Work Placement Support Officer Job Advert

The Charity

Centrepoint is the UKs leading charity for homeless young people aged 16 to 25 years that aims to give each person we support a future. Our vision is to end youth homelessness. While we pursue this vision, our immediate focus is on safeguarding, providing vulnerable young people with a place to call home and a chance to acquire the skills they need to build a better future. Centrepoint works directly in London, Yorkshire and the North East of England, and collaborates actively with similar organisations right across the UK.

The Role

Permanent

Full-time 

Salary: £28,768 to £31,646

Location: London, Greater London, United Kingdom

We are looking for a Work Placement Support Officer with a proven track record of successfully supporting young people through all aspects of their work placements. The post holder will ensure a quality, uncompromising safeguarding offer is in place for standalone and traineeship placements. All contractual documentation to be completed accurately and in line with quality requirements.

The post holder will be the main contact for the placement provider and young person throughout the placement. Responsible for ensuring that the work placement experience is positive for all parties involved. To work with all stakeholders (including the wider CPWorks team) so that the maximum number of learners achieve an EET status and or qualification post programme/ placement. This role involves database management, face to face and telephone liaison at all levels, maintaining partnerships with all relevant external employers.

About You

The successful candidate would ideally hold an NVQ 3 or other professional qualification in Information, Advice and Guidance or in a related field and with a strong knowledge of working in compliance with safer working guidance and legislation. You will have strong written and verbal communication skills, and the IT skills necessary to undertake all administrative and reporting requirements.

You will work closely with our Senior Jobs Broker, Trainers and our fundraising corporate team to match our young people to suitable placements, providing end-to-end support for young people and placement supervisors. You will ensure all our placements are risk assessed and provide a safe environment for the young person.

You will have strong knowledge and understanding of the importance of working in an equal opportunity and anti-oppressive framework and a willingness to put this in to practice.

Safeguarding Checks

Appointment to this post will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory criminal records check, satisfactory completion of references which covers a 5 year period and satisfactory checks of right to work documentation.

WHO WE ARE

The Schroder Foundation is an independent grant-making charity. It donates up to £1.5m per year to a wide range of charitable causes. The Foundation has a strong focus on building relationships with the charities that it supports, broadly within the following areas of giving: Arts, Culture & Heritage; Education & Young People; Environment & Conservation; Health & Medicine; and Social Welfare & Community.

The Foundation also provides administrative services to four other charities, which are: the Schroder Charity Trust, the Charities Administered by the Kaiser Wilhelm II Fund, The Mallinckrodt Foundation and the German Christ Church London Charity.

THE ROLE

A hands-on role, with grant making and wide-ranging responsibilities!

The Grants & Administration Officer is integral to the smooth running of the Foundation’s Charities Office. They will manage a busy and varied workload, which includes being the first point of contact for enquiries into the Charities Office, liaising with the Trustees and undertaking a range of charity and grants administration. They will work alongside the Charities Manager to strengthen the systems, processes and policies in order to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness of the Charities. They will also have responsibility for the Schroder Charity Trust’s grant-making programme.

ABOUT YOU

The Grants and Administration Officer will be self-motivated, well organised and able to juggle a range of tasks, sometimes under pressure. You will need to be able to demonstrate excellent communications skills, good analytical and numerical skills and an aptitude for administration.

This post would suit a wide range of candidates but whatever your motivations, we would like to hear from you, particularly if you enjoy a variety of tasks and challenges, are a good communicator, have strong organisational skills, are a small team player, are flexible and a problem solver.

We value and respect all the differences that make us who we are, including: age, cultural background, disability and mental health, ethnicity and race, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, and social background. So, whoever you are, if you feel you have the skills and experience to do this role, we’d really like to hear from you!

Download the Candidate Information Pack.

Grants and Contract Manager will support the Head of Finance & Operations and lead on various grant, bursaries and non-grant programmes ensuring that projects fall within budget, are contracted in a timely manner and subsequently monitored. They will work collaboratively across the organisation to ensure that funders’ requirements are met.

Key responsibilities:

Grants Contracts and Bursaries Management

• In collaboration with delivery teams, develop appropriate schemes, guidelines, funding programmes, application and assessment forms for the fund.
• Work closely with the delivery team to regularly inform fund priorities and processes.
• Managing finance process for grants commissioning rounds and tenders.
• Collate the assessment of applications to the funds, reviewing project budgets and cash flow summaries, financial assessment and presenting recommendations to the relevant decision panel or delivery managers.
• Manage master templates of grants and bursaries contracts with regular reviews.
• Issue and manage grant contracts ensuring that these are legally sound and are linked with deliverables and are in line with the company procurement policy.
• Preparing weekly journals for new commitments, adjustments and fall-ins including supporting documents, processing claims and payments.
• Preparing monthly grants cash flow forecasting from grants system.
• Ensuring projects are within budget and are processed in a timely manner.
• Work with other colleagues in ScreenSkills to monitor grants, including appropriate outcomes and reporting regimes and authorise grant payments.
• Work with other colleagues in ScreenSkills to maintain effective customer focused relationships with the grant recipients.
• Work closely with delivery and finance team to develop an effective grants and contracts process, ongoing evaluation and continual improvement of the process.
• Work closely with Bursaries team to effectively manage finance process for bursaries including guide and process.

Systems and Reporting

• Develop, implement and maintain effective grant management and reporting systems on funds managed using the grants database (BBGM)
• Reconciling grants data from grants database (BBGM) with finance system (Sun).
• Regular review of aged grant creditors report - at least quarterly, providing narrative, prompt processing of fall-in grants, chasing grants creditors for outstanding reports and closing off grants in grants database and reporting it to finance system.
• Maintaining the grants management system, providing training to new members including guides, on-going evaluation of the system, identifying weaknesses and putting solutions in place.
• Maintain fraud and identity check system (CIFAS), reporting and acting as Fraud Compliance Officer

Other duties

• Lead on budget and cash flow management for each of the funding programmes in relations to the grants and bursaries
• Provide support to other members of the Fund team
• Provide support during financial and performance audit.
• Provide process training to new delivery staff.
• Work closely with the Communications team to ensure suitable promotion of the funds to potential applicants, and the projects it supports to the industry and other stakeholders.
• Work with the Head of Finance & Operations to report on all funded activities to stakeholders including identifying the timing of programme releases.
• Any other duties as may be required which may include contributing to wider ScreenSkills projects and bids.

Essential skills and experience:

• Qualified or Part qualified in a business or finance qualification
• Proven experience of working in a similar role within finance department
• Proven experience of contracts management
• Proven experience of data analysis and manipulation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience of legal compliance/documentation
• Experience of setting up processes to ensure master templates and contracts are reviewed
• Excellent organisation skills; ability to effectively manage varied tasks with competing priorities with minimum supervision
• Attention to detail and ability to produce accurate work
• Excellent IT skills including advance Level of Excel

Preferred skills and experience:

• Previous working experience of BBGM (GIFTS), SUN accounting system using Q&A

Other skills and attributes:

• Excellent teamwork
• Innovative Thinking
• Customer Focus
• Commitment to Excellence
• Flexibility
• Commercial –Awareness

Please submit a CV and covering letter clearly stating how your skills and experience meet the requirements of the role or you can apply via our website.

Corporate responsibilities of all ScreenSkills Personnel:

• Take ownership of, and contribute to, internal and external communications activity both in their job role and as part of ScreenSkills’ overall strategic objectives
• Demonstrate a personal commitment to embracing and promoting ScreenSkills’ positive approach to the achievement of acceptance, openness, and equality of opportunity at work for people from under-represented groups (e.g. such as those with disabilities and/or Black, Asian, minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender)
• Promote and develop individual and organisational activities which support and enhance environmental sustainability and health and safety objectives.
• Establish good working relationships with both internal and external customers and provide a high-quality service which meets their needs.
• Support yours and your colleagues’ activity through a commitment to effective and correct use of corporate tools and resources, including the ScreenSkills’ intranet for internal communications and authorised systems for contact management.

ScreenSkills is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups such as women, people who are Black, Asian and minority ethnic, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, LGBTQ+, with caring responsibilities, parents or carers who are returning after a career break, from different nations and regions, from a less advantaged socio-economic background or any other under-represented group.

We would like to thank you for the time and effort made in submitting your application. As a charity we are conscious of how and where we use our limited resources. This means we are unable to respond to every application received, if you have not had a response within three weeks of the closing date please assume on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful. I hope this outcome does not deter you from applying for future roles within our organisation.

The young people, children and families that we support are at the heart of everything we do at Mermaids. The work that we do has significantly expanded and we now need a highly effective and experienced grants & fundraising officer to join us to build relationships with key stakeholders locally, regionally and nationally, generating income from trusts and grants.

We encourage applications from those with lived experiences (directly or indirectly) and/or close ties to the LGBTQ+ community.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop Mermaids’ grants and foundations streams

• Achieve agreed income targets through researching and identifying suitable bodies to apply to current and new trust and foundation supporters

• Plan, organise and execute own workload of fundraising approaches to a variety of regional and national trusts 

• Use a broad range of research tools to identify new potential funders, matching them strategically to the work of Mermaids

• Account manage and steward trust and foundation supporters through email, telephone, written proposals and other forms of communication with the aim of ensuring their on-going and increasing support and developing good working relationships with them 

• Collect and save key grant documentation and information in the relevant files and on Mermaid’s donor management system, Raisers Edge

• Creating and maintaining trust records using CRM

• Ensure projects are managed in accordance with grant conditions and that reports are produced in a timely manner with up to date information on Mermaids’ activities to increase donor involvement, loyalty and funding

• Monitor progress against targets in line with the fundraising strategy

• Keep accurate and accessible financial records for forecasting on an ongoing basis

• Stay up to date with external developments that may impact on your area of work

• Advise on likely fundraising or reputational risks and recommended courses of action

We offer a blended style of working with 3 days working remotely from your home and 2 days a week in our office in London (currently based in Borough) 

You will be joining PEAS at an exciting time as we move into implementing our new ambitious strategy, PEAS 2022-2026 – Growing PEAS schools. Supporting all schools. During this period we will grow our school networks to double their size, launch in a third country and expand our wider impact by strengthening education systems.

As Grants Officer, you will support with the grant management and grant finance for PEAS' major grants, which are essential to the success of PEAS. We are looking for a driven individual who has experience in financial management and accounting, and who is looking for a dynamic role where they can get more hands-on with supporting programme delivery.

Role and Responsibilities 

Grant Management

• Actively work with in-country and UK colleagues to ensure delivery of programmatic activities is on-track, discuss challenges / roadblocks with the team, and assess course correction strategies where necessary.
• Collect inputs from in-country and UK colleagues to prepare and submit high quality programmatic and financial reports in a timely fashion.
• Assist with donor relations, including participating in calls with select donors, representing the PEAS team at donor meetings and ensuring timely response to donor requests.
• Working closely with in-country Grant Leads to co-ordinate monthly Grant Steering Committees for each country.
• Understand, communicate and monitor compliance with donor contract rules and regulations, and advise other team members on compliance.
• Develop grant management tools and templates to make grant delivery as clear and simple as possible.
• Build capacity of colleagues through design/strengthening and delivery of resources, systems and training to reinforce grant management, and ongoing coaching and support to in-country Grant Managers.

Grant Finance

• Work with in-country Finance teams to review, track and analyse project expenditure.
• Lead discussions on the investigation of Budget versus Actual variances, as highlighted by monthly financial reporting.
• Support with the development of proposals and budgets for grants, including designing grant budgets to support PEAS’ strategic objectives.
• Lead on the linking of grant accounting to PEAS’ consolidated management accounts, to ensure efficient year-end grant funds movement reconciliation.
• Lead on co-ordination and preparing information for project audits.
• Provide technical support and guidance on grant requirements to budget holders during the annual budget planning process as well during the budget reforecasting process.
• Supporting in-country teams including the UK team with Grant Finance Trackers, including donor code and tracking of donor spend across PEAS’ financial systems.

The ideal candidate  

Has

• A bachelors degree or equivalent
• AAT qualification or equivalent experience years experience in a related role
• Experience of project accounting and donor reporting, or similar types of financial management
• Experience of working in grant-funded environments
• Strong project management, financial, and data analysis skills
• Strong written skills, able to write in a succinct and engaging way for high-stakes reporting
• Strong attention to detail
• Effective time management, able to prioritise and deliver to strict deadlines

Should be

• Collaborative not competitive - interpersonal and communication skills to build relationships with peers across multiple departments across multiple countries of operation
• Open minded – willing to listen to others and consider new ways of approaching problems
• Resilient and professional – works well under pressure; deals with challenges professionally and calmly and doesn’t let setbacks hold them back or discourage them
• Egoless – prepared to get stuck in
• Entrepreneurial – excited by the opportunity to join a fast growing, fast changing teams; adaptable and able to work flexibly

Working at PEAS

No matter what the role, team, context or country, we are all guided by our values, intrinsically motivated and energetic. We work collaboratively across functions, facing the challenges of balancing access, quality and sustainability together to deliver the best quality outcomes for students.

• Have impact - opportunity to really stretch yourself and contribute to having real impact in improving the life chances of all children through educational opportunity. 
• Part of the PEAS Pod - joining a small team who are extremely effective, proactive, supportive and values aligned
• Collaborative cross-organisation working style - enables employees to develop skills and knowledge outside of their core role
• Flexible working – Typical flexible working options can include working from home and/or flexible hours and we are open to discuss any possible flexible options with employees.
• Annual leave - 28 days for full-time employees, pro-rata for part-time plus bank holidays
• Pension - Eligible employees are auto-enrolled into PEAS contribution-based pension scheme with up to 6% matched employer contributions
• Wellness and wellbeing – Employees have immediate access to an employee assistance programme (EAP) through Health Assured. The EAP provides access to both proactive and reactive wellness and wellbeing services to you and your immediate family 24hrs a day, 365 days of the year.

How to apply

If you are excited by the opportunity of the role at PEAS and have the experience and skills we are looking for, please read the full candidate pack and follow the link to apply. 

Organization:  FIND is based in Geneva, Switzerland. We are a global non-profit organization driving innovation in the development and delivery of diagnostics to combat major diseases affecting the world’s poorest populations. Our vision is a world where diagnosis guides the way to health for all people. With priorities aligned to those of the global public health community, we turn complex diagnostic challenges into simple solutions through unique partnerships with the public, private and non-profit sectors. Our work bridges Research and Development (R&D) to Access—we have deep technical and practical experience in needs assessments, development of fit-for-purpose products, evidence generation for regulators and policy makers through clinical trials and other studies, analysis of market dynamics, introduction of new products, capacity development to strengthen laboratory systems and manufacturing, and advocacy to expand access.

Location: Geneva, FIND headquarters

Reporting to: Deputy Director, Grants Management

Your mission/Position objective:

Reporting to the Grants Management Office the Grant Manager will devote a minimum of 50% of his/her time to managing a single large Unitaid grant, with management of several public grants for Covid making up the remainder. The job includes but is not limited to: managing the grant administration process; tracking expenditure vs budget; ensuring compliance with grant requirements; providing input to grant proposals (ensuring all costs are covered); managing grant information sheets; educating project staff on policies; preparing progress reports in collaboration with the technical team; and preparing financial forecasts and reports.

Your responsibilities/Job description:

• Focal point for all financial matters for the assigned grants and ensuring compliance with donor and organizational requirements
• Responsible for overall grant administration and implementation in accordance with the grant agreement and organizational policies and processes
• Support FIND project team in budget development and other tasks as needed during the Unitaid Grant Agreement Development process (typically a 3-6  month exercise)
• Manage financial and budget plans including budget creation and revision, monitoring and tracking and record-keeping with regard to budgets.
• Ensuring Organization financial system includes sufficient documentation to comply with all donor and organizational policies and procedures for the grant(s) you mange.
• Prepare accurate budgets and forecasts, allocation plans, monitor actual expenses, and prepare and submit disbursement requests and financial reports to donors
• Provide support for external site/partner due diligence process, including assessment of financial risks, capacity and adherence to financial policies and procedures
• Monitor external partner budgets, effectively communicate with external partners on financial and contractual issues, including liaising with auditors.
• Work with Finance team to ensure internal controls are complied with and suggest improvements as appropriate
• Work with the Project Management Unit to manage timelines, deliverables, and record-keeping
• Coordinate preparation and submission of progress reports in compliance with donor requirements
• Maintain overview of contracts with external parties
• Provide grant management trainings and contribute to the development of grant management tools and processes as a member of FIND Grant Management Office

Qualifications:

• Master in Business Management or Chartered accountancy (ACA) or equivalent qualification
• 5 years’ experience in grant management and financial reporting at a non-profit or international organization in global health an advantage
• Good knowledge of auditing practices
• Strong project and grant management skills and organizational capabilities
• Advanced Excel and strong interest in IT; tools such as PowerBI, Tableau and MS Project
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently with strong attention to detail
• Team player, comfortable working in a multicultural environment
• Fluent written and spoken English, French an advantage

To apply

Please send your application by 17 November 2021

The application must include:

• a complete curriculum vitae

• a motivation letter

• an acknowledgement letter, answering the following questions:

 1.   Have you ever been criminally convicted or subject to any criminal or administrative penalty by any competent authority? If yes, please specify.

 2.   Have you ever been terminated or separated (e.g., contract termination, dismissal, non-renewal) or subject to any disciplinary measure or sanction by your employer for fraud, harassment, sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, or sexual abuse?

 3.   Have you ever resigned while under investigation or during disciplinary proceedings?

A confirmation of the following declaration of understanding:

• I confirm the accuracy of the information provided, with the understanding that FIND will conduct reference checks to verify relevant information.
• I understand that if any false or misleading information is provided in my application, or any material fact suppressed, I may not be employed, of if I am employed, I may be dismissed.

Please note that due to high volume of applications, ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted. FIND is dedicated to building an inclusive workforce where diversity is valued. FIND is an equal opportunity employer. Every qualified applicant will be considered for employment. FIND does not discriminate based on race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, age, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, disability status, political ideology, military status, or any other attribute protected by applicable law.

The Trustees of the Campden Charities are seeking to appoint two full time Grants Managers to join the Charities’ small grants team as a result of increasing workloads and staff restructuring.  The two new posts will be expected to take a lead in developing further outreach and publicity with a view to creating community hubs in the future, in addition to taking a lead in development of grant programmes.  The Charities is at a pivotal stage of our work as we drive to continue to support our services and grant making ensuring that everyone who is eligible has access to our support embedding our work within the local community.

The Campden Charities is a local, permanently endowed trust assisting individuals on the lowest incomes in the old parish of Kensington.  The area is one of extreme contrasts and includes some neighbourhoods with significant levels of deprivation and need. The Charities awards grants totalling more than £2 million each year. The grant-giving programmes are focused on helping individuals on very low incomes to move on in their lives.

The people we are looking for will have experience of managing and developing staff, understanding of, and empathy towards, supporting unemployed or low income individuals and families to improve their financial circumstances and experience or willingness to engage in outreach to promote the Charities’ work. They will be self-motivated, highly organised with excellent attention to detail, an independent thinker yet a team player and computer literate.  Candidates must be able to make clear and objective recommendations, both written and verbal, to Trustees.

We are currently home based and working remotely due to COVID-19. However, in the future the role will be based at our offices near Notting Hill or in local community organisations.  The role is not suitable for permanent full-time remote working. 

We are looking for an experienced Grants and Trust fundraiser to join our team. Do you have a track record of securing substantial amounts of income from a wide range of relevant funding sources? If so, then we’d really like to hear from you.

This is a unique role, perfect for someone who is self-motivated and looking for that work life balance by working part time, with some working from home. Fundamental to this role will be the ability to write successful funding bids, and you should have demonstrable experience in this area alongside a knowledge of Hospice care.

Location: Hybrid working (St John’s Hospice, Lancaster and home)
Hours: 22.5 per week
Role Type: Permanent
Pay: £27,045 per annum (pro rata)
Closing Date: 7th November 2021

JOB PURPOSE

• As a key member of the wider income generation team you will lead on income growth from charitable trusts
  and foundations. You will solely be responsible for trusts and foundation applications and relationship
  management with funders. You will work to maximise on the grant needs of the hospice whilst working with
  key audiences and a wide range of stakeholders to create an effective income stream.
• The post holder will be highly skilled, effective communicator who writes compelling well-researched funding
  applications and who collaborates with multiple internal and external stakeholders to maximise funding
  opportunities. You will be responsible for ensuring notifications of grants and trusts are dealt with effectively,
  in order to achieve annual income targets. This role will involve working collaboratively across all directorates
  to raise the profile of the hospice and secure the wellbeing of patients, carers and their families.

The Henry Smith Charity is one of the largest grant making foundations in the UK, distributing close to £40m of grants in 2020. We aim to bring about lasting change to people's lives, helping them to benefit from and contribute to society. We achieve this by funding organisations that work with people to reduce social and economic disadvantage.

We are delighted to be recruiting for a Grants Coordinator to join the Grants Operations team. The post holder will ensure the efficient and accurate day to day running of our main grants process and work with the team to deliver our smaller grants programmes. They will work on all stages of the grant application process, coordinate our grant making and provide the wider team with operational support.   

The successful candidate will be an analytical and creative problem solver with a keen eye for detail. They will have previous experience working within a similar role supporting a team and will demonstrate a keenness to learn. They will be a strong communicator with the ability to adapt their approach for a range of different stakeholders.   

This role is an excellent opportunity to further develop existing grant making experience or to learn more about grant making, with an overview of the whole grant making process.  

The Henry Smith Charity offers a range of generous benefits including 24 days (rising to 26 days after two years completed) annual leave, company pension scheme, health insurance, paid volunteering days, access to a free Empathy helpline, travel ticket loan and cycle to work scheme. We are currently trialling a new approach to flexible working, however regular attendance at our central London office will still be required. 

At The Henry Smith Charity we highly value the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion and view them as central to our successes in grant making, helping individuals and communities to thrive. We welcome applications from people with a wide range of backgrounds and experience including people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQI+ and individuals from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds.  

Please let us know if you need any additional support to take part in the selection process. If your application is successful, the organisation will make reasonable adjustments to the working environment to enable you to fulfil the role.  

To find out more about this role, please apply with a Word format version of your CV; cover letters are not required at this stage. A full job description will be provided to candidates shortlisted by Prospectus.

Interviews will be held on the 11th and 12th November, in person, at The Henry Smith Charity offices. 

You don't need to run faster than the win to work with us. But it would help if you like sport and see its power to end violence, discrimination and inequality for children and young people throughout the world.

As a key member of the programmes team, you will be responsible for planning and implementing a portfolio of impactful programmes across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe using sport as a vehicle for social change.

You will be responsible for managing a diverse sport for development portfolio, providing high level programme support, financial oversight, monitoring and evaluation technical expertise and capacity building support to our global implementing partners. This role will involve working closely with the Senior Programmes and Grants Managers, aiming always to ensure Sport for Good makes progress towards its Vision. 

In this role, you will:

• Develop and manage a caseload of grants, mostly in East Africa
• Support the organisational development and strengthening of grant partners
• Participate in developing funding proposals for a range of different funders
• Help make sure that grantees comply with requirements and expectations
• Work closely with grantees to source good case stories about how they use the power of sport to change the lives of children and young people

We expect you to hit the ground running, and for the 12 months you will be filling some pretty big and fashionable sneakers. If you feel you have the experience to deliver these different activities, write to us straight away. We will be hiring when we have the right candidate. Is it you?

APF’s vision is to find a cure for pulmonary fibrosis so that everyone affected by the disease has a better future.

We work to achieve this vision by making it our mission to provide support to families, raise awareness, campaign and educate to improve access to the highest standard of care for everyone affected. We are committed to finding a cure through funding research.

Our values drive everything we do:

• Patient led: We empower patients, who are at the heart of everything we do.
• Caring and compassionate: We respect and understand the needs of patients and carers, and help them to get the support they need.
• Striving for excellence: We work with integrity and professionalism in all that we do.
• Open and approachable: We ensure people affected by pulmonary fibrosis feel able to turn to us for advice and support in their time of need.
• Ambitious: We will improve the lives of people affected by pulmonary fibrosis and be bold in the ways we do this.

Trust & Grants Administrator - Main purpose of the role:

• Research and build relationships with grant making trusts and foundations
• Work with the Fundraising Manager to grow awareness and income from grant-making trusts and foundations to fund research and services that will help create a better future for people affected by pulmonary fibrosis
• Develop systems and processes to ensure trust applications and reports are completed to funder deadlines

Main Duties are:

• Using grant databases and other resources to research potential funders and compile prospect lists
• Editing and developing funding proposals and reports to match the criteria of different trusts, ensuring reports demonstrate how grants have helped contribute towards a better future for pulmonary fibrosis patients and their families and are submitted in a timely manner
• Develop a system to ensure grant applications and reports are completed and submitted according to deadlines
• Ensure smooth coordination of relationships with key contacts at grant making trusts
• Ensure all communications with grant making trusts are recorded on our CRM (Blackbaud’s eTapestry)
• Work with APF’s Finance Team to ensure all trust and grant income is recorded accurately, and that funders are thanked in a timely manner
• Work with the Fundraising Manager to develop new and inspiring funding proposals and update reports, including liaising with members of the APF team to collate relevant reporting information
• Contributing towards the development of impact measures to ensure funder requirements are met
• Work on projects as agreed with the Fundraising Manager from time to time

Person Specification

In your application for the role, please provide details of your experience against the selection criteria set out below.

Part one: knowledge and experience

• Experience of working to competing deadlines, prioritising workload and planning ahead to ensure deadlines are met
• Experience of researching grant making trusts, or transferrable skills
• Experience of writing accurate and inspiring copy
• A good understanding of the voluntary sector
• A thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and Outlook
• An understanding of budgeting and experience of ensuring accuracy of financial information
• Experience of using a database (training will be provided for our CRM – Blackbaud’s eTapestry)

Part two: skills and working style

• Excellent communication skills, particularly writing skills
• Ability to tailor communications for different audiences
• Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise workload to meet competing deadlines
• Meticulous attention to detail with good proof-reading skills
• Ability to demonstrate initiative, be proactive and offer a problem-solving approach
• Effective interpersonal skills with ability to demonstrate empathy for others
• Team player and able to be flexible
• Committed to ongoing personal and professional development; positive and willing to learn and to sharing learning with the team

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.

We are looking for an experienced manager to lead our organisation and drive forward our plans to deliver a person-centred service to people with sight loss living in North Somerset.

You will have excellent communication skills; a high level of financial literacy; and a sound knowledge of the voluntary sector, its governance arrangements and relationship with local partners including the statutory sector.  You will develop and maintain productive alliances in order to raise the profile of service user needs and aspirations, and will lead our fundraising efforts.

We need someone with a vision for the future and an ability to combine strategic thinking with attention to detail.  An empathy for people living with a disability is essential, as is a positive, flexible approach to team working.  You will be based in our office in Weston super Mare but should be prepared to travel across North Somerset as required.

Closing date for applications: Thursday 4th November 2021.

Interviews for this post will be held on Thursday 11th November.

Tourettes Action is the only UK-wide charity advocating for and providing support to people with Tourette Syndrome and their families. This year is our 40th anniversary year, and we have an exciting opportunity for an inspiring, creative and imaginative Chief Executive to lead our next stage of growth and development.

We’ve identified our priorities for the next five years:

• To continue to consolidate and build our funding base
• To ensure our activities and support are available across the UK to all people with Tourette Syndrome and their families
• To offer new services
• To increase the power of our voice, taking full advantage of digital media
• To increase our impact and ability to influence national policy to secure better access to diagnosis and treatment across the country

To lead our team tackling these challenges, you are likely to be:

• Experienced at inspiring, leading, and developing an effective team
• A creative and strategic thinker and problem solver
• Able to prioritise tasks and delegate
• An articulate and persuasive advocate
• Experienced at campaigning using traditional and social media
• Experienced in developing and implementing a fundraising strategy
• Understanding of, and open to learning more about, Tourette Syndrome and understanding of the needs of the people who seek our help

In this role, you will work four or five days a week, working flexibly from home and the office in Farnborough, Hampshire.

To apply, please download the application pack and then return a CV of no more than three pages and a one-page cover letter to us via the Apply button.

Closing date: 6.00 pm on Monday, 1 November 2021

Tourettes Action is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. We strongly value diversity, promote equality, and challenge discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds (including neuro diverse) and people with lived experience of disability. We are open to flexible working requests.