About The Role

Permanent
Hours: 35hrs p/w
Days: Monday- Friday
Location: Flexible working - 50/50 split between home-working, and 175 St John Street, Farringdon
 

The Trusts & Grants team is a dynamic team consisting of a Head of Trusts & Grants, two Senior Trusts & Grants Managers, two Trusts Managers (one of which is this position) and a Trusts Officer. We have achieved significant growth in the past few years, securing several six and seven figure grants – the team has an income target of £3.3m for next FY – and there is huge potential to grow the income of the team from £2.75m this year, with support from an empowering Director of Fundraising, a committed and invested CEO and a well-connected and effective Development Board.

The Trusts Manager will be working closely with the Head of Trusts & Grants and will have the chance to manage warm relationships with and secure new five and six figure grants from large UK and worldwide charitable trusts, government sources and other public sector funding sources.

Excellent writing skills and attention to detail, confidence in managing relationships with funders and the ability to manage multiple priorities and work to tight deadlines are all essential. Experience of producing comprehensive applications and reports for funders is necessary as well as the ability to work with senior management internally, developing excellent relationships with colleagues.
 

Diversity and Inclusion

Place2Be is committed to equal opportunities and anti-discrimination practices and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. We are particularly interested in attracting applications from applicants from diverse backgrounds as they are underrepresented.

About You

The successful candidate will have:

• demonstrable experience of raising at least five (and ideally six) figure grants from charitable trusts/ government funders/ other public sector funders
• development and understanding of project budgets, used to ensuring the detail is accurate 
• excellent, compelling writing skills, analytical, methodical, able to produce accurate work to a high professional standard
• previous experience within a busy and fast moving environment with competing deadlines 
• strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to communicate and influence others through both verbal and written media and demonstrates the ability to build and sustain relationships
• a flexible, ‘can-do’ approach with enthusiasm for going ‘above and beyond’ for donors, providing exceptional stewardship

Interview Dates: Monday 14th February 2022 ZOOM Video Interview

In return we offer you a range of fantastic benefits including:

• Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement
• Robust Learning and Development Programme
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance, 4x Annual Salary
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mobile Phone Discounts (EE Network)
• Cycle purchase and season ticket loan schemes
• Extended Maternity/Paternity Pay

If you share our core values of perseverance, integrity, compassion and creativity and have the counselling skills and patience to support some of the UK’s most vulnerable young people and families, we would love you to join us. It’s sensitive and demanding work – but hugely rewarding and fulfilling - you will be helping to give young people a brighter future.
 
Please view/download the full Job Description and Person Specification on our website for further details.

We are seeking an experienced Grants Officer or Senior Grants Officer to support our growing grants team to design, delivery and review grant programmes on behalf of our clients.

Salary: 

Grants Officer: £23,161 - £30,210 (London), £20,161 - £27,210 (North East)

Senior Grants Officer: £30,210 - £36,000 (London), £27,210 - £33,000 (North East)

Introducing Rocket Science

We are a highly regarded specialist grant making and consultancy organisation with offices in Edinburgh, Newcastle and London. We have a commitment to helping disadvantaged individuals, families and communities to enhance the quality of their lives. We specialise in the fields of employability, health and social care, housing and homelessness, learning and skills, third sector development, and local economic development.  We recognise the importance of considering intersectionality in all we do, and in gender-informed approaches, and we are currently growing our portfolio of work in these areas.

We offer clients an end-to-end Grant Management service, supplying services in accordance with the government’s Grant Standards, meeting performance targets in addition to administering the funding. We use cloud-based Grants Management Service (GMS) Flexi-Grant® and Blackbaud Grantmaking.

Our service includes

• Co-design and development of Funds’ purpose/scope, process, documentation and setup on a dedicated grants portal
• Coordination of the application process, assessing applications and providing advice to our clients’ decision-making panels
• Managing ongoing monitoring and reporting between funded projects and our clients including some site visits.

Our staff are provided the opportunity to work on a wide variety of exciting projects across a range of our specialist areas. Current and previous grant Funds include the Government Equalities Office Returners Fund, Department for Work and Pension’s Challenge Fund, Greater London Authority Young Londoners Fund, North of Tyne Combined Authority, South Tyneside Council, L&Q Place Makers Funds and the Violence Reduction Unit.

We also provide value-adding consultancy to support the Grant Management service where we work with clients to improve the performance of services for the public, and we work as independent advisers, researchers, evaluators, facilitators, trainers and mediators. 

The person we are looking for is expected to have:

• Experience working with the public or third and community sector – or in a position in the private sector that had direct engagement with public or third and community sector organisations
• Ability to work independently and initiate, plan and prioritise workloads and meet tight deadlines including an ability to work across several projects at once
• Highly proficient in the use of MS Office tools to support and enhance your role
• A quick learner of new systems and willingness to learn to use our cloud-based Grants Management Systems to administer our grant programmes
• A good telephone manner and commitment to excellent customer service
• An interest in Rocket Science’s specialisms and areas of work
• Knowledge of grant management processes including use of grantmaking software/solutions
• Experience of assessment of grant applications

Evidence and Learning Manager

2 Year Fixed Term Contract

£36,750 - £40,000pa

London and currently remote (we are a hybrid working organisation)

The Evidence and Learning Manager is responsible for the design and delivery of monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) for selected portfolios linked to our unrestricted and social change approaches (Sport for Change and Social Tech) work. Working internally and with the partners we fund (in the UK and internationally), the successful candidate will be someone who has experience of commissioning, managing and/or undertaking a variety of evaluations, evidence reviews, research and/or more informal learning projects. You will be familiar with the challenges and opportunities for getting evidence into use. Although you have technical MEL experience, you will also be someone who is interested in understanding sector-level drivers of change, and how the organisations that Comic Relief funds can use MEL in a way that is meaningful for their work and which supports learning and adaptation. The postholder is likely to be pragmatic, able to develop practical, accessible support within a restricted budget, and is able to adapt to new contexts, approaches and ways of working quickly across a broad portfolio.

Key responsibilities:

• Design and manage monitoring, evaluation and learning activities related to issue-specific funding portfolios, with a strong focus on participatory, collective learning approaches
• Creatively find ways to ensure that learning is participatory and inclusive. We want learning ambitions to be defined by the organisations we fund and, where practical, consider how people with lived experience are actively engaged in evidence and learning activities
• Engage with Portfolio Managers to define, develop and meet learning ambitions for existing and new funding programmes, ensuring that evidence and learning are used to inform strategic decision making
• Support Comic Relief’s funded partners (collectively and sometimes individually) to monitor, evaluate and learn from their work
• Prepare inputs to reports, meetings and strategic planning, ensuring that learning is well documented and shared internally and externally where relevant. Consider opportunities for making learning more engaging for specific audiences, through creative formats and products
• Support the development of the Evidence and Learning Team, by inputting on our overall approach to evidence and learning and considering where we can be more efficient, focussed or creative.
• Recruit, onboard, guide and closely manage external consultants to deliver specific evaluation and learning projects across a range of context-specific funding programmes.

Person specification

Essential criteria

• Experience and a strong understanding of equitable and inclusive processes, approaches, tools and methodologies that facilitate formal and informal monitoring, evaluation and organisational learning practice, in the UK and/or internationally
• Understanding and experience of working in one or more of the following thematic areas: Gender justice/women and girls’ empowerment; housing and shelter.
• Experience of commissioning and managing external consultants to deliver evidence and learning outputs
• Excellent facilitation skills, with a proven ability to promote critical thinking and reflective practice and encourage learning at all levels
• Exceptional analysis and sense-making skills, underpinned with sound judgement under
• pressure, and the ability to identify solutions to address delivery risks and issues.
• Experience of successfully supporting organisations to plan and implement quality improvements, including through monitoring, evaluation and learning
• Effective relationship builder, with strong emotional intelligence and experience of working
• in collaborative, multicultural and cross-sector environments alongside individuals and organisations with diverse perspectives
• Strong planner with outstanding attention to detail and the ability to manage and prioritise a diverse workload

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in a grant-making or funding organisation and/or meeting funders’ MEL and reporting requirements
• Understanding and/or experience of sport for change/sport for development approaches and MEL in this sector.
• Understanding and/or experience of social technology approaches and MEL in this sector
• Experience of designing and delivering interventions using any of the following: human centred design; behavioural insights; adaptive management; user participation and co-design.
• Understanding and experience in collective learning approaches and how to surface and articulate meaningful learning with a ‘community of interest’.
• A track record of surfacing and sharing learning with target audiences in engaging ways,
• through creative formats, products and events.

Travel: Occasional Travel may be required within this role in the future, subject to travel restrictions and Comic Relief’s travel policy, given the COVID-19 context.

Salary:  Successful candidates will be made an offer within the advertised salary range. The final offer will be guided by whether the candidate meets some or all of the desirable criteria.

Why we love working in Comic Relief’s Evidence and Learning Team

Flexible working – We offer flexible working hours and the opportunity to work condensed hours. We encourage and enable home-working, we are a trusting employer and we actively promote work-life balance.

We are a small, well-coordinated team of supportive MEL professionals – many of us have come to Comic Relief from roles where we were one MEL expert in a varied team. Here, in a team of five, we can define and share best practice in MEL, shape our own purpose and approach and engage externally with forums made up of other MEL experts. Newer team members have fed back that there is a great culture in our team: We are supportive, progressive and committed.

Each member of the Evidence and Learning Team works across a variety of programmes. The successful candidate will have opportunities to work with co-funders, a diversity of funded partners and consultants, and across different contexts, approaches and social issues. The breadth of work requires an ability to adapt and understand new ways of working quickly – there are busy points throughout the year but this is a rare opportunity to work across varied UK and international programmes.

Members of the team support/lead on special research projects and reviews which aim to improve on our own practices. In 2022, we are reviewing our team’s approach to equity, diversity and inclusion in MEL and we are internally reviewing our approach to collective learning. These are important pieces, with opportunities to guide our future work and share our findings and recommendations with other funders and the MEL sector more widely.

Perks and benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Work from home option
• Wellness programs
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Paid emergency leave
• Sabbatical Opportunities
• Professional development
• Mentoring/coaching
• Paid volunteer days
• Payroll giving
• Team social events
• Extracurricular clubs
• Cycle to work scheme
• Candidate happiness

To apply please visit our website via the link and apply online

Closing: 12:00pm, 31st Jan 2022 GMT

Inclusivity at Comic Relief

We recognise diversity and inclusion are a source of strength in achieving our mission. We therefore welcome everyone, trusting what makes us different brings creativity, styles and experiences to help us collectively do our best work. That’s regardless of your gender, ethnicity, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, and cultural identity. We especially welcome those from under-represented groups in modern grant-making and fundraising. We are on a journey, but if you join our team you will be part of a community that is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where we want you to:

• Be valued for being yourself
• Do your best work, and be supported to break down barriers so you can succeed
• Be heard, respected, and treated as an equal, whatever your level, experience or background
• Be part of a team that is committed to making this happen – with our colleagues, partners, and contributors.

Comic Relief is committed to preventing and protecting all people from harm in their interactions with us. We expect all those that act in our name to uphold our approach to doing no harm.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join The Avenues Youth Project as our Fundraising Manager with a focus on Trusts and Foundations.

The Avenues is an exceptional community youth centre. Located in North Westminster it serves one of the most deprived inner-city neighbourhoods in the UK. Through a stimulating range of programmes our team of qualified youth workers provide support, opportunity and hope to local children and young people aged 8 to 18.

​The Avenues has established strong links across the youth sector in West London, and we are recognised by Westminster City Council as one of three key youth hubs in the borough. We constantly strive for the highest quality and hold London Youth’s Gold Award for Excellence.

The Avenues has been changing lives for over 40 years; this is an opportunity to join and support a superb team of practitioners and staff united in the belief that every child has a right to essential opportunities, no matter their background. 

The purpose of this role is:

• To forward plan funding streams to ensure a smooth and regular flow of income that meets The Avenues’ budget.
• To develop existing and new relationships with funders in order to maximise immediate and long-term income for the organisation and its various projects.
• To write compelling proposals and applications that secure significant income from trusts and foundations, co-ordinating input from across The Avenues team.
• To research and identify new prospects with a view to securing medium and large grants for The Avenues.

Deadline for applications is 28th January 2022 12pm.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As the Grants Manager you’ll secure, manage and develop relationships with our funders and partners. In the UK we have secured funding from public sector contracts including, for example, European Social Fund (ESF) in London and Leeds and devolved Adult Education Budget, DforE, and DCMS funding from Combined Authorities, and a wide range of corporate & foundation partnerships.

You will ensure key milestones, requirements and timelines are captured for each funder, reporting is timely and accurate and our processes and systems are compliant. This will include our large ESF contracts in London and Leeds as well as work with our leading corporate sponsors.

Management of existing funding will form the main part of the role, however you’ll also play a role in securing new partnerships, grants and funding opportunities.

ABOUT GENERATION

Generation is a charity in the UK with the mission to train, coach, and support people into life-changing careers that would otherwise be inaccessible.

Our work focuses on supporting people from diverse groups facing barriers to employment.Our innovative bootcamps train learners for roles in high demand including cloud computing, data engineering, software engineering, health and care, IT support, customer support, and data analytics. We also recently launched a new programme placing people into emerging roles tackling climate change in the retrofit.

By joining Generation UK&I now, you will become part of an organisation committed to social impact. The work is fast-paced, exciting, and innovative. The impact is clear.

You can download a job description for more detail about the role and the organisation.

ABOUT YOU

Here are the core attributes you’ll need:

• You’re a highly organised and self motivated professional, able to manage multiple projects
• You’re detail-oriented
• You’re a people person, excelling at quickly building new, lasting relationships with funders
• You’re an effective communicator
• You’re passionate about the cause

Experience:

• Managing and reporting on grants and contracts ranging from £30k - £6m, from kick-off through to completion and review
• Managing relationships with multiple funders and partners at the same time
• Identifying new funding opportunities
• Bidding for and securing large grants, partnerships and contracts
• Working in a fast-paced and fluid environment

Additionally, we think it would be beneficial to have...

• Knowledge of the education, skills and training funding landscape in the UK
• Knowledge of ESF and AEB/ILR funding contracts and processes
• Experience with the Google suite, slack, zoom or equivalent tools
• Knowledge and passion for social impact as it relates to barriers to employment

THE OFFER

Working at Generation in the UK & I you’ll get:

• Purpose and social impact in the heart of your work
• Flexible working as per your role requirement
• Access to productive co- working space at WeWork with Generation UK & I and global team/s
• WFH set up support of £300
• Access to upto £1,000 towards your learning & development per year. And up to 5 days of training days/ study leave per year to support your development.
• Opportunity to shadow Generation global team/s & workings in other countries.
• 25 days annual leave

A FAIR CHANCE

Every role at Generation is open to applications from all sections of society. We believe in the potential of everyone; regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other aspect that makes you, well, you.

You must have the right to work in the UK, and all staff members are required to pass a basic DBS check.

Head of Grants (12-month contract), joining a Social Welfare Charity, based in Central London.

Starting ASAP. 12-month contract to cover maternity leave. Hybrid work pattern.

As the Head of Grants, reporting to the Operations Director, you will be responsible for the grants programme at this exciting stage of the department's growth and development. You will lead and implement the grant making programme, providing the relevant Committees with the support they need. You will:

• Lead on the strategic direction of the department, supporting a Grants Manager with overseeing the Team to deliver a varied grant program. You will have the opportunity to help shape, deliver and monitor a new application process at a very pivotal point in development.
• Be accountable for the development and management of a grants team, budget analysis and reporting, relationship management and operations, including the appropriate tracking of grant applications, award decisions, grant payments and grant outcome reporting.
• Also recommend changes to grant scheme eligibility and criteria as required and will use best practice and evidence-based learning to guide good governance and process in quality assuring the grants function.

Our client is looking for a Senior Grants Manager who has significant experience within the third sector and have a background in grant-making, with extensive people management experience, along with the ability to build and maintain positive relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, including experience of working with Boards and Committees.

Head of Grants (12-month contract), joining a Social Welfare Charity, based in Central London.

Starting ASAP. 12-month contract to cover maternity leave. Hybrid work pattern.

As the Head of Grants, reporting to the Operations Director, you will be responsible for the grants programme at this exciting stage of the department's growth and development. You will lead and implement the grant making programme, providing the relevant Committees with the support they need. You will:

• Lead on the strategic direction of the department, supporting a Grants Manager with overseeing the Team to deliver a varied grant program. You will have the opportunity to help shape, deliver and monitor a new application process at a very pivotal point in development.
• Be accountable for the development and management of a grants team, budget analysis and reporting, relationship management and operations, including the appropriate tracking of grant applications, award decisions, grant payments and grant outcome reporting.
• Also recommend changes to grant scheme eligibility and criteria as required and will use best practice and evidence-based learning to guide good governance and process in quality assuring the grants function.

Our client is looking for a Senior Grants Manager who has significant experience within the third sector and have a background in grant-making, with extensive people management experience, along with the ability to build and maintain positive relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, including experience of working with Boards and Committees.

Learning Officer

This is an excellent opportunity to join one of the UK’s first social investment organisations which has provided over £0.5billion worth of loans and grants to thousands of charities and social enterprises all across the UK in its 20-year history.

We specialise in helping organisations become more resilient and sustainable so that they are in the best place to grow and increase their impact in our communities where the need is greatest. 

At SIB we want our team to represent the diversity of the people and communities that we serve.  We also want our organisation to be one where different backgrounds, experiences, expertise and perspectives are valued, and where everyone is encouraged to grow and develop.  This means that when recruiting we actively seek to reach a diverse pool of candidates.  It also means that we are happy to make changes to the recruitment process and to consider any reasonable adjustments that potential candidates may have as a future employee of SIB in order to reach their full potential.

Our Values are: People First, Curious, Bold, Collaborative, Accountable

About this role

Reporting to the Learning Manger this role plays an important part in supporting improved decision-making and shared learning of what works within social investment and grant making. Following an evidence-led approach is integral to SIB’s new strategy and focus, where learning and influence is one of our main priority areas.

Key responsibilities

1. To support the Learning Manager on learning priorities across the organisation, forming strong working relationships across our teams to deliver a culture of reflexivity and continual improvement.
2. Alongside the Learning Manager, support and facilitate learning sessions with small and large groups of colleagues. Elicit learning from these sessions, share findings and support your colleagues to integrate action points into our systems.
3. Supporting colleagues on the design and collection of data points from a variety of stakeholders across SIB. This includes application forms, monitoring forms, customer surveys/interviews, case studies and ad hoc data collection.
4. Support colleagues to find the information they need in our systems, visualise data and develop coherent narratives using evidence for their day to day work. This will include updating website content, and contributing to external and internal communications, helping create graphs and graphics for reporting and board papers.
5. Working with data, marketing and policy team members to translate findings into actionable and understandable recommendations that inform key SIB areas of interest.
6. Support the Learning Manager in the running of the impact committee and the Community Panel, organising sessions, sharing papers, taking minutes and circulating findings.
7. Supporting research methods design and planning processes, including project management functions.
8. Championing the SIB learning agenda across internal and external functions, including training and support for research across different SIB teams where possible.
9. To work within the organisation's processes and procedures required to contribute to the effectiveness of the quality management system.
10. Contribute to the knowledge management, equality, diversity and inclusion and learning priorities in SIB’s strategy and support the implementation and delivery of the strategy.
11. In agreement with manager to undertake other tasks that support Social Investment Business’s objectives as required

Core competencies

• Experience of working with different kinds of information. This could be at school, college or university, through work or work experience or through training.
• A keen interest in information and its use to support decisions
• Good team player, with willingness to help others
• Commitment to equalities and customer care
• Ability to multitask, work flexibly and willingness to learn new skills
• Ability to deal sensitively and diplomatically with people from all levels with a calm, professional and friendly attitude
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Desirable competencies

• Previous experience in qualitative data coding and use of software programmes for research
• Knowledge of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector
• Experience engaging with vulnerable or marginalised groups

Reward package

In addition to salary, SIB offer a generous rewards package which includes:

• Hybrid working
• Annual leave of 25 days per year plus bank holidays
• Birthday leave
• Group life assurance – Death in service scheme which pays three times annual salary
• EAP & WeCare – confidential counselling, wellbeing, GP & information services
• Perkbox – free access to over 200 exclusive perks
• Wellbeing benefit
• Remote Working benefit
• Access to training, personal and professional development
• Digital Detox afternoons
• Cycle scheme
• Volunteering and visits – the opportunity to volunteer at or visit one of the many charities and social enterprises we support.
• Enhanced Family Friendly benefits

Grants Officer x2
1x covering West and North West London
1x covering East London and Uniformed Groups
£28,740
Full-time - Permanent
Canary Wharf, East London

Are you interested in working for a Charitable Foundation that supports schools and youth organisations across London and Essex?

Do you want to work for an organisation that positively promotes young people and celebrates their achievements?

Do you have excellent administrative, organisational and analytical skills?

If so, could you join our dynamic Grants Team as our next Grants Officer?

About Us

The Jack Petchey Foundation is a dynamic Foundation, set up in 1999 by Sir Jack Petchey CBE to inspire and motivate young people and recognise them for their achievements. To date, the Foundation has invested over £145 million in young people across London and Essex.

This is an exciting time to join our team, as we work to ensure that young people across London and Essex are recognised for their achievements and supported to be the best that they can be.

About the role 

We are looking for 2 enthusiastic people to join our dynamic Grants Team and help expand our grant programmes. The focus of the role will be to support Schools and Youth Organisations in either North West and West London OR East London and Uniformed Groups to run the JPF Achievement Award Scheme and associated JPF programmes.

The role will require you to develop membership of the JPF Achievement Award Scheme, promoting this to Schools and Youth Organisations that are not currently part of the scheme, as well as identifying growth and expansion for those already on the scheme. You will also be responsible for promoting, assessing and managing other JPF small grants and programmes, as well as representing the foundation at a large number of prestigious where we celebrate young people’s achievements.

About the person

You will be a team player who can demonstrate a close alignment with JPF values, strong communication and organisational skills and the ability to think creatively and analytically.

You will need to be flexible and be able to work in a fast paced, varied and diverse office.

In return, we offer 20 days plus bank holidays and three additional discretionary days during the Christmas office closure, an opportunity for hybrid working, a commitment to staff learning and development and a range of additional staff benefits.

For further information and an application form, please click the apply button!

CVs will not be accepted

Closing date for applications:  31 January 2022
Interviews:  9 February 2022

No agencies please

JPF is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we seek to build a team that reflects the diverse communities that we serve. We particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates as they are currently under-represented in our team.

Head of Charity Grants (Maternity Cover)

• Full time, Twelve Month Fixed Term Contract
• £56,350 - £61,322 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
• Hybrid work pattern – minimum of 3 days from the office, maximum of 2 days at home.
• Central London location (Covent Garden)

REPORTS TO

Operations Director

OVERVIEW

The Masonic Charitable Foundation is seeking a Head of Charity Grants (maternity cover) to take responsibility for their Charity Grant’s programmes at this exciting stage of the department’s growth and development. The post holder will lead on strategic direction of the department and support the Grants Manager with overseeing the Team to deliver the varied grant programmes.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an efficient team who are currently embedding a new application process to enable them to become a more responsive funder within the sector. The post holder will have the opportunity to help shape, deliver and monitor this new application process at a very pivotal point in development. Furthermore, the post holder will be a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) working closely with this group and other leaders within the organisation, Grants Committee, Trustees, members and other stakeholders to implement a new strategy from 2022.

The role is varied and will involve seeking out strategic opportunities to help the MCF to reach the most disadvantaged in society and ensuring the delivery of Charity Grants activities are in line with the MCF KPI’s and values. The day to day accountability includes the development and management of a grants team, budget analysis and reporting, relationship management and operations, including the appropriate tracking of grant applications, award decisions, grant payments and grant outcome reporting. The post holder will recommend changes to grant scheme eligibility and criteria as required and will use best practice and evidence-based learning to guide good governance and process in quality assuring the grants function. There will also be some travel nationally to monitor and assess charities as well as to promote MCF and the Charity Grants programmes to donors and other stakeholders.

The current MCF Charitable Grant programmes include: Children and Young Person support, Older Person support, Medical Research, Hospices and occasional disaster relief grants. The successful candidate will have knowledge and experience of two or more of these areas.

To be successful in this role it is essential to have significant experience within the third sector and have a background in grant-making. The candidate is required to have extensive people management experience, along with the ability to build and maintain positive relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, including experience of working with Boards and Committees. They will be required to have strong report writing skills, excellent verbal and written communication, including presentation skills, and the ability to complete analytical assessment and research on grants. There is also a requirement to have an understanding of Charity finances and accounts.

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 may be unable to consider your application without a covering letter.

About Us

The National Lottery Community Fund is the largest community funder in the UK - we’re proud to award money raised by players of The National Lottery  to communities across the UK. Last year alone we gave out over half a billion pounds (£508.5 million) of National Lottery funding to over 11,000 community projects across the UK, enabling even more people and communities to bring their ideas and ambitions to life. We support a wide range of health, educational, environmental, and charitable projects with grants ranging from as little as £500 to multi-million-pound programmes. 86% of our new grants were for less than £10k.

At the heart of everything we do is the belief that when people are in the lead, communities thrive. National Lottery funding is open to everyone and we’re privileged to be able to work with the smallest of grassroots groups right up to large UK-wide charities. We have changed how we work across the Fund to help us serve people and communities more effectively, working flexibly and on their terms; working closer to communities.

About the Role

We are looking for a Knowledge and Learning Officer to join the National Lottery Community Fund. The position can be based anywhere in the UK either working from home or one of our offices.

The Knowledge and Learning Officer role will focus on supporting colleagues, grant holders and stakeholders to share, create and use their insights to create lasting change.

The role will primarily be looking to exploreand understand the different approaches to delivering grant making we use and how these can improve the difference our funding makes to our grant holders and communities.

You will be developing and leading our teams learning on specific areas of focus for example participatory grant making.

Supporting funding teams across the UK to understand the difference, impact and effectivenessof these approaches. This will be through the development and delivery of a learning plan and sharing this through events, webinars, blogging and other ways of sharing learning.You will also be involved in supporting a community of practice to share learning and insights across the Fund.

The role will be dynamic and fast paced working with a dedicated team of staff to deliver on common goals and innovative pieces of work. This might mean chipping in to support assessment of applications, grant management and other areas of work when required. 

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37 Hours per week, flexible working considered

Location: UK Wide

Interview Date: W/C 28th February

Essential Criteria

• Ability to nurture, develop and promote effective relationships and communication with colleagues, community organisations and other external agencies in order to share learning
• Ability to design and deliver learning approaches that develop robust evidence and insights about a topic or programme
• Curious mindset to understand, research and to make sense of things with others. We need someone who cares about the detail and the context and looks for ways to find out more.
• Ability to write and speak about complex ideas, information and impact in an engaging and accessible way

Desirable Criteria

• An understanding of equitable funding and/or equitable evaluation approaches
• Experience of managing learning or evaluation programmes

For You

We seek to develop our staff and offer a wide range of personal development opportunities.

We offer a wide range of generous benefits including:

• Generous annual leave and company pension scheme
• Flexible working to support staff with their work/life balance, taking into account things such as caring responsibilities, worship and attendance at religious festivals
• Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Season ticket and cycle to work loans
• Paid volunteering leave

Equal Opportunities

Equality, diversity and inclusion in our grant-making, and amongst our people, are all vital to our success in supporting people and communities to thrive.  We believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with.  We are committed to being an inclusive and great place to work, and recognise our people come from diverse backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident employer and positively welcome applications from disabled people.

Our partner works closely with global clients such as UN agencies and the European Commission – particularly those involved in international development, grant-making and grant-funded programmes

Built over 30 years, their talented, diverse and multi-lingual team, from graduates to experienced specialists, have established us as global leaders in our field, across a range of disciplines. This team applies their skills, knowledge and ambition to a variety of challenges and has a genuine passion for what they do.

The manager is at the forefront of the work of the department. Travelling internationally, meeting clients, colleagues and auditees. Leading meetings, leading audit teams, supporting junior colleagues, writing and reviewing audit reports, managing key relationships. Representing the team in person in front of multiple stakeholders. Contributing to the success of our clients and to the development of auditees, as well as your colleagues. The role of manager is both challenging and rewarding, and as well as office-based management work, offers travel experiences that very few other roles can match. In the role, depending on whether you are managing or leading fieldwork, you will:

• Prepare/review a tailored plan for all assignments based on a good understanding of the terms of reference and the applicable contractual conditions
• Lead/support opening meetings with clients and auditees and present the audit findings clearly and credibly at closing meetings
• Lead/support assignment fieldwork teams, including locally based staff, on overseas assignments, or work alone
• Demonstrate the ability to identify issues and areas of non-compliance on an assignment and write them up as findings in a detailed, precise and clear way in the assignment report
• Ensure the high quality of our written outputs by carrying our thorough and informed report reviews
• Lead/support larger country wide teams, acting as the client focal point and taking on management tasks
• Be proactive in supporting junior colleagues with their learning and development
• Be a trusted focal point for clients and service providers, offering solutions and support to them as required
• Be able to work to tight deadlines and manage time effectively
• Be prepared to be out of the office on international assignments for up to 30% of the time*

We’re looking for someone with:

• A genuine interest in international development
• A love of international travel, preferably with experience of working or volunteering internationally
• A second language, especially French, Spanish, German, Russian or Mandarin
• A professional accountancy qualification (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)
• An ability to communicate in a professional, constructive and respectful manner
• A proven aptitude for both team management and client support
• At least 5 years’ proven track record in audit and assurance work

* Due to the pandemic, the international travel element of the role has been significantly reduced and replaced largely by remote work. An increase in international travel opportunities is expected when the pandemic eases.

RESEARCH GRANTS MANAGER (POST AWARD)

Salary: £34 -38,000 dependent on experience
Contract Length: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract OR Secondment Opportunity
Hours: Full-time (4 days a week considered)

Location: Stratford based (1-2 days per week in the office)
Closing date: Sunday 6th February 2022 11:59

Interview date: W/C 14th February 2022

Application Method: In our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, we are using Anonymous CVs through our recruitment portal. Please therefore ensure that you have completed the 'Work History' section of the application form and that you have answered the application questions. You will be asked to upload a CV, but we will not be using this as part of the shortlisting process, and it will therefore not be reviewed.

We would like you to submit a covering letter online in the text box provided. Please include your motivations for applying for the role and how you feel your skills and experience are a good match.

Are you a self-motivated and sharp minded individual, with experience in administration, operations or finance looking to help us beat cancer?

Why we need you

Our Research Funding Team is pivotal to ensuring that Cancer Research UK continues to fund and support a wealth of innovative, world-class cancer research that will contribute towards our vision of beating cancer.

In this role you will use your organisation skills, keen eye for detail, and process driven approach to manage the Post Award processes for Cancer Research UK's research portfolio You could be an auditor looking for a career change and a chance to work in a leading charity, or an experienced administrator with some knowledge of finance processes.

Full job description please contact us if you would like this in an accessible format)

What will I be doing?

• Leading the financial tasks and processes associated with the post award process including

  • Monthly Payment Processes

  • Lead and meet the monthly reconciliation targets for CRUK's reconciliation programme

  • Undertaking Grant Management Audits.

  • Completing tasks relating to Restricted Income including providing timely and accurate reporting of grant expenditure monthly, quarterly, and annually

• Providing advice and support to post-aware stakeholders, both internal and external, maintaining strong relationships

• Overseeing and managing multiple inboxes in partnership with Post Award colleagues.

What skills are you looking for?

You'll be able to bring to the role:

• Aptitude for understanding and working with financial information.

• Excellent Communication Skills

• Experience of using databases or grants management systems.

• Ideally, you'll also be able to demonstrate experience of Grant's administration experience ideally within a research funding or University setting.

What will I gain?

Without you we wouldn't be able to achieve our aim of seeing 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034. So we want to reward you in as many ways as possible. Our benefits package includes discounts on anything from travel to technology, generous holiday allowance, gym membership, and much more. We want to ensure that you have the best work/life balance possible, so we actively encourage a flexible working culture for all of our roles wherever possible. Depending on your role, options for flexibility could include homeworking, reduced or flexi-hours, job shares, job splits, and core hours. For the majority of our office-based roles you'll only be required to work from a specific location for 1 or 2 days a week on average.

You'll also be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. And ultimately, you'll know that you'll be changing lives through your work.

If you're as ambitious as we are, join our collective force and enjoy an excellent career, as we save lives and add years.

The Partnerships Development Officer will work as part of STEM Learning’s highly effective fundraising team, contributing towards our ambitious targets by securing additional support from our existing network of funders and increasing the number of new corporate supporters for the ENTHUSE Charitable Trust. STEM education has economic, social, cultural and ethical value, with positive impacts on social mobility, diversity and inclusion, and this role will enable us to reach more young people than ever before.

The Role

You will be responsible for leading the stewardship of our rapidly growing group of funders:

• Streamlining management and communications with existing partners
• Developing creative ways we can engage with existing funders
• Corresponding effectively with funders using creative and engaging methods of communication
• Creating “wow” moments to build personal connection between funders and our mission
• Finding stories that will engage new partners and illustrate our mission to our existing supporters
• Ensuring reporting requirements and funding criteria for all grants are met
• Leveraging our impact evidence and working closely with our evaluation team

You will also have lead responsibility for:

• Launching and managing an individual giving / small gifts programme
• Developing and implementing a strategy for legacy donors

In addition to working with existing partners, the Partnerships Development Officer will:

• Take personal responsibility and accountability for proactively building networks, making contacts, generating leads, and securing new funding partners
• Grow strong sustainable relationships with existing as well as potential funding partners, demonstrating excellence in stewardship
• Work with the team to build, manage and maintain a pipeline of prospects and ensuring timely progression through each stage from identification to stewardship
• Be an outstanding advocate for STEM Learning and the ENTHUSE Charity in line with the core values of the organisation.

Our Ideal Candidate

• We’re looking for a natural relationship builder, someone who is passionate about fundraising with the ability to spot opportunities to grow partnerships
• Experience of working in fundraising, contributing to the generation of significant income and securing high value partnerships
• Strong organisational skills, enthusiasm and tenacity
• Track record in building and sustaining excellent relationships with supporters and funders
• An excellent collaborator, who enjoys working with colleagues to create propositions around the charity’s strategic priorities
• The knowledge and expertise to work with the team to build a robust pipeline of prospective partners for the organisation
• Ability to independently develop and deliver high quality pitches and written proposals
• Take a proactive role in feeding into the partnership development strategy, generating ideas, and bringing external insight
• A confident networker, able to represent the charity to external stakeholders, build relationships and reputation and communicate effectively
• Specialist knowledge of trends and developments in the sector, through completing relevant training, reviewing relevant press and publications and keeping up to date with industry news

Our Benefits

• 30 days holidays plus bank holidays
• Access to a fantastic pension scheme, where employer contributions are currently 21.4%
• Access to a salary sacrifice and staff benefits scheme including cycle to work scheme; health cash back plans; free eye tests; discounted vouchers
• A comprehensive employee assistance programme

To Apply

Please submit:

• Your up-to-date CV, including your full postal address, email and contact telephone number.
• A covering letter (no more than the equivalent of 2 sides of A4) explaining your interest in the role and where you saw it advertised.
• Contact details of two referees, including your current/most recent employer (please note, references will not be approached without your permission).

Closing date for applications: 17 January 2022

• Interviews likely to take place week commencing 24 January 2022