Are you entrepreneurial, passionate about making a difference, and skilled at securing grants and charitable donations? If so, we have an incredible role for you.  

Community Integrated Care is one of Britain’s biggest and most successful social care providers. We are recruiting for a Grants and Corporate Fundraising Manager, working within our award-winning Partnerships and Communities Department.

Our charity proudly supports more than 3500 people who have learning disabilities, autism, mental health concerns, dementia, and complex care needs, across England and Scotland. We are dedicated to making the greatest impact possible upon the lives of the people we support and society, by being a leading force for innovation and community development within social care.

You will lead our efforts to change the lives of the people we support through securing grants, corporate donations, and community fundraising with purpose.

This is a genuinely high-impact and strategic role, working for a charity that has been named as the Charity Times ‘Charity of the Year’ and has won many international and national honours for its impact and innovation.

This role focusses on securing funding and resources which can enable to us to deliver innovative programmes that change the lives of the people we support and enhance the services that we deliver. Your work will be varied and exciting – from helping us to secure funding that helps enhance the individual services that we provide through to helping us create innovative programmes that change lives at scale.

About You

You’ll be part of a charity that excels in this field. From working with the Rugby League World Cup 2021 to create the world’s first inclusive volunteering programme at a major event for people who access social care. to partnering with police forces across the UK to tackle hate crime and prejudice, we generate opportunities that have real impact. Your work can span enabling us to access funding to form successful community projects and social enterprises, through to securing sensory equipment for care services, and so much more.

We are looking for someone with great creativity and entrepreneurial instincts, strong bid writing skills, and the ability to design projects and partnerships. Importantly, you will be passionate about our cause and motivated by the role that you will play in changing lives.

You will report into the charity’s Director of Partnerships and Communities. You will fully be supported by a team of specialists within your department, who can help you to shape your ideas and will fully implement and manage the delivery of our grant funded projects and charitable partnerships.

If this sounds like an exciting role for you, we can offer you a great career in an exceptional charity. You will be working for an innovative organisation that has an exciting vision and many exceptional partners. This is a special charity where people can grow personally and professionally and make a real difference every day.

If you have the talents, drive and purpose to be a success in this role, please apply to be part of our incredible charity.

Working for Us

We’re passionate about our people and you'll  have the opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge in a friendly and enriching environment. We also offer the following:

• Comprehensive induction and commitment to on going learning and development
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Holiday purchase scheme (up to 5 days)
• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to a free benefits app offering retail discounts, leisure savings and holiday and  travel discounts
• Employee of the month and other recognition schemes

This role can be home based or operate out of any of our regional offices.

If you are looking for professional satisfaction, and for a role where you can really see the difference your contribution makes to delivering the best lives possible for the people we support -  apply today!

Community Integrated Care is an equal opportunities employer 

Independent Age works to ensure that as we grow older, we all have the opportunity to live well with dignity, choice and purpose.  To achieve this we provide information, advice and connection services for older people; campaign on the issues that matter most to them around health and care, poverty and loneliness and provide capacity building support to others working in the sector.

This is an exciting time to join Independent Age as we work on our new ambitious strategy for 2021 – 2023 and increase our profile, impact and reach so more people can live a happy, connected and purposeful later life.  We want to find talented individuals from diverse backgrounds to join us on this journey.

The Community Manager will support a local team within Nottingham delivering a range of Asset Based Community Development community projects. They will lead the team to manage local volunteers, working alongside older people who are lonely and/or isolated, or living in poverty, working together to create personalised plans that support people become more connected within their community and enhance their lives. 

We would be looking for you to bring your experience of either delivering community projects, ideally focused on social isolation, or of projects working with older people. You will be passionate about working in communities and alongside partners; Confident developing and managing a team and volunteers to deliver these projects in the community, working with flexibility and autonomy.

With strong communication skills and the ability to develop excellent relationships, you will also be able to prepare engaging case study reports and data. 

We would also require you to travel around Nottingham to meet older people, volunteers, local organisations and members of your team.

At Independent Age we live by our values. We are Purpose-driven; compassionate; expert; collaborative; accountable; inclusive.

We champion inclusion and celebrate diversity within and outside our charity to create a culture where everyone knows that they belong and can bring their whole self to work.  We hire from a variety of backgrounds as we know this makes our charity stronger.

If you are passionate about our cause, share our values and believe you have the skills for this role, then we’d love to meet you.

We know that a good work life balance helps us perform at our best, so we provide support to attain this with flexible working hours and regular remote working opportunities.  We also offer great benefits including 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance and fantastic learning and development opportunities.

Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding those we work with. We therefore ask that you supply your full work history with explanations for any gaps in the application documents you submit and if offered the post, we will require two employment references including your current or most recent employer.  In line with the current guidance in relation to the activity to be undertaken in this role, an Enhanced DBS Certificate will be also be required.

To apply, please visit our website to submit a cover letter detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria within the Job Description and Person Specification, along with your CV.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 22 December.

We are seeking an experienced Grants & Trusts Fundraiser to implement a fundraising strategy focussed on trusts & foundations. This vital role will help to enable the continuation of our range of innovative projects working with communities across Bristol, as well as making possible the next phase of our growth.

The successful candidate will be highly motivated and organised; an excellent bid-writer with proven experience of securing grants. You will be responsible for carrying out detailed prospective grant research, making new grant applications, collecting project data and all grant reporting. You will use your excellent communication skills to develop the organisation’s case for support and complete impactful applications.

To be successful in this role you will have experience of raising income from trusts & foundations, together with excellent research, communication and relationship development skills. You will also be comfortable working in a team and taking initiative and responsibility.

Hours: 1.5 days per week (11.25 hours), with flexibility on which days you work

Location: Flexibility for remote working or working in our office, with monthly meeting at Easton Family Centre, Bristol

​Probation period: 6 months

ABOUT THE ROLE

Salary range: £40,000-45,000 depending on experience

Full time (flexible working considered)

Largely remote working with a phased transition to more in person time under consideration

As the Grants manager you’ll secure, manage and develop relationships with our funders and partners. Your remit will include every aspect of the grant, funding and partnership lifecycle from developing new opportunities to reporting on live delivery to evaluating completed work.

You’ll play a leading role in managing our grants and partnerships with our funders. In the UK we have secured funding from public sector contracts including for example European Structural Funding (ESF) in London and Leeds and devolved Adult Education Budget, DforE, and DCMS funding from Combined Authorities in Manchester and the West Midlands, and a wide range of corporate & foundation partnerships including Microsoft, the JP Morgan Charitable Foundation, the MacQuarie Group Foundation, Barclays, and others.

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.

You’ll work closely with and report into the Head of Growth, Data & Operations as part of a small team that shapes and designs Generation's growth strategy in the UK, tracks our performance, develops and manages funding partnerships and launches new initiatives and programmes.

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.

The models consist of free, profession-specific boot camps with matchmade employer interviews and ongoing one-to-one mentoring/pastoral support for youth (Generation) or mid-career learners (ReGeneration).

Our work focuses on supporting those from diverse groups facing barriers to employment - with a focus on NEET youth aged 18-29. To date our learners have been >70% BAME, >30% previously FSM eligible, >30% unemployed for at least 6 months, and <40% with degrees.

For these learners, we have achieved an industry leading 80%+ job placement rate within 3 months of programme completion with learners now placed at >300 employers including the FT, Sainsbury’s, Sony Playstation, and more...

Our innovative boot camps 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 an exciting new programme placing people into emerging roles tackling climate change in the retrofit.

The pandemic has exacerbated the issues we set out to solve as young people and those from disadvantaged backgrounds have disproportionately suffered its economic disruption.

By joining Generation UK&I now, you will become part of an organisation committed to social impact and determined to play its part in changing the system in this context. The work is fast-paced, exciting, and innovative. The impact is clear.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

The role has the following key responsibilities:

1. Manage and develop our existing grants and funding partnerships (Primary focus)

• Keep a clear record and summary of all our funding contracts and partnerships including their milestones and requirements
• Draft and collate reports for existing partners on the progress of our work pulling input in from across the organisation
• Meet with existing funders to discuss progress on existing projects, problem solve challenges, celebrate successes and build lasting relationships
• Lead reviews and evaluations of completed projects
• Lead our two European Social Fund contracts to include aggregating reports; acting as internal authority for compliance; documenting, allocating owners for and tracking initiatives and actions arising from funder recommendations and audits

2. Identify and manage a pipeline of new opportunities and develop proposals to secure funding (Secondary focus)

• Research and network to identify new funding and partnership opportunities in the UK & Ireland
• Create and manage a pipeline of opportunities with the potential to drive our growth to hit our targets
• Prioritise opportunities in terms of alignment with our priorities
• Submit expressions of interests, secure introductions or reach out cold to begin building relationships
• Meet funders and partners to understand their needs and desires from funding
• Lead workshops with colleagues to scope and design innovative, impactful, and deliverable proposals
• Write effective proposals end to end drawing on expertise and support from colleagues where you need it
• Pitch and present proposals to funders

3. Contribute to the wider success and growth of Generation in the UK & globally

• Feedback on organisational plans and actively participate in reviews of past performance
• Work closely with colleagues, including the global partnerships team, to feed in learnings and learn about what works
• Support development of Generation UK’s playbook, specifically with regards to best practices for securing and managing funding partnerships creating a bank of best practice proposals
• Get close to our impact and work as a charity, devoting time to supporting our delivery and getting to know beneficiaries

ABOUT YOU

Here are the core attributes we think you’ll need in the role:

• You’re a highly organised and self motivated professional, able to manage multiple projects independently whilst always staying focussed on your overarching goals.
• You’re detail-oriented, willing and able to dot the is and cross the ts in a report, proposal or budget
• You’re a people person, excelling at quickly building new, lasting relationships with funders through
• You’re an effective communicator, comfortable delivering difficult or complex messages to colleagues and partners alike in writing or discussion
• You’re passionate about the cause, with a demonstrated interest and motivation to support those from a disadvantaged background and see the importance of what we are trying to achieve in the long term

PERSON SPECIFICATION

To succeed, we think you’ll need…

• Experience managing and reporting on 6 figure grants and contacts, from kick-off through to completion and review
• Experience managing relationships with multiple funders and partners at the same time
• Experience identifying new funders and partners to support charitable or social enterprise growth
• Experience writing bids for and securing 6 figure grants, partnerships and contracts
• To be comfortable 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 (sheets, docs, slides etc.), slack, zoom or equivalent tools
• Knowledge and passion for social impact and specifically disadvantage as it relates to barriers to employment

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

THE OFFER

• 25 days annual leave
• Flexible working balancing the office and work from home
• Focus on professional and personal development
• Purpose and social impact in the heart of your work

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.

We believe that the more diverse we are the better we become. More than just encouraging your application, we're committed to conscious inclusion that (we hope) cultivates an ethos of belonging, connection and shared purpose. We go further together. It’s this philosophy that drives us towards our mission. We open our doors to those who share this mindset.

We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates from marginalised groups. We will assess applications on a rolling basis and close this posting as soon as we have found the right candidate. We look forward to hearing from you.

Do you have experience of working for a research funder? Do you want to use this experience and broaden your horizons beyond traditional research management? If so, then we have a fantastic opportunity for you.

The Grants Manager is responsible for looking after a large diverse and varied portfolio of grants. This includes a mixture of working closely with applicants to shape larger strategic research and agile and impactful response-mode research funding. The post holder will also work closely with Great Ormond Street Hospital to support funding and management of grants in hospital priority areas, giving an opportunity to expand and develop their research management skills to working closely with the NHS, whilst seeing the real-life impact the funding makes.

About the Team

This exciting role sits within the Grants and Impact Department. The team are responsible for ensuring charitable funding supports high quality projects, for monitoring and evaluating funded projects, and providing support to fundraising teams with information on the projects the charity funds.

About You

You will have research management experience and be confident operating independently. You will also be able to lead and deliver on large projects, with appropriate support, and work closely with important senior external and internal stakeholders.

Specifically, you will have:

- An advanced research degree (PhD) in a relevant scientific discipline or equivalent work experience
- Research and/or grants management experience
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to establish good working relationships

About the Charity

Every day brings new challenges at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Every day, over 600 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity can’t help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Our staff help to raise these vital funds for the hospital. A better future for seriously ill
children starts with you.

Recently awarded with a ‘Best Companies 2-star accreditation' and placed number 17 on the 2019 Sunday Times Best 100 Not-for-Profit Companies list - we offer a range of attractive benefits including; a flexible approach to working, 30 days holiday, life assurance, enhanced employer pension contributions, and a discounted season ticket loan.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We recognise that people from some backgrounds are under-represented in our workforce and across the wider Charity sector. In April 2021 we launched our ambitious three-year EDI strategy committing to becoming a more inclusive workforce, reflecting the diverse communities that we work with and for and demonstrating this through all our areas of work.

A more diverse workforce will enable us to deliver even more impact and we particularly encourage applications from communities which are under-represented in the charity. This includes people from Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority backgrounds, people with a disability, people who are LGBT+ or who are from less advantaged socioeconomic groups.

Further information on our EDI strategy can be found on our website.

Our approach to hybrid working

This role is based in our Central London office (WC1N, opposite Russell Square underground) with the option to work remotely up to three days a week.

Please refer to the full job description below for more information.

How to Apply

Please click on the apply button in the top right-hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete. You are encouraged to include a cover letter with your application, and should refer to the 'GOSH Charity Information Pack' on the Careers page of our website before you apply.

Closing date: 23rd December.

Ref: 104 893

Trusts and Grants Lead

£30,451 per annum pro rata

22.5 hours per week

Fixed term to May 2023

Leeds

Ref: INSOB682886

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our passionate and dynamic Development Team as a Trust and Grants Lead

The Trusts and Grants Lead will lead on the Inspire North group’s trusts and grants activity. You will help to develop and deliver upon our development ambitions, diversifying income and achieving financial targets. Working closely with the Head of Development and colleagues across the organisation.

You will develop a strong prospect pipeline, steward our grant funders and deliver growth from this income stream. This includes managing our Development Champions scheme, set up to support our service teams to access small grants.

The role will also work closely with the Head of Development and Development Researcher to respond to national policy changes and help the organisation to deliver best practice and innovations in the sector by securing appropriate funding.

If you think that this role is right for you, then we'd love to hear from you.

You will be joining Inspire North, the parent company to regional charities Community Links and Foundation whose core values are: People, Integrity, Collaboration and Passion. 

Job Summary

To be accountable for successfully managing the development, delivery, and all-round performance of a high-quality, safe and to-specification NCS project and youth programmes.

Key Responsibilities

Overall responsible for the delivery of contractual KPIs from participant attraction to sustained outcomes.

• To drive the successful delivery of our youth programmes and achieve sustained high performance and quality of delivery in accordance with our commissioners
• Assisting (the CEO & Head of E&S) in deciding upon and then negotiating the NCS contract specification
• Compilation of the project’s Risk Register
• Project design, set-up, planning, promotion, and delivery
• Project performance including on-going monitoring, evaluation, review, and the accountability reporting to the internal Governance Board, the commissioners (EFLT), and other key stakeholders including NCS
• The planning, recruitment and management of all project staff, their operational deployment and incident managemen [Supported by THF HR]
• Project compliance with contract Ts & Cs, policies, legislative and other professional or general regulatory requirements (includes all Safeguarding, Health & Safety, GDPR, Prevent etc.) [Supported by THF Central]
• Relationship development with key stakeholders who are essential for the project’s success including, for example, the EFL Trust, NCS, schools & colleges, community groups

Administrative & clerical relating to:

• Contract negotiations and award
• Contract management 
• Income and spend transactions and records that are fully compliant with budget, audit, and other regulatory requirements [Supported by THF Finance]
• Project compliance with contract Ts & Cs, Foundation’s policies and procedures, regulatory & legislative other professional or general regulatory requirements [Supported by THF Central team]
• Project design, set-up and planning through to marketing, delivery and endpoint reporting
• Data input & output for £ and performance recording, analysis, monitoring & reporting [Supported by THF Central team]
• Operational staffing
• Young persons and stakeholder’s recruitment, participation and engagement
• Stakeholder engagement
• Any other work commensurate with the purpose and level of this role
• Implement and deliver residential and curriculum

Personal Attributes

• Thinks ahead, generates innovative ideas
• Values and respects others, builds relationships, collaborates
• Gets things done, delivers to high standards, takes responsibility
• Excellent interpersonal skills including influencing and relationship building with a wide range of people
• Outcomes focused and target driven, and passionate about supporting young people

Skills & Experience

• Proven track record in managing and setting up programmes
• Achieved notable success through motivating and teambuilding staff responsible for delivering front-line services
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience developing proposals to secure grants and contracts
• Applied knowledge of project cycle management including problem analysis, project design, financial planning and management, and monitoring and evaluation
• Experience coordinating bid teams to deliver proposals, bids, or manage contracts
• Experience working with partners and colleagues from different organisations, and cultures to deliver complex work tasks as part of a consortium

For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing date: 17 December 2021

The Welfare & Grants Advisor is a member of the Welfare and Therapeutic Services Team. The postholder will work in collaboration with our Trustees, staff and network of volunteer colleagues to ensure that those harmed because of their policing role, and their families, have somewhere to turn to when things get tough.
You will be responsible for assessing and prioritising beneficiary needs and providing practical help and advice, including case work; working holistically with people to address a variety of wellbeing needs. Acting as a first point of contact for new and existing beneficiaries, you will determine how the charity can best support beneficiaries across the UK through the provision of advice and guidance, including signposting and/or referring to other organisations and helping them access our financial support as appropriate. 
The aim of our service is not to solve all the issues that people are facing ourselves, but to work with them to overcome life’s challenges together and linking in with other activities or services that are best placed to help.

Job description and person specification

Role description

1. To develop and help manage the charity’s relationships with beneficiaries, ensuring a consistent and high standard of service is provided across the UK
2. Using a person-centred, whole-life approach assess how we can best help our beneficiaries through our services, volunteer family and grants programmes, including making recommendations on the award of grants
3. To research and give out accurate and up to date information, advice and guidance, signposting or referring to alternative sources of support as appropriate
4. Work with the Senior Volunteer Coordinator, and Regional Volunteer Coordinators on allocating and managing beneficiary tasks to volunteers, such as visits to aid welfare checks, referrals, grant applications, and peer support.
5. Work with the Senior Volunteer Coordinator, and Regional Volunteer Coordinators, to develop guidance and training materials for Volunteers and ensure adequate recruitment and training in support of our volunteers
6. Keep a case management system up to date with accurate and relevant information, in accordance with data protection and processing laws
7. Undertake all administrative work generated by the post, such as progress reports, scheduling, and filing

Grant Programmes Manager

We are currently seeking a Grant Manager to help deliver the charity’s mission and objectives through the design, delivery and evaluation of the national grant-making programme.

It’s a really exciting time to be involved with an ambitious and growing organisation that’s committed to bringing the property sector together to create real social change.

Position: Grant Manager

Location: Home-based/remote working (with occasional visits to the London office)

Hours: Full or part-time (4 days per week min)

Salary: £36k - £40k

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: 25 days per year (not including bank holidays) pension, free annual flu jabs and annual sight tests, cycle to work scheme, ½ day a month entitlement to volunteer for a charity of your choice in work time, interest-free annual travel card loans, an employee assistance programme, staff discount scheme, health insurance, support for external mentoring, free fruit every week and scope for flexible working.

Closing Date: Friday 10 December 2021, at midday

The Role

As Grant Manager, you’ll be responsible for successfully managing intelligent and effective grant-making systems, ensuring collaboration and integration with pro bono and other programmes, including the National Development Programme.

You’ll be responsible for monitoring, evaluating and ensuring the compliance of grant-making, and for demonstrating the social impact, and social value, of the grants the charity make. You will be responsible for ensuring there are powerful stories from both charities and the young people they support.

At all times, you will be aware of the need to communicate evidence of impact to the corporate partners who fund the work, and to do so in a format that aligns with their own reporting cultures. 

About You

You’ll be an effective, passionate and thoughtful communicator about the work of the charity. You will provide support, challenge and development to any colleagues for whom you have management responsibility and promote effective collaboration in all that you do.

You will have:

• A good understanding of the fundraising and grant awarding sector
• An understanding of, or interest in, youth homelessness
• Experience of managing a grants programme (or similar)
• Knowledge of assessing, monitoring and evaluating projects or programmes
• Experience of delivering against financial and non-financial KPI’s
• The ability to think strategically and skills in planning, prioritizing and organising a team to meet organisation-wide objectives
• Experience of developing and operating effective decision-making and quality systems, processes and procedures improving and streamlining them where possible
• The ability to lead, manage, develop and motivate a small team

In return…

The charity has an ambitious mission to end youth homelessness, so it’s an exciting time to join this dynamic and growing organisation. Along with an excellent benefits package, there are career development and flexible working opportunities.

About the Organisation

As the property industry’s charity working to end youth homelessness in the UK, the organisation brings remarkable businesses and individuals from across the property industry together to support charities providing accommodation for young people who are or have been homeless, or who are at risk of homelessness in the future. Through a unique network of corporate partners, it invests funding and expertise where to achieve lasting impact.

You may also have experience in areas such as Trusts Fundraising Officer, Foundations Fundraising Manager, Trusts and Grants Fundraising Manager, Fundraising Manager, Trusts Fundraiser, Trusts and Grants Fundraiser, Fundraising Partnerships Manager, Trusts, Foundations, Supporter Engagement, Bid Writing, Bid Writer, Grants, Programmes, Grants and Programmes Manager, Grant Scheme Manager, Charitable Grants Manager, Grants Management, Grants Operation Manager, Grants Director, Programmes and Impact Manager, Impact and Evaluation Manager, Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Research and Evaluation, Impact Delivery Manager.

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 have an opening within our South West regional funding team for a person who is passionate about their community and the wider third sector to join us as a Funding Manager.

We are looking for talented people from a wide range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences who share our values and are passionate about making a difference through our funding. Whether through lived or gained experience you will really understand the communities we work with.

Working across Bristol, Gloucestershire, Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset you will coordinate responsive grant-making; ensuring that our funding is equitable (actively fair and levelling the playing field), informed and responds to the local context.

Funding Managers are responsible for coordinating from the beginning to the end of our grant-making, placing communities at the heart of what we do.

As a Funding Manager you will have a small team of 4 Funding Officers to support and manage, ensuring high levels of performance and collaboration. You will be fully committed to being part of the larger South West team embracing our local team working values to always be truly present, working in ways which support our own and others wellbeing. Our integrity underpins everything we do, creating an environment in which we can always be supportive and include everyone fairly and equitably. These values enable us to be progressive, finding new and better ways of working, to constantly improve as a team. 

You will have excellent people management skills and be able to coach and motivate staff, creating a constructive and positive working environment. This will be both remotely (by video calls/by phone/by e mail) and in person.

You will have a passion for equitable grant making and driving forward our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion ambitions.

You will be a clear communicator both verbally and in writing. You will be able to manage a high workload for you and your team and support your team practically and with integrity to deliver excellent customer service. You will use feedback to improve what we all do making sure our funding responds to the local context and need.

Your project management skills will be strong, and your decision-making will be informed by analysis and assessment.

You will work with your team to build and maintain relationships with senior stakeholders and increase our impact by bringing people together and influencing others.

You will support our ambition to increase knowledge and learning across the region.

Together with 2 other Funding Managers in the region you will report into the Head of Region for the South West and work collaboratively with peers across the organisation at various levels.

You will live within Gloucestershire, Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset or the immediate surrounding areas.

You will work from several locations, including your home, our office in Exeter and external venues. Travel will be required to various locations and other offices when travel restrictions are eased.

 

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Hours: 37 Hours per week, flexible working considered

Interview Date: Monday 24th January 2021

Closing Date: 9th January 2022

 

Essential Criteria

 

• Both a commitment to, and experience of implementing equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives within the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector.
• Experience of managing teams and leading a high-performance culture through your ability to coach, involve and empower people including with remote workers.
• Ability to build and maintain excellent relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Able to demonstrate a track record of turning strategic plans into a deliverable reality with a team of people.

Desirable Criteria

 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills that enables you to bring people along with you.
• Experience in managing complex processes using data management systems
• A deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities for the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector.

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

 

Equity, 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.

We are also proud to be a Stonewall Diversity Champion, supporting our commitment to being a great place to work for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) staff.

Our client is looking for two Grant Officers to join their team on a permanent basis, the Foundation office is based in Coventry, but the role is flexible in terms of home working.

They are looking to recruit a full time (37.5 hours) and a part time (21.5 hours) position within their Grants team.

Our client is an independent charity with over 26 years’ experience delivering bespoke grant programmes on behalf of a range of donors across the West Midlands and Warwickshire. The foundation works in partnership with a wide range of corporate donors, individuals, local government and other trusts and foundations.

Our client is looking for two people who ideally have a background in assessing applications against a specific criteria and have the confidence in managing and prioritising multiple work deadlines and working with people and organisations from a wide range of backgrounds.

The role

As a Grants Officer, you will work within the Grants Team to coordinate their expanding range of funding programmes.
The main role of a Grants Officer is to assess a high volume of grant applications from charities, not for profit and community organisations. You will be responsible for ensuring deadlines are met, applications are assessed correctly against the donor’s criteria and for monitoring successful awards. You will provide information and coordination support to the grant making decision panels.

Main duties

- Assess funding applications and make recommendations to the grants panel
- Undertake due diligence on all applications received
- Effectively manage the monitoring of all successful awards and undertake monitoring visits to a proportion of grants received
- Prioritise and manage workload in line with grant making cycles
- To ensure consistent, high-quality level of assessments in preparation for grant making panels.
- Produce high quality documentation for all panel meetings including providing the panel with data to support with decision making.
- Record essential information accurately and in a timely manner on their database.
- Identify strong stories of change as a result of their funding for the Foundation to share with donors, supporters and the wider community
- Work with the Marketing & Communications team to promote the grants awarded and ensure positive press coverage.
- Liaise with the Finance Department to ensure prompt payment of awards.
- To work with the wider team on the general running of the office

General tasks and responsibilities

- Be a professional representative and Ambassador for the Charity at all times both internally and externally
- Be an active part of the staff team by supporting, updating and informing colleagues, including via team meetings and sharing Outlook diaries
- Keep abreast of national social policies and issues affecting the voluntary and community sector
- Work in accordance with the charity’s policies and procedures, including Data Protection, Equal Opportunities and Health and Safety
- Be self-supporting for all administration and in the use of relevant IT systems.
- To occasionally work evenings and weekends

To be successful, you will

- Be an excellent communicator with strong written and verbal communication skills and able to work autonomously
- Have loads of self-motivation and will not be afraid to go the extra mile to contribute to the Foundation’s success
- A track record of assessing to a criteria and making recommendations
- A strong affinity with the voluntary and community sector is also important
- Understanding of, and the differences between, charities, social enterprises and other not for profit organisations’ set -up, governance and business models
- Experience of managing multiple caseloads to a high standard and to set deadlines
- Ideally understand and interpret budgets and accounts
- Ability to engage with grant applicants, fund holders and donors.
- Ability to work effectively with a wide range of people and agencies.
- Intermediate IT skills, including CRM system, word, excel and PowerPoint.
- Understanding the principles and practice of equal opportunities, programme delivery and helping people most in need.

If successful, you will receive

Full time role
£22,000 - £25,000 per annum (+3% employer pension contribution)
Monday to Friday – 37.5 hours per week

Part time role
£22,000 - £25,000 per annum (+3% employer pension contribution) pro-rata
3 full days, 21.5 hours working week. Monday to Friday, flexibility on which days are worked

General benefits
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (part time role will be pro rata)
Free onsite parking when in the office
Access to EAP
Discounted gym membership
Flexible working, including working from home

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Job Purpose:

To ensure the Centre is managed effectively in terms of business administration and finance.

To effectively implement policy decisions agreed by the Trustee Board and the CEO in terms of business and finance management.

Key Duties:

• To ensure effective oversight and control of the company’s accounting functions.
• To effectively manage and work alongside our Accounts Clerk whose responsibilities include managing the record keeping for the organisation, updating certain areas of Sage, and monitoring day to day financial activity.  
• To undertake financial planning and provide related ongoing advice for the Chief Executive and Senior Management Team
• To present the financial information at the finance committee meeting of the charity and, where applicable, at trustee meetings generally.
• To formulate financial targets and budgets in accordance with the strategy determined by the board.
• To support the grant bid application process.
• To assist the project teams and managers in budgeting, financial planning and reporting of projects
• To produce timely management information - management accounts, cash flow forecasts, reporting on restricted project expenditure and other ad hoc information as required.
• To provide appropriate systems and controls for all financial transactions and accountancy matters, including audit systems.
• To manage company policies regarding capital requirements, debt management, taxation, equity and insurance as appropriate.
• To manage the treasury function.
• To prepare information for and liaise with the external payroll provider
• To liaise with the auditors in respect of the annual accounts.
• To ensure that the regulatory requirements of all statutory bodies are met regarding all the company’s financial affairs.
• To support staff in developing financial best practice across all aspects of the company activity.

Skills/Qualifications

To be considered for this role you will have the following skills:

• A qualified member of an accountancy body or holder of an equivalent qualification or level of experience.
• Flexible, adaptable, able to work on own initiative with a positive can-do attitude
• Excellent communication, presentation and influencing skills
• Proven expertise as a finance manager
• Good broad management experience, in terms of management of costs/income and working with small teams.
• Good verbal, written and presentation skills and conversant with financial information and business planning.
• Understanding of the charity sector
• Experience of Sage accounting systems
• Advanced Excel skills

Job Title: Grants and Programme Senior Officer
Time Commitment: Full Time – Permanent (Part time options available)
Based at: MQ Office, London, EC1Y, Flexible home working arrangements
Reporting to: Growing Talent Programme Lead
Salary: £30k – £32k per annum

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

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

The right person will be passionate about tackling mental health, and driven to ensure that all projects happen to the highest possible standards. The role is a key position within the organisation, acting as the primary contact for grant applicants with a focus on managing grants process and communications particularly within are flagship Fellowships programme and as a project manger within our national Datamind project

Key Responsibilities:

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

The post holder will also

• Contribute to achieving the overall objectives of MQ and participate in the development of its new organisational strategy.
• Provide other support to the Research team and MQ as required

If you would like to apply for this position, please click the apply button and attach your CV and covering letter, it will be sent automatically to us. 
A job description is attached to help with your application.

MQ is committed to providing equal opportunities for all.

No agencies please.

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