• Application close: Monday, 16th August (9am BST) – please note late applications will not be accepted
• Salary  £27,000 (+ £3,000 Inner London weighting, where applicable)
• Contract type: Full time, permanent
• Hours: 9:00am-5:30pm, Mon-Fri
• Interview date: Monday 23rd August (TBC)
• Start date: ASAP
• Job Location: Weekly meetings in London schools, with flexibility to work from London office and home on other days
• Reporting to: Deputy Programme Director
• Start date: ASAP

About The Access Project - The Access Project works with bright students from disadvantaged backgrounds, providing in-school support and personalised tuition to help them gain access to top universities. Why do we do this? Because at present just 1 in 50 young people from the most disadvantaged backgrounds gets into a top university compared to 1 in 4 of their most advantaged peers. Unless this improves, we are unlikely to see any significant improvements in social mobility in the UK.

As a charity we run a programme with 1,700 young people aged 14-18 across 35 schools. We recruit and train graduate volunteers to be exceptional tutors who work with our students for an hour a week to raise their grades. In addition, a dedicated school-based staff member mentors our students so they have the knowledge and support to make strong university applications. Our results show this approach works. Our students perform better than their peers academically, and independent analysis by UCAS has shown that students on our programme are four times as likely to get into a top university than another student with the same academic track record and background who has not had our support. As a charity our ambition is to reach more young people whilst maintaining this exceptionally high impact.

The Access Project currently works in London, the East and West Midlands and Bradford. We have a growing team working in schools and in our regional offices. Our funding comes from a range of sources including schools, businesses, major donors and grant-making trusts. We know that there are many bright disadvantaged young people outside of our current geographies who have the talent to go on to top universities – but aren’t able to fulfil this potential. Our long-term ambition is to grow to national reach.

About the role - The Access Project is at an exciting stage in its development. Having initially developed and grown in London, we have successfully established our programme in the West Midlands (in a mixture of Birmingham and Black Country schools) over the last four years and launched in the East Midlands in September 2017 where we work with four schools.  This year we launched our programmes in Bradford where we work with 2 schools.

The London Programme Manager position will oversee delivery of the programme in up to 13 London schools through up to 8 University Access Officers. Working closely with the Deputy Programme Director and the rest of the Programme Management team, this role is accountable for delivery of KPIs, school relationship management and University Access Officer line management.  This role will involve travelling to The Access Project’s partner schools in London on a weekly basis. 

The Access Project is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and will expect the London Programme Manager to share this commitment.

Duties and responsibilities

The Programme Manager will be responsible for:

University Access Officer (UAO) line management. This will include:

• Overseeing, guiding and supporting UAOs’ programme delivery
• Holding accountability for programme KPIs and UAO performance
• Overseeing UAO morale and professional development
• Conducting weekly line management meetings, at University Access Officers’ schools in London
• Conducting formal quarterly, mid-year and year-end reviews
• Co-chairing weekly programme team meetings (with the other London Programme Managers) on Fridays
• Recruitment and training of additional UAOs as the programme grows
• Delivering elements of the annual induction process and other training opportunities for UAOs
• Working with Senior University Access Officers on strategies to improve programme delivery
• Ensuring and promoting Programme Team morale.

Stakeholder relationship management. This will include:

• Building relationships with Headteachers, school Senior Leadership Team members and other key in-school staff to ensure the programme is well received and any potential problems are resolved
• Guiding UAOs’ business relationship management, building working relationships with our business stakeholders
• Overseeing termly stakeholder management meetings in each school
• Compiling reports for schools and conducting contract renewal meetings

Programme quality assurance. This will include:

• Managing to key programme indicators (e.g. student attendance at tutorials)
• Reviewing programme (impact and delivery) during monthly meetings with the Impact team, Programme & Volunteering Director, Deputy Programme Director and other Programme Managers
• Attending weekly videoconference meetings with the Programme & Volunteering Director, Deputy Programme Director and other Programme Managers to monitor and review delivery across all schools
• Overseeing termly Delivery Review Meetings with all University Access Officers in order to understand and create strategies to overcome any barriers to programme delivery

Project management of discrete projects. This will include:

• Identifying areas for improvement in programme delivery and managing projects to ensure programme delivery is optimised
• Collaborating with the other Programme Managers to ensure all ad-hoc tasks related to programme delivery are looked after
• Acting as the main liaison for another team within TAP to ensure all cross-team projects or requests for information are managed effectively

Management of the organisation. This will include:

• Embodying the charity’s values and demonstrating commitment to the mission in order to effectively lead and motivate the wider team

Person specification

Essential characteristics and experience:

• Experience of line management, preferably within the education or charity sector
• Experience of complex programme delivery and management
• Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written
• Innovative, strategic thinker, able to resolve complex problems
• Proven, exceptional relationship-building skills, with colleagues and externally
• Commitment to the cause, mission statement and aims of The Access Project

Desirable experience:

• Experience of managing a team based in different locations.
• Experience of the English secondary schools sector, either working within a school or a direct delivery organisation working with schools
• Experience of working with the UK university sector, including knowledge of the UCAS process
• Experience of working with businesses

Please see our online application portal for a full job description, person specification and further information about our charity’s fantastic work and team.

Starting date: As soon as possible

Contract Type: 18 month contract

Salary: £35,000 to £37,000 depending on skills and experience

Location: UK (London or home-based)

Application closing date: 11.59 pm (BST) 28 August 2021

Description

BCI is seeking a motivated, experienced and process-focused individual to monitor and report the accounting activities for BCI’s GIZ grants and support BCI’s other grants. The preferred candidate will demonstrate experience in reporting on grants and will be comfortable working as the central finance contact for the GIZ project teams.

The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) — the largest cotton sustainability programme in the world — aims to reach 5 million farmers worldwide with more sustainable agricultural practices, and account for 30% of global cotton production by the end of the 2020-21 cotton season. In under 12 years, the Better Cotton Initiative and its Partners have supported 2.3 million farmers in 23 countries. in adopting more sustainable agricultural practices. Thanks to these efforts, Better Cotton accounts for around 22% of global cotton production. We are truly a joint effort, encompassing stakeholders from farms to fashion brands and civil society organisations, driving the cotton sector toward sustainability. BCI aims to transform cotton production worldwide by developing Better Cotton as a sustainable mainstream commodity.

BCI has been awarded two grants from GIZ, a German government agency, to fund cotton programmes in India and Uzbekistan. This role will work closely with the project teams for these two programmes, as well as with GIZ, to ensure the programmes are delivered within budget and in accordance with the grants’ conditions.

The position is in the Finance Team and is 80% focused on the GIZ-funded programmes and 20% focused on BCI’s other grants. This role will report to the Senior Grants Accounting Coordinator. If BCI secures contracts with other major donors in the future this role will be expected to adapt to report on these grants.

This challenging role offers excellent opportunities for personal and professional development, together with a competitive benefits package.

Responsibilities

GIZ grants (80%)

Ensure financial management of GIZ grants in coordination with the GIZ project teams and Senior Grants Accounting Coordinator.

• Ensure compliance with GIZ’s donor requirements, rules and regulations, and internal and external deadlines.
• Prepare accurate, timely quarterly financial reports as per donor’s requirements.
• Maintain accurate accounts and allocation of expenditure, ensuring adequate supporting documents for all expenditure.
• Monitor grant expenditure in collaboration with the Project Coordinator and highlight variances to the Project Coordinator.
• Prepare funding requests to the donor and monitor grant income.
• Work closely with the GIZ project team to ensure that required procurement processes are followed.
• Provide support and guidance to budget holders on monitoring the project budget and forecasting.
• Participate in monthly project team meetings and act as the primary contact with the donor and project partners about financial matters.
• Provide guidance and direction to BCI staff and project partners to ensure compliance with donor’s requirements.
• Provide support in financial donor audit, prepare all the documentation and coordinate project audit.
• Follow-up on audit recommendations and corrective actions.

Other grants (20%)

Support with the financial management of BCI’s other grants.

• Allocate staff costs to grant-funded projects based on timesheets.
• Ensure timesheets for grant-funded projects are completed correctly and promptly.
• Support with maintaining accurate accounts and allocation of expenditure for grant-funded projects.
• Review financial clauses of new supplier contracts for grant-funded projects.
• Provide support with year end processes and statutory audit.
• Undertake all other duties that may be determined by the line manager and that are compatible with the job description.

The candidate will have the following Skills, Knowledge, and Experience:

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Recognised Diploma in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration

Comfortable dealing with numbers and tables

Close attention to detail and accuracy, strong analytical and organisational skills

Excellent command of Excel and literacy in Word, PowerPoint and Outlook

Bookkeeping and Accounting : experience in a finance support function

Experience working with an ERP or accounting package

Produce internal reports on the financial situation of the project

Demonstrated experience in grants financial management and compliance with contracts (in particular with donors contracts)

Demonstrated experience in financial reporting to donors

Experience in audit preparation and coordination

Experience of working in both not-for-profit and profit-making organisations

Fluency in English, both written and spoken, with attentive listening abilities and able to communicate clearly and concisely

Flexibility, initiative, ability to work autonomously and to manage workload to deliver work to deadline

Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills, with a service-oriented attitude

Desirable

Experience working with international organisations

Aptitude for manipulating data with computer systems

Advanced computer and IT skills

Good command of spoken German

Ability to work in a multicultural environment with respect for diversity

Interest in and commitment to sustainability

Working Arrangements

The position is full time (40 hours per week) and will be based in the UK (London office or home-based). BCI offers flexible working, with core hours being 10 am – 4 pm. If based at our London office, there will be the option to work from home one day per week.

Travel may be required (10-15%).

Applications:

Interested applicants with the required attributes are asked to send a detailed CV (3 pages maximum) and a motivational letter (2 pages maximum) by email to the BCI recruitment email address with subject: “Application Grants Accounting Coordinator” by 11.59 pm (BST) on 28 August 2021 at the latest. We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and may close for applications earlier than the advertised date.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

BCI is currently unable to provide sponsorship for work permits, and candidates need to have a pre-existing right to work in the location where they will be based.

BCI is an equal opportunities employer, and is committed to good practice and transparency in managing natural, human and financial resources.

Trees for Cities is the only charity working on a national and international scale to improve people's lives by planting trees in cities. Our aim is to engage communities and people to plant, protect and promote urban trees across the UK and around the world, revitalising these areas and improving the lives of the people who live in them.

We are looking for a confident and proactive individual who enjoys writing and building relationships. This is an important early career fundraising role for a fast learner, or an opportunity to broaden your existing communication skills in a new and impactful area.

PURPOSE OF JOB

The Grants Fundraiser will develop and maintain effective relationships with trusts, foundations and institutional bodies, leading to increased income from grant-making trusts, foundations, lottery and government.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Secure annual income target from grant funders (last year £200,000) for urban forest projects in schools, parks, streets and housing estates across the UK in line with business plan.
• Research and apply for new sources of funding from trusts, foundations (including corporate foundations), national lottery, and statutory funders.
• Create compelling, relevant funding proposals appropriately tailored and targeted for each potential funder including outputs, outcomes and budgets.
• Work closely with the Senior Grants Fundraiser to plan, deliver, monitor and evaluate Trees for Cities’ grant fundraising for all programmes.
• Work with the Development Team to build on existing partnerships and identify new opportunities to develop relationships further.
• Attend regular internal meetings including with the Development, Projects, Corporate and Marcomms teams.
• Work as a strong member of the Development Team.
• Prepare for and attend performance appraisals as required.
• Prepare regular progress reports and grant claims, including monitoring information, case studies and budgets, as required by the funder, to implement a high standard of stewardship.
• Communicate with existing supporters to motivate them to continue their support and form closer links with the charity; this may include organising and attending site visits, events and meetings.
• Maintain files for all grant applications and relationships, and record information on internal systems, including Donorfy for regular analysis.
• Carry out administrative and any other tasks related to the delivery of the grant fundraising where necessary.

As a member of the Programmes Team, you will help ensure that we deliver an accessible, effective, and innovative grants programme by providing advice, guidance, and support to potential grant applicants. You will assess grant applications and work with funded organisations to monitor and evaluate the impact of our grant making.

By helping to deliver investment into our communities,create the biggest impact you will be achieving our vision of Somerset as a place with strong communities where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

This is an exciting new role within our team. Every year, we award funding worth around £2.5m to hundreds of small, local organisations charities across Somerset. This year, we are will bere-opening our regular grants programmes after 18 months of focussing on our response to the coronavirus pandemic and anticipating exciting new partnerships. We’re looking for an enthusiastic and committed person with knowledge of the needs of local communities to play a key role in the delivery of our funding.

The Anne Frank Trust UK believes everyone should live free from prejudice and discrimination, using the powerful life and diary of Anne Frank as a springboard, we educate young people about the damage prejudice and hateful attitudes cause today. We empower them to challenge harmful attitudes and beliefs such as homophobia, Islamophobia, racism and sexism.

In our last full year (pre Covid) we worked with more than 120,000 people in schools, alternative provision units and community venues across the UK.  The impact of our work has been recognised by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. We are also identified as a flagship project in the Government's Hate Crime Action Plan.

The Grants Manager will be responsible for managing a significant portfolio of statutory and trust grants (approx 800K), as well as prospecting for new opportunities.  You will also manage a grants assistant (to be recruited) and you will be joining a small friendly team of professional fundraisers, playing a vital part in helping us raise the funds to deliver our powerful anti-prejudice programmes to thousands of young people.  We look forward to meeting you.

The Quadrature Climate Foundation (QCF) was established as an independent charity in 2019 by the founders of Quadrature Capital, committing a portion of annual profits to fighting the climate emergency. 

We aim to tackle the global climate emergency.

Our species, environment and planet face an unprecedented global threat that will permanently change the course of our future. People are becoming more aware of the risks climate change brings, but collectively we haven’t yet responded with enough urgency. Greenhouse gases continue to build up in the atmosphere and global average temperatures are increasing. We are committed to helping change this situation.

We provide philanthropic funding for people and organisations working to deliver the conditions for rapid change.

A huge number of solutions already exist, but we need the collective will to implement them. We believe a lot of brilliant initiatives can be built upon, but we are also keen to take whichever new paths we find that offer the best chances of success. 

THE ROLE 

We are looking for someone who is passionate about supporting Grantees to help us develop a world class grant making process that combats the climate emergency.

As a Grant Manager you will work closely with QCF’s COO to help build our granting operations in order to support the team in its goal of urgently shifting the current global climate trajectory. This role is a unique opportunity to make a real impact by pre-empting problems and suggesting improvements to current granting processes to make them more efficient and resilient, particularly as QCF’s grant-making activities grow.

This is a newly created role as part of a small team so instead of being limited in remit, your role will be varied and evolve over time. It will span all aspects of the grantee lifecycle - from grant administration through to finance and compliance responsibilities - and make impactful contributions through:

• Ensuring key milestones and timelines are captured for each grant - including financial plans, payment and reporting schedules.
• Designing and administering a grant reporting structure to provide oversight of grants throughout the entire grant lifecycle. This will include taking responsibility for relevant compliance policies and controls.
• Liaising with key stakeholders to ensure the smooth delivery of grants. This may include contractors, Quadrature Capital employees, grantees and senior management.
• Creating and improving any tools or systems needed to support the grant portfolio, with a particular focus on how these can scale as the portfolio grows.

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for a pragmatic and positive problem solver, who likes forming the link between a foundation and its Grantees.

This role allows you to get really close to our operations, leveraging tools and solutions to make them more efficient. Therefore an understanding of grant management systems, and a few years of experience building and improving operational processes is essential. You will work closely with the finance and legal teams at Quadrature Capital, so knowledge of grant management finance and any prior experience of regulatory frameworks will help you make an impact from the outset.

Attitude and mindset are important to us. Due to the nature of this role, you will need to be detail-oriented whilst also appreciating the broader grant lifecycle. This role has the opportunity to not only create, but continually improve processes, particularly in respect to our reporting structures. Therefore an analytical mindset and an ability to be creative when coming up with solutions will be useful.

The climate emergency must be addressed with urgency, and in this operations-focussed role you will need a delivery mindset; applying quality thinking and research, but remaining focused on making progress and delivering impact. We are a small team so you will need to be a self-starter, using initiative and curiosity to quickly understand the foundations’ activities and independently solve problems.

Mustard Tree has an established track record over the past 25 years, supporting people across Greater Manchester by combatting poverty and preventing homelessness. We are looking to recruit a new Trusts and Grants Manager into our high-performing fundraising team. If you are passionate about our mission, committed to our values and have experience in trusts and grants fundraising – we would love to hear from you.

This role manages Mustard Tree’s significant portfolio of Trusts and Grants, through compelling bid writing and timely reporting, alongside prospecting new opportunities. This will include managing the current trusts and grants fundraising pipeline (approx. £300 – 500k), as well as making new applications to increase this.

Please find more details in the attached Job Description and Person Specification document. To apply please send your latest CV along with a two-page cover letter explaining how you meet the requirements specified in the job description and person specification, and why you would like to be considered for the role.

Would you like the opportunity to work in fundraising for England’s most poetic Cathedral?

Wells Cathedral wishes to appoint a Grants and Projects Manager to join its new, friendly Development Office. The Development Office was established in 2019 and is responsible for securing funds from corporate sponsors, trusts and foundations, public bodies and individuals to support the upkeep, renewal and development of the Cathedral’s magnificent architecture and to provide resources to help the world-class choral music and outstanding education and outreach programmes thrive and grow.

Key purpose of post:

To deliver funding to support the work of the Cathedral through writing and first-class relationship management skills for Trusts, Foundations and other statutory funding bodies.

To develop and manage a growing portfolio of small, medium and large sized Charitable Trusts and Foundations, establishing and building relationships through email, telephone, written proposals, progress reports and meetings. To identify, research and cultivate new Charitable Trusts and grant givers using a variety of prospect research resources. The Development Director will work in conjunction with the post holder on all the major trusts.

Person Specification

Qualifications, knowledge and experience

Essential

• Degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience of securing funding for capital projects and operational funding.
• Proven track record of building successful relationships with key funders.
• Proven fundraising success within another organisation.
• Demonstrable experience of delivering income targets.
• Demonstrable experience of utilising a CRM donor management system.
• Knowledge of current charity sector trends and developments.

Desirable

• Experience of working for the Church.
• Experience of working within a complex work environment with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience of digital fundraising.
• Understanding or willingness to understand the structure and culture of the Church of England and its Cathedrals.
• Experience in Project Management.

Skills and abilities

Essential

• An ability to think both strategically and tactically about the relations between potential donors and fundraising goals and contribute to the development of long-term fundraising relationships.
• An ability to juggle multiple projects and prioritise own workload.
• Excellent personal presentation, communication and social skills, both oral and written.
• The ability to represent Wells Cathedral at all levels with multiple stakeholders including the ability to promote interest amongst prospective donors in the goals of the Cathedral.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to deliver succinct and clear communication with integrity to all audiences.

• Excellent relationship management skills.
• Excellent budgetary, administration and organisational skills.
• Ability to innovate.
• Excellent analytical, numeracy and literacy skills.

Work-related personal qualities

Essential

• Inspiring, proactive and professional approach.
• Ambitious and results driven.
• Commitment to producing high quality work with an attention to detail in all things.
• Comfortable working under pressure, and working in a small fast paced team.
• A diplomatic, creative and collaborative colleague with a positive outlook.
• Flexible working style.
• An empathy and enthusiasm for the role that Wells Cathedral fulfils in terms of its work and ministry, with the ability to communicate this in a highly effectively manner to supporters and prospects.

You will bring with you experience in trust fundraising – preferably in the heritage sector, along with a proven track record of drafting meaningful, successful proposals to Trusts, Foundations and Statutory funders of up to six figures.

Grants Team Leader

·Full time, Permanent

·£32,635 - £37,000 per annum (depending on experience) plus pension, medical and dental insurance

·25 days holiday (plus 3 additional days to be taken between Christmas and New Year)

·4pm finish on Fridays

·Central London location (Covent Garden) – please note that at this time staff are currently working from home in accordance with the government guidelines. Our offices will open fully again when it is safe to do so.

REPORTS TO

Grants Manager

OVERVIEW

The Masonic Charitable Foundation is looking for an experienced Grants Team Leader to manage and develop a team of Grants Officers. Reporting to the Grants Manager, you will support the team to provide an excellent service to applicants and stakeholders.

Day to day duties include management of a team of seven, providing advice and guidance on complex applications and contributing to the continuous development of policy and process.

This is a key role within our grant making team which provides an important contribution to the overall department’s success.

To be successful in this role you will be enthusiastic, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, demonstrable experience of managing a team and a commitment to providing an excellent service to our applicants and stakeholders. You should be organised with good IT skills and experience of grant-making, with knowledge of one or more of the following; health, care, education or state benefits.

MAIN DUTIES

·To manage a team of (currently remote working) Grants Officers to provide a high quality service to members of the masonic community

·To ensure the team processes applications and responds to contact from applicants and stakeholders within agreed timescales

·To support the team with guidance and advice on complex applications, policy and process

·To maintain accurate records on monitoring and evaluation information

·To build and maintain excellent working relationships with internal and external stakeholders

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential

·Experience of managing or supervising a team

·Experience of grant-making

·Complaint resolution

·Administration

·Strong IT skills - using Microsoft Office applications

·Excellent communication skills; written, telephone and face to face

·Excellent interpersonal skills

·Resilience

·Ability to work independently

·Strong attention to detail

Desirable

·Good understanding of UK state benefits

·Knowledge of health, care or education sectors

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit a CV and covering letter explaining why you are interested in the role and how you meet the person specification. Please note that we will be unable to consider your application without a covering letter.

Grants Team Leader, an opportunity to join a social welfare charity based in Central London.

As the Grants Team Leader, working with the Grants Manager and managing a team of Grants Officers, you will provide advice and guidance on applications and contribute to the continuous development of policy and processes.

• Manage a team of Grants Officers to provide an outstanding service to members of the community
• Ensure the team processes applications and responds to contact from applicants and stakeholders within agreed timescales
• Support the team with guidance and advice on complex applications, policy and process.
• Maintain accurate records on monitoring and evaluation information
• Build and maintain excellent working relationships with internal and external stakeholders

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Grants professional, looking for a new challenge, to join a great team.

Our client is looking for an experienced senior grants professional, who has previous supervisory or line management experience, and proven ability to development of policy and processes.

Up to £20.5k (depending on experience)                                                       

(Full-time – 35 hours per week)

Line Manager: Grants & Operations Manager

Cambridgeshire Community Foundation is looking for a GRANTS OFFICER

Cambridgeshire Community Foundation (CCF) is a registered charity dedicated to improving the quality of life for the people of Cambridgeshire. We work with many partners to:

• Actively inspire philanthropy & increase permanent resources for Cambridgeshire
• Invest in important community programmes through grants
• Provide leadership on critical community issues

Over the past 16 months we have taken a leading role in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. CCF created the Cambridgeshire Coronavirus Community Fund, which raised and dispersed over £1.3m to projects tackling the impacts of the pandemic. This has felt like ‘our moment’ and we have been honoured to be able to enable something so positive during a very difficult time for Cambridgeshire.

Our response to the pandemic has been in addition to our ongoing work. Our unique approach is based upon empowering communities to identify how to enact positive change from the ground up. Located in Cambridge, we work all over Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and are part of worldwide network of Community Foundations on a mission to improve lives and communities in their local areas. In our latest year 2019/20 we awarded 750 grants totalling £2,427,000. The grants support community-focussed organisations helping people from across our county.

This vacancy offers an exciting opportunity to play a key role in our growing team.

Description

CCF aims to deliver a successful grant-making programme that encourages strong applications from voluntary groups and charities, critically assesses them and makes recommendations to Donors to distribute funds.

As Grants Officer you will play a pivotal role in the programme team – assisting with marketing, planning, delivering and reporting on our grant-making programme to ensure targets are met.

Job Specification

• To identify groups and input marketing ideas to reach programme and fund spend targets
• To process/ oversee the processing of grant applications including advising applicants, scrutinizing accounts and governing documents, assessing applications, preparing paperwork, creating reports, evaluating monitoring and attending donor panels
• To take responsibility for end-to-end delivery of certain programmes
• To build specialist knowledge of CCF database
• To take an active role in continuous improvement and best practice initiatives

Profile

Our Grants Officers require:

• Excellent communication skills
• Proven customer-facing skills
• Confident numeracy skills
• Commitment to quality

In addition the successful candidate will have:

• Proven eye for detail - be able to produce, analyse and proofread reports/communications to a high standard of accuracy
• Experience of planning, organising and prioritising workloads effectively
• Demonstrable knowledge of Microsoft Office (and 365) and proven experience of using databases

The successful Grants Officer will be a positive and focused individual who can take the initiative as well as follow prescribed processes. Flexibility, enthusiasm and a commitment to our lively and ambitious team are key to our future.

CCF’s office is based in Cambridge but our approach is a blend of office and homeworking. In order to access the office, which is on Marshall’s airport site, all staff must complete DBS and security checks in order to obtain a security pass.

Some travel to meetings across the county (some rural locations) is required as are occasional evening meetings and events. Driving license and access to a vehicle is desirable.

Salary will rise to £22,500 upon completion of successful 6 month probationary period.

All staff receive 25 days holiday per annum and all staff are auto-enrolled in CCF’s pension scheme provided by NEST.

Apply

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Due to the volume of responses we receive, unfortunately we are not able to give feedback to individuals. If you have not heard back within 7 days from the application deadline please assume that you have not been successful for the role you have applied for.

We treat everyone equally.

MQ is the first major charity funding mental health research. By connecting scientists with supporters, together we strive to understand mental health, improve treatments and prevent mental illness.

Job Purpose Summary:

We champion and fund world-class research to transform the lives of everyone affected by mental illness.  By connecting scientists with supporters, together we strive to understand mental health, improve treatments and prevent mental illness. Having recently launched a new 5-year strategy, MQ is at a critical point in its development.

An exciting opportunity has come up within the Research department for a Grants and Programmes Coordinator. The right person will be passionate about tackling mental health, and driven to ensure that all projects happen to the highest possible standards. The Grants and Programmes Coordinator is a key position within the organisation, acting as the primary contact for grant applicants with a focus on managing grants process and communications. The Grants and programes Coordinator reports to the Grants and Programmes Manager, working closely with and alongside a small staff team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support new research initiatives as a project coordinator working in collaboration with consortium partners to ensure high quality executon and disseminated learning
• Provide day-to-day administration for MQ’s research portfolio and support the Research team in delivering MQ’s grant-making programmes to set timelines and standards.
• Develop guidance for applicants, application forms and review forms, and upload these to MQ’s grants-management software to create a seamless process for applicants and reviewers.
• Identify and communicate with expert reviewers to ensure peer review is delivered to best practice standards.
• Serve as a liaison between the organisation and the Applicants
• Support the ongoing development of MQ’s grants-management software, making it an ongoing resource for future grant rounds, as well as for regular reporting and financial management of current grants.
• Respond to enquiries about MQ’s Research grant programmes.
• Updating colleagues within MQ on the progress of grants, and updating them on recent research findings.

The post holder will also

• Contribute to achieving the overall objectives of MQ and participate in the development of its new organisational strategy.

• Provide other support to the Research team and MQ as required

Key skills and attributes

E – Essentail
D - Desirable

Previous charity experience - D

Experience with program or project management - D

Experience with grant applications, and reviewing financial reports - D

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written, oral) - E

Excellent eye for detail and ability to work accurately, with minimal supervision - E

Professional or personal interest or experience in mental health - D

Experience of making complex communications more accessible - D

Strong organisational and time management skills - E

Ability to convey passion for MQ’s cause and the work that we do - E

Background or study in relevant fields of mental health sciences - D

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the independent charity for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM). The Maudsley Charity works in partnership with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London to promote positive change in the world of mental health. We support innovation, research and service improvement, working with patients and families, clinical care teams, researchers and community organisations with a common goal of improving mental health.

Their small and busy team work in a very collaborative and supportive way, and are now looking for a Grantmaking Systems Lead to join their Programmes team on a permanent basis.

The Maudsley Charity Grantmaking Systems Lead

Location: Denmark Hill, London (and home working)

Salary: £33,000 - £36,000 per annum plus excellent benefits

Contract: Permanent

The Maudsley Charity is currently entering a new phase of programme development where they are modelling new ways of working with award holders to develop evidence and increase impact. As part of this process, they are also setting thematic areas to focus on; based on understanding of the areas where they can make the greatest impact. They are now looking for a Grantmaking Systems Lead who is excited about the journey the Charity are going on, and who is willing to work collaboratively and to iterate learning along the way.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a small and ambitious team, who are aiming for excellence in their grant making processes, in order to increase their overall charitable impact. You will be the responsible lead on all aspects of the administration of their grants processes, covering the whole cycle of grant-making with support at various points from the wider Charity team. This will be an ideal role for someone who is passionate about improving mental health and motivated by the ability of the Charity to make a difference. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic backgrounds, as they are currently underrepresented within the team.

Closing date for applications: 9am on Monday 2nd August 2021

Interview: W/C 9th August 2021

If you would like to receive the full job description for this role, with details on how to apply, please contact Shweta Prabhakar via the apply button.

The Maudsley Charity is an equal opportunities employer, and makes no discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and sex. We are committed to offering interviews to candidates who meet the role requirements and have lived experience of mental illness.

What Works for Children’s Social Care (WWCSC)  is looking to recruit a Senior Programmes Manager to work as part of a growing team, to support the delivery of existing programmes and the competitive funding of new research focused on improving outcomes for families and young people with a social worker.

At WWCSC, the Programmes team is responsible for funding the delivery of promising programmes or interventions (typically through Open Funding Rounds, or occasionally through direct awards) - as well as their accompanying evaluations.

Reporting to either the Director of Programmes or the Head of Education Programmes, this role will lead on the development and delivery of a number of priority programmes for the Centre.

The role

Programme management:

• Leading on the development and delivery of programmes, including working closely with external stakeholders to monitor performance against milestones and deliverables; this includes both programme delivery and evaluation activities.
• Potential for a particular focus on our education and schools programme, including Social Workers in Schools, Designated Safeguarding Leads Supervision, and a number of other projects that aim to increase the attainment of young people with a social worker.
• Managing programme specific budgets, risks and issues.
• Ensuring that evaluation methodology is adequately reviewed by the Research team and methodological issues addressed.
• Reviewing interim and final reports produced by delivery organisations and evaluators.
• Advising internal project teams on programme management including planning, partner management, monitoring, and reporting.
• Consulting with Practice, Policy and Communications teams to maximise dissemination and impact of our findings. 
• Contributing to regular progress reporting for the Department for Education

Funding processes

• Managing assessment of applications and peer review
• Ensuring that decision-makers have all the information required in order to be able to make decisions about which projects to fund, and which evaluators to appoint.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of WWCSC guidance, decision-making and grant management processes.

Other

• Line managing up to 1-2 Programme Managers
• Representing the organisation at external meetings and events.
• Managing Advisory Groups as needed; this could include determining membership, setting agendas and leading specific discussions in meetings.
• Other ad-hoc duties, as required.