Grants and Community Officer

We are currently recruiting a Grants and Community Officer, which is an exciting role with the community driven charitable foundation of a globally renowned sporting event.    

This charitable foundation provides grants and works with charity partners to provide opportunities and positive development for people from disadvantaged communities, tackling social issues, mental health, active lives and using the power of sport to develop life skills for young people. The Foundation continues to grow and last year awarded over £3.3m in grants and donations to more than 100 charitable organisations. It has a rich selection of programmes, including core-cost and multi-year partnerships which support needs locally, nationally, and internationally, with a focus on the community based in South West London in particular.  

The role:  

The Grants and Community Officer is a key member of the Foundation team who will be responsible for managing a portfolio of grants, including some of the Foundation’s multi-year funds. The Grants and Community Officer will establish and maintain strong relationships with its charity partners and support the delivery of a Funder Plus suite of support.

In addition, this person will support with the development and implementation of new grant processes, and grant schemes as required to support the growth of the Foundation and respond to the needs of our communities and produce high quality monitoring and impact reports for a range of audiences. This person will also ensure the smooth running and maintenance of the grant management database.

An interesting aspect of this important role is that you will build up a network of contacts at charitable organisations and local stakeholders and be an external representative of the Foundation locally in Merton and Wandsworth. This will include visiting funded organisations, contributing to stakeholder meetings and feeding the learning back to the Foundation team.

Full time role, 35 hours per week (There will be occasional local travel, evening and weekend working within this post).

Hybrid working, with three-days (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) at the office in South West London.

The person:
 
The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience within a grant making environment, including a track record of administering grants. They will have an interest and enthusiasm for the Foundation’s work, goals, and values. This person will also have a strong understanding of what it takes to build and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders including voluntary sector organisations, community groups and peer funders. Excellent interpersonal skills, an effective communicator with outstanding written skills, this person will be comfortable operating within both community and corporate settings. You will be a real team player who is able to work successfully within a small and focused team. You will also be highly numerate with the ability to analyse and summarise complex information and figures, in addition to having a clear interest and drive to work in the voluntary sector.

Ideally you will have experience using grant management databases, in particular Salesforce, Form Assembly and Microsoft Office Suite.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process, then please contact George Cook at Prospectus.  
             
If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.