship as well as broadening our base of partnerships. You will join a fast-paced, fluid and entrepreneurial context, responding to opportunities while laying the critical foundations for strategic growth.

By nurturing and growing high value partnerships this role plays a key role in supporting the delivery of HALO’s life-saving work around the world.

About Halo

Across the world, 60 million people in over 60 countries and territories live with the daily threat of landmines. These, and other lethal explosives left behind by fighting, endanger lives and devastate communities. Help cannot reach those in need, families cannot return home, land is too dangerous to farm and development stops.

The HALO Trust is the world's largest humanitarian mine clearance organisation. Our mission is to protect lives and restore livelihoods of people affected by conflict. With an annual turnover of over £120m, we work in 30 countries and territories, from the hot war zones of Ukraine, Libya and Yemen, to post conflict countries such as Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, and Cambodia. We clear the explosive remnants of war and address the causes of conflict and fragility - from inadequate control of weapons and ammunition to food insecurity and land degradation. We work in partnership with national governments and local communities, employing and empowering over 13,000 women and men to build safe, resilient and prosperous communities able to withstand the interconnected challenges of conflict, climate change and political and economic instability.

In southern Angola our clearance work is part of a regional approach to develop conservation in support of Angola’s national plan to diversify their economy, protect their natural environment and create sustainable livelihoods. Angola has some of the world’s most important remaining wilderness, but the presence of landmines makes it almost impossible to apply the conservation measures needed to protect this vital resource. By clearing landmines, HALO can lay the foundations for life, agriculture and eco-tourism to thrive.

In Ukraine, HALO is the largest demining organisation, having operated in the Donbas since 2016. Russia’s invasion has resulted in mine laying and explosive contamination on a scale not seen in Europe since the Second World War, including across vast tracts of farmland. This prevents agricultural production, which is critical to Ukraine’s economy and global food security. Our growing programme is already clearing land across five regions, employing over 1,000 local Ukrainian staff—saving lives and bringing Ukraine’s farmland back into productive use as quickly as possible.

True peace cannot come until land is safe. HALO’s work to clear the deadly debris of war is the first step towards recovery and reconstruction. And the return of hope.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead growth within a portfolio of five, six and potentially seven figure grant relationships through the development and delivery of relationship strategies, in collaboration with the Director of Philanthropy and Head of Global Grant Partnerships
• Personally cultivate key donor relationships, providing excellence in supporter stewardship
• Personally develop and manage a portfolio of prospective donors
• Work with international programme teams to ensure the development of high-quality proposals and reports to tight deadlines
• Contribute to departmental strategic priorities including supporting the stewardship of other major relationships, follow up of new opportunities, and the development of philanthropic products for wider use. Deputise for the Head of Global Grant Partnerships where required
• Manage donor records and correspondence in Salesforce
• Work closely with colleagues in the USA, UK and overseas programs as part of a distributed team to provide support to global fundraising efforts

Essential:

• Three years' experience of leading successful relationships with Trust and Foundations or equivalent philanthropic partnerships, including those giving at the six or seven figure level
• Personal track record of cultivating and soliciting donations from Trusts and Foundations at the six figure level
• An excellent communicator with the ability to build relationships with staff and colleagues in different cultural environments
• Outstanding written skills with the ability to work with programme and finance colleagues to design robust project proposals, reporting, and monitoring and evaluation
• Confident in working with financial information including project budgets

• Excellent written and verbal skills with strong attention to detail
• Outstanding interpersonal skills including ability to demonstrate tact, sophistication and gravitas
• Experience of working with a fundraising database to maximise relationship development
• A commitment to HALO’s mission and objectives
• Strong intellectual curiosity and the ability to articulate HALO’s various programmes and strategies in a compelling way
• Tenacious, self-starting, and able to thrive in a fluid, entrepreneurial context
• Collaborative, team player, with a good sense of humour and a low-ego

Desirable:

• Experience of high value fundraising in the following areas is desirable: mine action, conflict, the environment/conservation

• Annual Leave: 25 days plus 8 statutory holidays (pro rata)
• Non-contributory life assurance
• Pension contributions matched by HALO up to 5%
• Emergency medical insurance when travelling overseas
• Flexible working policy

To apply for this role please submit your CV (no more than 2 pages) and supporting statement (no more than 1 page) detailing why you are suitable for this role, before the closing date for applications which is 30th November 2023. If there is a sufficient calibre of applicants, we reserve the right to close the role earlier than the date noted.

The HALO Trust is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

The HALO Trust is committed to a culture that is both diverse and inclusive and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

The HALO Trust is committed to ensuring that it provides a safe and trusted environment which safeguards and promotes the welfare and wellbeing of anyone who comes into contact with, or is part of, the Charity, with a zero-tolerance approach to behaviours which challenge this.