Grant officer jobs
WCCM seeks to appoint an experienced, creative, and highly motivated Grant and Major Donor Fundraising Manager to lead fundraising and grant management across a global organisation dedicated to the teaching of Christian Meditation.
Working to the Executive Director, you will interact with our decentralised finance, marketing and communications staff and volunteers.
Together, you will nurture Major Donor relationships and create and manage appropriate donor stewardship schemes and rationalise our income streams.
You’ll ensure grant reporting and management is kept on track whilst developing targeted proposals for new funding from sympathetic donors in the arena of Trusts and foundations.
You will work to support both our teaching and resourcing of meditation and the running of our retreat centre in Bonnevaux, near Poitiers in France.
An excellent writer with excellent financial and budgeting skills, you will be adept at pulling together relevant, succinct and compelling information for our donor reports and bids.
You’ll work with communications staff to develop impactful donor communications which enhance our accountability and inspire renewed major donations.
You will have a demonstrable track record in winning grants as well as in the stewardship of major donors.
Occasional trips to France.
Interest in Christian Meditation/Spirituality an advantage.
Interviews: early December 2025
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At 21 Together, we believe every person with Down’s syndrome has the right to live a happy, rich and fulfilling life. Based in Maidstone and working across Kent, we support children and young people with Down’s syndrome, their families, and the professionals who work with them.
We are a small but impactful charity looking for an inspiring Chief Executive Officer to lead us through the next phase of our growth.
Job Title: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Organisation: 21 Together
Location: Maidstone, Kent (Hybrid working available)
Salary: From £48,561 FTE, dependent on experience 
Contract: Permanent or Fixed Term (flexible)
Working Hours: Part-time or Fractional (minimum 3 days per week)
Closing Date: 5th January 2026
Interview Date: Early January 2026
The Role
As CEO, you’ll provide strategic leadership, oversee operations, and drive income generation to ensure our long-term sustainability. You’ll work closely with our committed Board of Trustees, lead a passionate team, and act as the public face of the organisation.
We’re open to part-time or fractional working arrangements (minimum 3 days/week) to attract the right person.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver our mission and long-term strategy
 - Ensure strong financial oversight and fundraising success
 - Lead and support staff and volunteers, fostering a positive and inclusive culture
 - Maintain strong governance and ensure legal compliance
 - Represent the charity externally and build key stakeholder relationships
 - Monitor impact and promote continuous improvement
 
About You
We’re looking for someone who is:
- An experienced leader with a strategic mindset
 - Financially astute, with a track record of managing budgets and securing income
 - A confident communicator with excellent stakeholder engagement skills
 - Committed to inclusion, learning, and supporting vulnerable communities
 
Desirable: Experience or understanding of Down’s syndrome and/or learning disabilities.
What We Offer
- Flexible working (minimum 3 days/week)
 - Hybrid arrangements available
 - Supportive and values-led culture
 - Opportunity to make a meaningful, visible difference
 
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We're looking for a passionate and dynamic Grants Officer to join our Fundraising Team. You will help the Grants Manager and Head of Fundraising and Development secure vital income from a growing number of Trusts and Foundations. You will need to be a confident in writing compelling funding applications and have excellent attention to detail. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute directly to life-changing work, develop your fundraising career, and be part of a supportive, inclusive team that's determined to make a difference.
- Permanent, full-time role in the Fundraising Team
 - Salary: £31,200-£34,736
 - Deadline to apply: 9am Wednesday 5th November
 
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Prospectus is excited to be partnering with our client in the search for a new Grants Officer to join their collaborative team.
The organisation is an independent charitable foundation that aims to build partnerships and invest in communities to make lasting change so local residents can access the wealth of opportunities that surround them. For 35 years they have been supporting communities and local charities in the East End of London.
This Grants Officer role is available on a permanent contract and full-time basis (35 hours a week). This is a hybrid role, where the foundation would like the postholder to attend the Isle of Dogs office two days a week in East London, with Wednesday being a core office day. The salary banding for this role is £28,000-£32,000 (dependent on level of experience).
In this role, you will report to the Head of Grants and Programmes and support the development, management, and promotion of the foundation's grants programmes. You will manage a portfolio of grants, provide guidance to applicants and grantees, assess grant applications, and conduct due diligence to inform funding recommendations.
You will monitor funded projects, ensure timely reporting and validate project delivery. You will maintain accurate records on Salesforce. You will support donor engagement, ensure reporting aligns with CSR goals, review end-of-grant reports, and contribute to annual programme reporting. You will help deliver funding workshops and community events. You will assist with developing systems, policies, and communication tools for grant making. You will stay up to date on best practices in grant making and contribute to continuous improvement.
The ideal candidate will have knowledge and experience of the grant making process. You could be a trust and foundations fundraiser wanting to make the transition to grants officer, or a grants administrator or officer seeking to progress further in your career. While training and support will be provided you must understand what makes a good funding application, and an ability to critically review proposals, in order to make appropriate recommendations.   
 
You will have experience or understanding of working within the voluntary sector and needs of communities in the East-End of London. You will have a strong eye for detail and experience gathering, recording information, and presenting to audiences. 
You will be a strong communicator, who can develop relationships with people from different backgrounds and lived experiences. You will be able to work on your own initiative and within a small team. You will have excellent IT literacy and administrative skills.
 
Desirably, you will have experience using Salesforce CRM, managing budgets, knowledge of participatory grant making, and public speaking.
Deadline for applications: 9am on Monday 24th November 2025
Salary: £35,327 per annum, pro rata
Contract: Fixed Term contract to 31st March 2027, Full Time (37.5 hours per week) We operate a blended working approach where you will be required to work in the office two days a week, Wednesday & one other day tbc
About The Role
As a Grants and Learning Officer, you’ll be helping us to deliver our ambitious, nationwide grants programme. We currently support over 500 grassroots organisations and 18-30 year old creatives, and have a busy grants cycle to manage, alongside ever-increasing numbers of applications.
This year, we’re building and migrating to a new grants database and you’ll play an integral role on the project team. In addition, you’ll manage an assigned portfolio of grants, and help with all aspects of the funding cycle. You’ll support applicants and funded partners, make funding recommendations, administer grants, provide feedback and support, and visit projects.
About You
First and foremost, you’ll be passionate about the work that Youth Music does. As a skilled administrator, you’re not fazed by planning, monitoring, reporting, and spreadsheets. You have an eye for detail. You’ve got good IT skills and working knowledge of how databases operate. With the development of our new database this is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys developing processes and working with data and detail.
You’re a collaborative worker who enjoys being part of a friendly team, as well as travelling on your own to build new relationships with a diverse range of people. As a grants manager you’ll have an instinct for what’s important – when to give advice, and when to step back.
Key Responsibilities
Grant Making
- Relationship management for a diverse portfolio of grants within allocated areas or specialisms.
 - Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of the music/creative landscape and issues affecting your allocated areas.
 - Provide telephone, online (e.g. Zoom, Microsoft Teams, webinars) and email advice to potential applicants.
 - Assess grant applications.
 - Make recommendations to the assessment panel.
 - Efficient and effective turnaround of grants administration, primarily through our grants databases (Salesforce and Grant Tracker).
 - Ensure data in the grants database is accurate and up-to-date, and support with data input, analysis and cleansing.
 - Review grant requirements and ensure quick processing of payments.
 - Undertake visits to funded projects and attend events.
 - Provide advice and feedback to successful and unsuccessful applicants.
 - Support the running and facilitation of events.
 - Contribute to the improvement of Youth Music’s funding processes and procedures in line with the flexible funding principles we’re committed to.
 - Provide support to others in the wider Youth Music team.
 
Learning and Projects
- Undertake project-based tasks as part of wider team or organisational project work.
 - Specialist knowledge about assigned areas of Youth Music’s work or operations and produce relevant outputs to help us and others to learn and develop.
 - Produce resources and content for the Youth Music community.
 - Present information and learning to internal and external colleagues.
 
General
- Carry out all such additional duties as are reasonably commensurate with the role.
 - This post will require travel across the UK, occasionally involving overnight stays.
 - This job description is not necessarily an exhaustive list of duties but is intended to reflect a range of duties the post-holder will perform.
 
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
- Experience of working or volunteering in music education, music industries, grants management, youth work or advocacy, education, or not-for-profit settings.
 - Familiarity with the funding process.
 - Experience of working in an administrative role.
 - Experience using databases and other software.
 - Proficient IT skills, including Microsoft Teams and Office (in particular Outlook, Excel and Word).
 - Organisational and administrative skills, able to prioritise and work to deadlines.
 - Attention to detail.
 - Confident in decision-making and can work autonomously.
 - Ability to think creatively to solve problems.
 - Interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a team.
 - Ability to communicate effectively with different types of people.
 - A clear and persuasive verbal communicator with the ability to write in plain English.
 - Ability to build and manage relationships.
 - Analytical skills (you’ll be required to read and respond to applications and reports).
 - Commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity and access (IDEA), with good awareness of accessibility and understanding of inclusive best practice.
 
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of project management, including financial planning and management.
 - Understanding of the social issues facing children and young people today.
 - Understanding youth voice and/or participatory grant making practices.
 - Understanding of organisational best practice (safeguarding, financial health, governance, equality, and diversity).
 - Understanding of the music education and / or music industries landscape.
 
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Looking to work as a dedicated Grants Officer, in a small dynamic team? This exciting opportunity plays a key role in supporting environmental and community initiatives across the country.
Grants Officer at Veolia Environmental Trust
Salary: £26,200 plus pension and benefits
Location: Hybrid - Cannock office (minimum 2 days per week) with home working flexibility
When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources, and help it become a better place for everyone. It's why we're looking for someone who's just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life.
We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.
What we can offer you:
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Access to our company pension scheme
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Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers
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Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to
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24 hour access to a virtual GP, 365 days a year, for you and family members in your household
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One paid days leave every year to volunteer and support your community
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Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential
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Modern office facilities with electric car charging, free gym, and subsidised canteen
 
What you'll be doing:
Join our mission to support community and environmental projects that make a real difference. The Veolia Environmental Trust is an independent grant-making charity that distributes Landfill Communities Fund monies across England.
As a dedicated Grants Officer, you'll join our small, dynamic team in an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting environmental initiatives across the country while developing your career in the grants and charitable sector.
Reporting to the Head of Grants, you'll work with a diverse range of stakeholders including applicants, beneficiaries, regulators, and sector peers.
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Manage the full grants lifecycle of projects from application to completion, including compliance monitoring and occasional site visits
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Manage grant claims, including checking evidence of expenditure and project budgets
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Deliver excellent customer service through professional handling of enquiries
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Build positive relationships with applicants, providing guidance and support throughout the application and live grants processes
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Process and evaluate funding applications, ensuring fair and thorough assessment against our criteria
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Assist with Board meeting arrangements, minute taking and other administrative duties
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Support Trustee meetings and contribute to strategic discussions about our funding priorities
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Help develop communications materials and guidance to support potential applicants
 
What we're looking for:
Essential:
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A values-driven and ethical approach to work, with a strong commitment to improving the environment and community wellbeing
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Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to quickly understand complex information
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Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
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A positive, proactive approach with the ability to work both independently and as part of our close-knit team
 
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Experience of assessing financial information (e.g. invoices, quotes, tenders etc)
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Experience in grant making or the charitable sector
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Digital skills, including familiarity with AI tools such as ChatGPT
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Current driving licence
 
While relevant experience is desirable, we welcome applications from candidates at all career stages and with different life experiences as full training will be provided to the successful candidate.
To apply, please follow the recruiter link sending your CV and covering letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) explaining why you're passionate about environmental grant making and how your skills align with this role.
What's next?
Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.
We're proud to have been named as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for three consecutive years in 2023, 2024 and 2025. This consistent recognition reflects our commitment to our people, demonstrating that Veolia is not just transforming the environment, we're also transforming what it means to have a rewarding, purposeful career.
We're dedicated to supporting you throughout your application journey, offering adjustments where reasonable and appropriate. As a proud Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who opt-in to the Disability Confident scheme, and meet the minimum criteria for our roles.
We're also committed to ensuring that all applicants and colleagues receive fair treatment without discrimination on any grounds, aiming to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Smart Works Reading is a transformative charity empowering woman to achieve economic independence. We provide high-quality interview clothes, personalised styling advice, and one-to-one interview training to women in need. We aim to boost their confidence, enhance their professional appearance, and increase their chances of job interview success, leading to financial stability and improved well-being.
As a Grant Writer, you'll play a crucial role in securing the funds that enable us to serve our community. Your work will directly impact our ability to help more women, expand our services, and create lasting change. The funding you secure will support our clothing inventory, enhance training programmes, increase outreach efforts, improve our technology, and support our operational costs.
To find out more please see the job pack attached to this ad, and apply no later than 12 noon on Wednesday 5th November 2025.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: York, Potteric Carr or Stirley
Department: Fundraising
Salary: £25,624 to £27,696 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is one of the UK’s fastest growing nature conservation organisations and seeks to appoint a Grants Officer.
Do you have a flair for writing compelling funding bids and building lasting relationships with funders? Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is looking for a motivated Grants Officer to join our fundraising team and help secure vital income to support nature’s recovery across Yorkshire.
In this varied role, you’ll be responsible for managing a portfolio of grant applications and reports, researching new opportunities, and nurturing relationships with existing funders. Working closely with the Grants Manager and colleagues across the Trust, you’ll develop strong cases for support and ensure timely, accurate reporting that meets funder requirements.
Alongside excellent written communication skills, strong organisational ability, and a collaborative approach, you’ll have experience in fundraising, bid writing or a similar role. Above all we’re seeking a proactive individual who can turn opportunities into successful outcomes.
In return, you’ll join a passionate and supportive team, enjoy flexible working, and make a real difference by helping to secure funding that delivers lasting benefits for Yorkshire’s wildlife and people.
How to apply:
Please submit an up-to-date CV and supporting statement. When writing your supporting statement, please ensure you describe your relevant knowledge, skills and experience aligned to the Person Specification within the Job Description. Please be aware that if you only submit a CV, your application may not be considered.
Please DO NOT include any personal details (name, address etc) on your supporting statement.
Closing date: Sunday 16 November 2025 (midnight).
Interview date: Friday 28th November (in York).
Please note that applications received after the closing deadline may not be considered. The Trust regrets that it is unable to give feedback on unsuccessful applications.
We are committed to creating a Movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We want our people to flourish, just like nature.
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			 Senior Grants Officer Location: Fully Remote Salary: £30,000 per annum Vacancy Type: Permanent Closing Date: 14 Nov 2025 About The Role An exciting opportunity has arisen to join The Forward Trust as a Senior Grants Officer, working fully remotely to grow and maximise income from trusts, foundations, and other grant-giving organisations. As a key member of our passionate and target-driven Fundraising Team, you’ll identify and engage new funders while strengthening relationships with existing supporters, securing vital income for our life-changing and life-saving services across prisons and communities throughout the UK. The Forward Trust empowers people to break the cycles of addiction, crime, and poor mental health. While much of our work is government-funded, our Fundraising Team raises around £2.5 million per year from charitable sources. Many of our staff have lived experience of recovery or the criminal justice system, bringing authenticity and impact to everything we do. Your Role 
 About You You’ll bring proven experience in grant fundraising, strong relationship-building skills, and the ability to write clear, persuasive proposals. You’ll be organised, collaborative, and motivated by making a tangible difference in people’s lives. With a new strategy, team structure, and CRM system in place, it’s an exciting time to join our mission-driven, supportive, and fun fundraising team. You will be required to travel to our Head Office in London once a month. Start date: 5th January 2026 About Us We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community. 
 To Apply If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.  | 
		
About the role
We are seeking a Grants Systems and Business Analyst to join our Foundation, providing subject-area expertise to our grantmaking and wider teams. This exciting role leads on our grants system and processes and ensures we are working in the best way to support our grant-making (approx. £35m of grant spend per year).
You will lead on maintaining, designing and developing grant making systems and processes and their relationship to other parts of the organisation. You will work with colleagues to identify where we could improve our use of existing digital systems or introduce new systems and oversee the introduction of new systems as agreed including the development of a new grant management system. A key element of this role is to help others work in the most efficient and effective way.
In addition, the role leads on introducing, developing and overseeing the operation of digital systems to support the operation of PHF’s wider business. The post holder will bring a mix of technical and people skills to lead on continuous improvement, ensuring our systems and workflows fit the needs of the organisation and those we work with, and colleagues are skilled-up to work effectively. This may involve working on the introduction of new software as required and will include working with our IT support company, software suppliers and colleagues who have specific oversight of some systems.
Main areas of resposibility
- System and Process Design for grant-making
 - Systems to support PHF’s operation
 - System Administration and Support
 - Integration with other systems
 - Reporting and data management
 
Our ideal candidate will be an experienced digital systems and data expert who can confidently translate technical language to a non-expert client group in order to improve systems and ways of working. You may have exeperience of Blackbaud Grantmaking software or will be confident to pick this up.
About us
Paul Hamlyn Foundation was established by Paul Hamlyn in 1987. Upon his death in 2001, he left most of his estate to the Foundation, creating one of the largest grant-making foundations in the UK.
We use our resources to support social change, working towards a just and equitable society in which everyone, especially young people, can realise their full potential and enjoy fulfilling and creative lives.
Our vision is for a just society in which everyone, especially young people, can realise their full potential and enjoy fulfilling and creative lives.
Our mission is to be an effective and independent funder, using all our resources to create opportunities and support social change. We partner with inspiring organisations and individuals to put them at the heart of leading change and designing solutions to overcome inequality.
We are committed to being an anti-racist organisation. This commitment drives how we work, who we work with and how we make decisions. You can read more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) here.
We have five funding priorities where we wish to see change for our work in the UK:
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Investing in young people
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Migration
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Arts
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Arts Education
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Nurturing ideas and people
 
Our values are important to us and we work to and carry them through all our activity.
Benefits
The Foundation is based in light and recently refurbished offices near Kings Cross in London and we currently work to a hybrid working model with 40% of time worked in the office and the rest a combination of external grantee visits and homeworking. We offer fantastic benefits including
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25 days annual leave,
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10% non-contributory pension contributions with optional additional 2.5% matched employer contributions
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Enhanced maternity and paternity policies
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Complimentary lunch when in the office.
 
First stage interviews are expected to take place remotely on Friday 28th November. Second stage interviews are expected to take place in-person on Wednesday 10th December.
We are one of the largest independent grantmakers in the UK, focusing on the arts, education and learning, migration and young people.



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Location: Harlow, Essex. Easily commutable from London Liverpool Street/Tottenham Hale Station. We offer a free minibus service from Harlow Town Train Station and free parking onsite.
Hours: Full-time position, Blended working arrangement could be considered, with two days a week working from home.
Reports to: Transport Solutions Manager.
About the role:
At the Motability Foundation, we fund, support, research and innovate so that all disabled people can make the journeys they choose.
We’re building a Transport Solutions Team that can work flexibly across all the tools in our delivery kit – from grants and innovation pilots to research, partnerships, and commercial interventions. This includes a growing portfolio of projects tackling key challenges like inclusive EV charging, complex community transport funding opportunities, and large-scale research such as the National Centre for Accessible Transport.
We are now recruiting several Grant Managers to join this team and help us deliver our vision. This role works within a dedicated team to assess grant applications from charities and organisations applying to the Motability Foundation for grant-funding to support their work in the disability transport sector.
This is an opportunity to join a collaborative, purpose-led team driving change in the transport system for disabled people and to work on some of the most interesting and impactful projects in the sector.
What you will be doing:
- Manage grant delivery, including assessment, due diligence, contracting, monitoring, and closure, across our funding rounds.
 - Engage with all levels of applicant and grantee organisations to understand their work, assess their proposals, and provide support and challenge to strengthen delivery and outcomes.
 - Undertake financial, reputational, governance, and operational due diligence in line with our policies and risk appetite.
 - Produce high quality assessments of applications for review by our grant panels, including award recommendations.
 - Work with applicant organisations to develop and agree contractual grant agreements.
 - Manage and monitor multi-year grant awards to ensure objectives and KPIs are achieved within agreed timescales and budgets.
 - Ensuring all of our data records are kept up-to-date including reconciling payment schedules to grant records.
 - Work closely with colleagues across the TST to provide insight from delivery into programme development, and to learn from others’ work across research, innovation and partnerships.
 - Staying abreast of key issues facing the disability and transport sectors, to understand how these shape and influence applications to Motability’s grant programmes.
 - Support delivery of non-traditional funding mechanisms such as challenge prizes, research calls, or commercial commissioning approaches, contributing to assessment and management.
 
Your experience:
- Experienced in assessing, managing, monitoring and evaluating grant applications or similar roles related to charitable grant making.
 - Understanding of not-for-profit structures, including charities, social enterprises and other not-for-profit organisations.
 - Experience in writing a variety of styles including academic, reports, and impact.
 - Demonstrable ability to prioritise when faced with a continuous flow of applications and variable work load.
 - Experience of effectively engaging at all levels within applicant organisations leading discussions where necessary.
 - Good with numbers, and the ability to understand and interpret budgets and accounts.
 - Able to engage with grant applicants and build an ongoing positive rapport.
 - Strong IT skills including experience working with the MS Office suite.
 - Experience within the disability sector and/or direct or indirect experience of the mobility challenges faced by disabled people would be advantageous, but not essential.
 
We are building a future where all disabled people have the transport options to make the journeys they choose.
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This role is a key member of a small staff team of the Girlguiding North West England Region Office which is led by the Executive Manager This role will contribute to identifying, applying for, and securing grant funding, as well as developing creative fundraising initiatives. The successful applicant must have excellent verbal, and written communication skills. They must be able to build positive relationships with staff and volunteers at all levels and have a working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
We’re looking for a Trusts Officer to join our dynamic Fundraising Team to contribute towards securing vital income from charitable trusts and foundations across the UK.
Working closely with the Trusts Manager, you’ll develop and submit compelling funding proposals, build strong relationships with new and existing supporters and ensure the highest standards of donor care. You’ll also help maintain accurate records, collaborate across teams, and contribute to achieving ambitious income targets.
If you have experience writing successful grant applications, managing relationships with funders, and a proactive, collaborative approach to work, we’d love to hear from you.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
At TLG, we are passionate about building an exceptional staff team committed to transforming the lives of children who are struggling. Our vision is bold, and we are looking for outstanding people to join us on this journey. This role presents an exciting opportunity for a motivated and purpose-driven leader to become our Head of Grants & Philanthropy.
This is a pivotal role where you will lead the growth of TLG’s philanthropic income, driving progress to reach ambitious six-figure targets year after year. You will shape and deliver a dynamic strategy to build a diverse and sustainable portfolio of income streams, including trusts and foundations, major donors, corporate partnerships, and legacy giving. A core focus will be creating and implementing an effective grants strategy to grow and maximise voluntary income from trusts and foundations. The funding you secure will be essential to sustaining TLG’s operations and enabling future growth.
As Head of Grants & Philanthropy, you will work closely with TLG’s Directors, colleagues across the organisation, and external partners to raise funds for innovative projects in the UK and support the expansion of our work internationally. You will also lead a small, talented team, inspiring and equipping them to develop each area of philanthropic income. Strong administrative skills and a commitment to harnessing AI for efficiency will be key, allowing you to focus on building relationships and sourcing new opportunities.
From crafting compelling applications to driving strategic development, this role places you at the heart of our mission to bring fullness of life to every child, no matter what struggles they face. If you are an experienced, innovative leader with a passion for making a difference, we would love to hear from you.
TLG is a Christian charity and, as a team, we want to bring our faith to the work we do; as such, we are recruiting an individual with a strong and vibrant Christian faith. We would welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds to enable us to better reflect the needs of the communities we serve.
Hours: 37.5 per hours week (full-time). Open to part-time for the right candidate.
Closing Date: Thursday 20th November
Initial Interviews: Thursday 27th November – Online
Final Interviews: Tuesday 9th December – at our National Support Centre in West Yorkshire
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About Sister System
Founded in 2018, Sister System is a charitable organisation and an Open College Network (OCN) approved centre dedicated to empowering girls and young women aged 13-24 affected by the care system.
Our approach is co-designed with care-affected young women and girls to ensure that their lived experiences continue to drive meaningful change and shape our progression. Built on proven therapeutic models, our long-term mentoring, accredited qualifications, and leadership development programmes strengthen resilience, confidence, and essential life skills.
Our model seeks to break intergenerational cycles by equipping young women with the tools to thrive and lead change. Through a strong sense of community, peer networks, and trusted adult relationships, we create clear pathways into education, employment, and socio-economic stability, supporting a life free from abuse.
Throughout her journey with Sister System, each girl participates in weekly one-to-one and group sessions focused on self-education and personal growth. These sessions explore the social and emotional transition to womanhood while building a supportive network of “sisters” who continue to empower one another during key life transitions. Our programmes are accessible to girls and young women at any stage of educational attainment, enabling all Sis-Stars to learn, grow, and thrive.
Our strategy
We are one year into our 2024-2027 strategy to set Sister System on a path to scale our reach and impact. We have bold ambitions to scale across London and beyond. We have been building our organisational resilience, the quality of our programmes and robust systems to collect data and measure our impact. We are looking for a new Director of Fundraising who can bring in income from multiple sources to support our sustainable growth.
Director of Fundraising - role details
Benefits
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Annual Salary: £57,000 to £62,000 (3 to 5 days per week, pro rata as relevant)
 
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Leave Entitlement: 25 days and 8 bank holidays (+ your birthday off + 1 additional day per year of service up to 5 days)
 
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Training and Development (CPD): £1000 per year
 
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Company Pension
 
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Death in Service Insurance Cover
 
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Well-being and Company Events
 
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Health benefits package
 
Responsibilities and Duties
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Develop and implement a comprehensive multi-year fundraising strategy that encompasses diverse income streams, working collaboratively with senior leadership to coordinate efforts and maintain an up-to-date fundraising pipeline.
 
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Steward high-value relationships with trusts, foundations, and corporate partners while leading grant applications and proposals for six-figure funding opportunities.
 
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Strategically position Sister System for statutory funding by identifying government contract opportunities and ensuring the organisation remains competitive for local authority and national funding programmes.
 
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Oversee critical systems and processes including financial reporting, grant management cycles, board reporting, and line management duties while serving as an external ambassador for the organisation
 
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Line manage a small fundraising team
 
Essential Skills, knowledge, and behaviours:
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Proven track record of developing and delivering successful fundraising strategies at a senior level.
 
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Proven track record of meeting or exceeding income targets across multiple income streams.
 
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Experience managing multiple income streams, including statutory income, individual, corporate, and grant fundraising
 
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Strong leadership and people management skills with experience of developing high-performing teams
 
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Excellent relationship-building skills with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders
 
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Financial acumen, including budgeting, reporting, and performance analysis
 
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Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including bid writing and donor presentations
 
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Strategic thinker with a proactive, innovative, and resilient approach
 
Applications close 9am 17th November 2025
Interviews will involve at least two stages; First stage interviews will be on or around 27th November; Second stage interviews will be on 10th/11th December 2025
We work alongside girls and young women aged 13-24 affected by care, offering her an early intervention mentoring and educational programme.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                        
                                
                        
                    
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                    
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                    
                        
