Hours: Part time, 21 to 28 hours a week

Salary: c£23,200 for 28 hours (£29,000 full time equivalent)

Location: Home based with occasional travel to meetings in South-East England

Closing date: 09:00 on Monday 12 January 2026

Interview date: 21 January 2026

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Action Medical Research is a UK-wide charity on a mission to save and change children’s lives through medical research, developing treatments, vaccinations and cures. We’ve been funding medical breakthroughs since we began over 70 years ago and have helped to beat polio in the UK, fight meningitis, prevent stillbirths and develop ultrasound scanning in pregnancy. But medical research for children is underfunded and we urgently need to develop more new treatments and cures. That’s why we need you to help in our fight for little lives.

We are seeking a Trusts Fundraising Officer to join our ambitious trusts and foundations team, supporting delivery of the trusts fundraising plan and maximising grant income. The successful candidate will contribute to developing compelling proposals to secure funding, provide excellent stewardship of donors to build long term relationships, and research new trust prospects.

Proven experience of successful trusts fundraising is essential, and the candidate will need to be proactive, naturally well organised, with the ability to craft powerful cases for support. An understanding of fundraising from trusts for medical research causes is desirable.

To find out more about this role, please read the full job description.

To apply, please submit your CV with a supporting statement showing how you meet the skills and experience in the person specification. Send your application to bsheridan@action.org.uk by on 09:00 on Monday 12 January 2026, although we encourage early applications as we will review them on an ongoing basis and may close the role before the closing date if a suitable candidate is found. If you have not heard from us by 16 January 2026, then unfortunately, you have not been shortlisted. 

First interviews will be held on 21 January 2026

Benefits include 25 days annual leave (inclusive of three days closure between 27 and 31 December) and a Group Flexible Retirement Plan.