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Sea-Changers is a marine conservation charity with its virtual head office in Leicestershire. We are mostly run by a small team of volunteers and a freelance Grants Officer who love the UK's seas, shores and wildlife. We have just recruited our first Executive Director to lead the team.

We give grants to UK marine charities and non-profits for conservation and research projects. We work with businesses and individuals to raise funds through corporate partnerships. We are growing fast and we now need additional voluntary support with managing our grants programme. We are looking for help from someone willing to volunteer some of their time on a regular basis. 

What is involved?

In order to allocate grants we invite organisations to submit an application form. You would help with collating and filing these forms and communicating with applicants. Once the applications have been assessed by our expert panel, you'd help with letting applicants know if they've been been successful or not and processing the paperwork for successful ones.

Once grant-funded projects are complete we ask them to complete an evaluation form so that we know if the project went well.  You'd help with reviewing evaluation forms and highlighting interesting ones.

Most of this is currently done by a freelance Grants Manager and two existing volunteers and you’d be working with them to ensure the process runs smoothly. The admin volunteers also reply to queries that come into our general inbox.

This voluntary role would suit someone who:

• Is passionate about conservation - particularly the UK's marine environment.
• Is very organised.
• Is competent and confident with basic IT - Microsoft products, Google Drive and a simple to use database system (training will be given in how to use our systems).
• Is a good communicator and happy to liaise with organisations around the UK by email or telephone to ensure we gather timely information and feedback from them.
• Can work with minimal supervision once the role and relevant tasks have been understood.
• Is happy to work with other volunteers as required.
• Can work from home using their own IT.

What will you get in return?

The role is voluntary and unremunerated, but you will be joining a friendly team of passionate volunteers and will receive support from the Grants Manager. You will learn a great deal about the exciting array of marine conservation projects that exist around the UK's shores and coasts and be inspired by all the good work going on up and down the country.