Trusts and Grants Fundraising Officer Flexible Hybrid Remote

Trusts and Grants Fundraising Officer (Maternity Cover)

Location: Remote (Hybrid working considered from National Office in Reading)
Salary: £27,584 FTE – Pro-rated to £16,550.40
Hours: Part Time: 21 Hours per week
Contract: Fixed – 1 year (Maternity Cover)

Thrive’s vision is that gardening is actively encouraged as part of personal health and wellbeing management and Social & Therapeutic Horticulture (STH) services are available wherever people live.

We’re looking for a skilled and enthusiastic Trusts & Grants Fundraising Officer to join our Philanthropy Team and help bring Thrive’s mission to life. This role is all about producing compelling, high-quality funding applications and reports that help secure income to support Thrive’s work across the UK.

If you have strong writing and organisational skills, an eye for detail, and want to make a real impact within a purpose-driven organisation, we’d love to hear from you.

For full information, please download the Job Pack.

To Apply:

Please provide an up-to-date CV and a covering letter of maximum 2 pages explaining how you are a good fit for the role, can meet the criteria in the person specification and confirming that you can attend an interview and be available to start on the noted dates.

Please send this to recruitment@thrive.org.uk.

Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.

Closing date for applications: 12 noon on Monday 15 June 2026.

Interviews will take place on Teams/Zoom on Tuesday 23 / Wednesday 24 June 2026, with the successful candidate expected to start in early August 2026.

To achieve our goal of engaging as many people as possible in ‘gardening for health’, we know that our employee team needs to better reflect and represent all of our communities. Therefore, we particularly welcome applicants from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background, and disabled people, as these groups are currently under-represented among Thrive’s employees.

Thrive is a Disability Confident Employer and as such we are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people and will offer an interview to give you the opportunity to demonstrate your abilities at an interview, if you declare that you have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the job.