Theatre Royal Bath are looking to appoint a freelance Trusts & Foundations Bid Writer to kick-start a period of fundraising for artist development, access and inclusion, and industry training projects to the value of £700k - £1m for activity taking place over the next three years.

The purpose of this project is to develop compelling proposals - clear, persuasive, and well-articulated documents that translate complex ideas into easily understandable narrative that elicit philanthropic support from a variety of sources. You will use external research on funding and capital prospects to create a strategy and related bids that realise our development goals by securing four, five and six-figure funds.

You will be a flexible and experienced professional with a strong track record in grant writing and evaluation in the arts. Your role will be to research, plan, manage and execute a series of bids in support of projects at The Egg and Theatre Royal Bath.

Any successful bids will offer feasible scope to provide additional project set-up services, including design of impact and evaluation frameworks that will capture the change successfully funded projects make.

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION

Full details can be found at https://www.theatreroyal.org.uk/job-vacancies/

Please send a covering letter demonstrating the experience and personal attributes that make you right for this piece of work. In addition, we expect to receive a document such as a CV or portfolio that demonstrates your ability undertake this freelance project and a previous track record in securing funds at these levels. We expect only those with a demonstrable record of success in successful bid application writing and project management to apply. We will require two recent references for relevant bid writing experience. Any suitable parties will be asked to provide a consultancy proposal that outlines their approach and charges.

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