Job title: Trusts & Foundations Fundraiser
Central London
Hours: Permanent, full time 35 hours per week (28 hours considered for the right applicant)
Salary: £35,000 for full time
At the Cardinal Hume Centre, we believe everyone should have the opportunity to live a full life, but we know that homelessness and poverty can wreck that potential. Too often homelessness at a young age is repeated and compounded in later years. Our renewed vision is to increase our focus on young people, children and their families. To value every individual, nurture their potential and help people thrive. We are looking to recruit a Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser to maximise the income the Cardinal Hume Centre receives from trusts and foundations. This is an exciting role in our fundraising team that will contribute to the delivery of the six-figure trust income stream budget (£585k for 2025/26) through rigorous pipeline management, maintaining excellent donor relations through timely reporting, and assisting with trust engagement and fundraising activities. You will also manage the small trust pipeline – proactively seeking out new trust funding opportunities; submitting high quality applications on time; meeting reporting requirements; contributing to monthly management information and quarterly reforecasting.
Please refer to the job description for further information. If you have any questions or would like to have a confidential discussion regarding the role, please contact our HR Advisor, Tara Glazik at recruitment@cardinalhumecentre.org.uk In your cv and cover letter, please outline how you meet the requirements of the role and why you would like to work for us. You must account for any gaps in your employment history.
The Centre is an equal opportunities employer. We are always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us and help improve the lives of homeless young people, insecurely housed families, and their children. We particularly want to encourage people from under-represented groups in the not-for-profit sector to step forward and apply to work with us. We require our staff to recognise the valuable role that volunteers play in the work of the Centre and to welcome and support volunteers with whom they work.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We require job applicants, staff and volunteers to complete a criminal records self-declaration and undertake a basic DBS check. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to sponsor visas.
Benefits
- 26 days’ leave, rising to 28 days’ leave after two years’ service (pro rata for part time staff)
- Discretionary wellbeing and celebratory days
- Workplace pension scheme and we’ll match employee contributions up to a maximum of 6%
- Life assurance cover (after probation passed)
- Employee assistance programme
- Season ticket loan
- Training and development opportunities
- Access to Blue Light Card discounts
How to apply
Send your cv and cover letter to recruitment@cardinalhumecentre.org.uk
To ensure fairness at all stages, please don’t send your application to any other email address at the Centre
Closing date for applications: 10am Thursday 27th November 2025
Shortlisting date: 27th November 2025
Interviews likely: 4th December 2025
If you’ve not heard from us three weeks after the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
