National grants manager jobs

Service Manager

Service:  Early Help Programme

Location: Birmingham (West Constituency)

Hours: 37 hours per week (full-time)

Salary: £37,211 - £41,518 per annum

Contract type:  Temporary (2 years fixed term contract)

At Family Action we transform lives by providing practical, emotional and financial support to those who are experiencing poverty, disadvantage and social isolation. We have been building stronger families since 1869 and today we work with more than 60,000 families in over 150 community-based services, as well as supporting thousands more through national programmes and grants.

This is an exciting opportunity to support the coordination of an Early Help Service. The service will focus on identifying service gaps across Birmingham to enable families to access Early Help and support, through the application of Early Help.  You will play a key role in leading quality assurance and the day–to–day delivery of the service, providing effective management and leadership to a team of Early Help Support Workers and Early Help Development Workers. As the Service Manager, you will be required to work in partnership with the Operational Manager to support the strategic development of the integrated service offer for children and families living in the West of Birmingham. You will be required to work closely with a wide range of stakeholders and actively engage in local and district meetings and with Birmingham Childrens Trust. As the Service Manager, you will be working as a part of a management team and be accountable for the quality standards in the service, building and sustaining professional relationships with all stakeholders.

The Service Manager will:

• Work closely with the public and voluntary sector.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Early Help Support
• Lead in the allocation of Family Connect Form.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of quality assurance.

· An ability to work independently, flexibly and in an integrated manner is essential.

· Ability to drive and have the use of own car.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQIA+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support.

All candidates with a disability are welcome to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and request priority consideration for an interview, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. 

To help remove financial barriers to working with us, we will reimburse travel costs if you are invited to attend an interview in person. 

What will we offer you?

We’ll offer you flexible working hours, a generous pension scheme and leave entitlements, eye care vouchers, a cycle to work scheme and other great benefits. We have an excellent wellbeing offer and we will invest in your professional development with on-going quality training and career development opportunities. You’ll join an established, supportive and high-performing service and have the opportunity to thrive in an innovative organisation that values your opinion, encourages learning and has the needs of children and families at its core.

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect. If you share these values and behaviours and have the necessary skills then we look forward to hearing from you.  

To Apply:

·       Follow the link to apply via our website - Click the ‘Apply’ link on the advert and fill out our digital application form

· Closing Date: Saturday 15th November 2025 at 11.59pm

Appointments are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check where appropriate to the role.

*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.

Priority interviews will be given to those at risk of redundancy.

Age UK is hiring! We're looking for a Partnerships Manager- Trusts to generate income from charitable trusts and foundations to support the work of Age UK. You will develop creative, compelling funding propositions, engage with high value prospects and stakeholders, and produce regular reports for funders. This fantastic opportunity would best suit an individual with successful and proven experience in achieving income targets in a high value trust fundraising role.

We operate a hybrid-working model, a blend of home and office working. This role will include regular days working from our London office (EC3N 2LB) - currently once a week on a Thursday and may involve occasional travel for meetings and cultivation events. Travel costs to the London office are the responsibility of the postholder and are not covered by the charity.

Age UK internal grade 5L

Please note, this role is being offered as a Fixed Term Contract (maternity cover) ending 31st January 2027.

Last date for applications Monday 27th October 2025.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an online interview via Teams on Tuesday 4th November 2025.

Must haves:

The below competencies will be assessed at the indicated stage of the recruitment process:
Application = A, Interview = I, Test = T, Presentation = P

Experience

• Successful and proven experience in achieving income targets in a high value Trust fundraising role. A, I
• Demonstrable track record in soliciting and personally asking for major gifts, alone or with high value volunteers and board members. A, I
• Demonstrable experience in appropriate methods of cultivating relationships with Trusts and Foundations. I

Skills and Knowledge

• Strong understanding of principles of charitable Trust and Foundations and good knowledge of the current funding landscape. I
• Excellent analytic, communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills. I, T
• Excellent proposal and copy-writing skills and the ability to write compelling funding propositions and reports for funders. T
• Strong influencing skills to ensure effective outcomes from internal and external communications. I, A
• Planning and organisation skills. I, A
• Demonstrable attention to detail. T, I
• Budget management skills - setting and monitoring of phased income and expenditure. I, A
• Proficient in MS Office and demonstrable ability to use CRM databases. I

Personal attributes

• Empathy and understanding for the issues faced by older people is essential. A, I
• Team player. I

What we offer in return

• Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
• Wellbeing days - 2 paid days per year (pro rata for our part-time colleagues)
• Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, Bupa health cashback plan and EAP
• Car Benefit scheme, Cycle to Work scheme
• Home & Tech - apply to buy any Home & Tech items from 'Currys' & 'IKEA', up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free.
• Blue Light Card scheme
• You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.

Additional Information

Supporting statements and anonymisation
Candidates are expected to provide a supporting statement that explains how they meet the competencies annotated with an 'A' in the job description, to assess suitability for the position. Age UK acknowledges and accepts that AI may be used to support the application; we do expect candidates to personalise experience, knowledge and skills and failure to do so, may result in your application being rejected.

Please submit a Word version of your CV as it will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role. Our system is unable to anonymise supporting statements and heavily formatted CVs. Please could you remove any personal information including your name before you upload to support our inclusive recruitment process. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us if invited for interview.

Equal opportunities & Disability Confident Scheme
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. Age UK is a Disability Confident Scheme employer. Due to high numbers of applications received, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.

Reasonable adjustments
Disabled job seekers can access reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All requests for reasonable adjustments are considered on a case-by-case basis, in collaboration with the disabled job seeker to best meet their needs, by contacting the Recruitment Team. Disability disclosures will be kept confidential and only shared on a need-to-know basis to support the implementation of adjustments. Disclosures will not be used to inform hiring decisions.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

For a full list of benefits please visit our website.

Blackburn Cathedral is looking to appoint two fundraisers to work within a small, yet creative and motivated team. One post holder will focus on applications to trusts and foundations, the other on community, events and individual giving. 2026 marks a significant moment in the life of Blackburn Cathedral as we celebrate our Centenary. We have exciting plans to remember the past, celebrate the present and to work towards ensuring a legacy that lasts for the next century too. The Cathedral has secured funds from the Cathedral Sustainability Fund for two years to kick start a major period of fundraising activity and we are seeking a proactive fundraiser to help drive a number of unique, landmark, capital projects. There will be a range of activities throughout the year that celebrate the rich history of our Cathedral for the fundraisers to be involved with, and it is an exciting time to join the team.

Person Specification • The grants fundraiser will have strong relationship skills, the ability to communicate effectively (written and orally) with decision makers, delivering the case for support to a range of individuals and groups, with evidence of successful grant applications • You will be confident speaking to individuals at all levels, presenting the Centenary Campaign in different environments and deliver engaging pitches resulting in funds being raised • You will be willing to work in a team, gather data and write compelling fundraising applications to a range of trusts and foundations • You will have an eye for detail, the ability to capture important data and comply with Data Protection Regulations and fundraising best practice

This role description is a working document giving guidance to the major tasks to be performed. It is to be understood that the post is likely to develop to meet changing demands and expectations. • Build an understanding of the local, regional and national picture for trust fundraising in the areas of the capital targets already identified • Identify and build relationships with external fund holders • Be an efficient time manager and meet external deadlines for applications • Create engaging campaigns for fundraising and increase awareness of the opportunities • Develop resources to support successful fundraising applications • Act as the point of contact for fundraising applications for the Cathedral • Report on progress and plans to senior management • Support Safeguarding best practice within the Cathedral • Actively work to raise the profile of the Cathedral locally and nationally • Stay up to date with fundraising best practice and innovation

Experience Essential: • Evidence of creative and successful fundraising applications to trusts and foundations including banks, local authorities, corporates and charities • Experience of working in the community, voluntary and / or not for profit sectors • Excellent organisational and communication skills • Willingness to work flexibly across the week / weekends to support the wider team • Fluent in Microsoft 365 including SharePoint, Word, Excel and Outlook Desirable: • Experience of growing income through successful applications for capital projects in the not for profit sector • Current working knowledge of relevant legislation and best practice for fundraising • Experience of meeting targets in a small team • Working knowledge of Church of England fundraising

The Vacancy

At Help for Heroes, we help the Armed Forces community live well after service.

Life can be tough when a military career comes to an end, especially if it has been cut short by illness or injury. Overnight, people lose not only their job, but also a support network that is like family. There are many ways we help veterans, their relatives, serving personnel, and people who worked alongside the UK military. We help people with their physical and mental health needs, and a range of welfare issues. Our support gives people the skills, confidence, and knowledge to make a success of life after service.

And who are we you’re wondering? We are experts and beginners. Generalists and specialists. Ordinary people with an extraordinary passion towards making a positive change to the lives of our veterans (and having fun while doing it).

As One Team we share a philosophy – I.C.A.R.E. It’s the way we walk and talk, the way we interact with others and how we approach everything we do. We are:

Innovative – Collaborative – Authentic – Resourceful – Energetic. 

We have an incredible opportunity for a TRUSTS AND GRANTS MANAGER to join our team.

Please see below for more information on what just might be your future role.

About You

Are you an experienced and confident fundraiser with a trusts and statutory background with the motivation to drive real change for the Armed Forces community? If you have experience in inspiring donor support through persuasive and creative proposals and building positive relationships, and have a can-do attitude, it would be great to have you join our team.

• Experience in a high value fundraising role, raising money from trusts and foundations and/or statutory funders.
• Experience of developing compelling funding proposals, including budgets with programme managers and other stakeholders
• Experience of building relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills, organisational skills, and attention to detail
• Excellent writing skills to produce compelling funding proposals and reports for funders.
• Ability to work on your own initiative to manage projects, plan, and set priorities.
• A good understanding of the trust fundraising and/or statutory fundraising environment including key compliance considerations and trends in the sector.

About the Role

In this role you will form a vital part of our High Value Partnerships team; achieving or exceeding agreed income targets through tailored and compelling fundraising proposals to existing and new funders; and matching donor interests with Help for Heroes’ programmes.

You will deliver excellent stewardship managing a portfolio of high value donors, delivering against donor objectives, and seeking opportunities to develop and broaden support. Whilst also contributing to the wider Trusts and Foundations, and Partnerships strategies, including taking on management of special projects as and when required.

About the Team

The Trusts and Foundations Team is made up of the Trusts and Foundations Senior Partnership Manager, the Trusts and Grants Manager, and the Trusts and Foundations Executive, part of the wider High Value Partnerships Team, Commercial Directorate.

This is an exciting time for growth within this highly motivated team, and this role will play an integral part in our strategy building on our existing pipeline, working collaboratively to make a big impact. You will be working remotely but with regular opportunities for face-to-face meetings with the team, partners, and beneficiaries, usually held in London, Birmingham, Salisbury, or Swindon.

The detail:

• Hours: 35 hours per week
• Contract: Permanent contract 
• Closing Date: 28th October 2025 

Please Note: This vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received or a suitable candidate is found, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

We are looking for an experienced National Operations Manager, to manage the StreetDoctors operational delivery, quality standards and to support the organisation's strategic development to become a high performing organisation.

We are an award-winning national charity which trains over 17,000 young people affected by street violence each year in emergency first-aid through a team of 250 healthcare volunteers and youth workers. We empower young people with the skills to become part of the solution to violence by developing the skills and confidence to save lives and increasing their understanding of the medical and psychological consequences of violence.

As the StreetDoctors lead for operational delivery, the role will manage and develop the organisation's delivery capacity and implement new innovative national projects. The role will ensure the organisation's performance is managed, achieves the targets and is fit for the future. The key areas of focus include:

• Delivery & Quality Standards: To ensure the quantity and quality of training sessions and projects are nationally consistent, meet the required targets and new opportunities are maximised.

• Relationship Management: To create, develop and maintain partnerships with a range of organisations including, funders, commissioners, community organisations, criminal justice organisations, education providers and youth organisations. 

• Volunteer & Staff Management: To support the development and management of an engaged high performing staff & volunteer delivery team and ensure the volunteering journey is effective and provides the best volunteering experience possible.

At StreetDoctors we believe diversity supports innovation and creativity. We are committed to equality of opportunity, being inclusive, and being representative of the people we are here to support. We would therefore encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds.

Trusts and Grants Fundraiser

Service: Business Development

Salary:

•     Starting at £32,635 FTE per annum, rising to £36,158
•     Additionally, £3,866 Inner London Weighting FTE per annum OR
•    Additionally, £480 home-based allowance FTE per annum

Location: Head Office, London / Hybrid or Homebased

Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week).

We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.

Contact: Permanent

Family Action & the role’s impact:

At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.

We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Trusts and Grants Fundraiser to join our Trusts and Grants team. You will play a vital role securing funding from charitable trusts, foundations, and statutory sources to support Family Action’s work across the UK.

Main Responsibilities:

• Secure and grow income from charitable trusts, foundations, and statutory funders, targeting 5- and 6-figure grants to support Family Action’s strategic priorities.
• Develop multi-year and partnership funding opportunities to strengthen long-term income sustainability.
• Manage and expand a portfolio of existing and prospective funders, cultivating strong and lasting relationships through effective stewardship and communication.

Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):

• Two-years experience of fundraising from trusts, foundations and statutory sources.
• Demonstrated success in securing 5 and 6- figure grants.

Benefits:

• an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays
• up to 6% matched-pension contributions
• enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
• eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
• cycle to work scheme
• investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.

To Apply:

· Click the ‘Apply’ link below and fill out our digital application form

·  Closing Date: Monday 3rd November 2025 at 11.59pm

Appointments are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check where appropriate to the role.

*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. 

All candidates with a disability are welcome to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and request priority consideration for an interview, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. 

To help remove financial barriers to working with us, we will reimburse travel costs if you are invited to attend an interview in person. 

We are looking for a candidate with strong budget oversight and organisational skills to join our small team and be our lead for Camden's Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme, a national programme funded by the Department for Education. With the support of YCF's Head of Partnerships & Grants and CEO, you will oversee and manage a significant budget, and all project management aspects of the programme, to ensure excellent, high-quality provision for Camden's Free School Meal eligible children and young people. 

In August 2025, the programme was extended nationally by the DfE for an additional three years, and we await confirmation as to the exact allocation for Camden, which would hopefully enable us to extend this role to a three year contract to 2029. 

About the HAF programme in Camden and this role

Young Camden Foundation has been Camden Council’s delivery partner for the national, Department for Education funded Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme since its inception in 2021. The programme distributes around £800,000 per year to support Free School Meal eligible children and young people in the borough across the main holidays of Spring, Summer and Winter.

You will lead all project management, from budget stewardship to overseeing programme delivery, with the support of the team. You will oversee a complex budget of around £800,000 ensuring its effective use throughout the year. You will ensure that each HAF programme in Camden offers young participants a diverse and enjoyable range of activities provided by respected organisations, operating at the highest levels of safety, quality, and in alignment with the Department for Education’s funding requirements. You will lead on all reporting, data processing, overseeing of invoicing, and communications of the programme.

The role and its responsibilities

Please see the Job Description on the next page for a full list of respobsibilties. 

To be successful in this role, you will need to have excellent budget management and organisational skills, with the ability to hold multiple competing priorities, and with sharp attention to detail. You will have excellent numeracy and budget oversight and management skills, excellent attention to detail, and a confidence when engaging with stakeholders.  

The key areas of responsibility are as follows:

• Accurate stewardship of a significant budget
• Overseeing grants commissioning processes and provider engagement
• Due diligence and quality control
• Reporting impact
• Stakeholder engagement
• Communicating the impact of HAF

What we offer

We believe you’ll be working in one of the best teams in the sector, with a collaborative and supportive culture. But you’ll also benefit from:

• 25 days of annual leave per year – and your birthday off as additional paid leave
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme 360 Wellbeing, including free in-person counselling sessions and 24/7 on-demand online and phone GP service
• Training and development opportunities throughout the year
• Free gym access and access to free creative and fitness classes across Camden LABS
• Access to unlimited tea, coffee, biscuits and fruit each day, and access to on-site showers
• Discount on food and drink in Camden Stables Market

Person Specification:

Please note, for this role, experience and confidence with managing budgets and being confident with excel is essential.

The rest of the criteria outlines our ideally sought experience. However, if you meet some of the essential criteria but are confident in your ability to learn quickly in post or bring adjacent experience (and can demonstrate at interview), please do apply.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following experience:

Essential:

• Excellent numeracy skills, proven experience and confidence in budget management and stewardship – including confidence in use of Excel as a budget management tool
• Project coordination /project management experience – with proven time management and organisational skills in busy environment
• A willingness to learn from mistakes 
• Experience of effective partnership building and stakeholder collaboration, with good communication skills 
• Ability to plan and prioritise own workload, and self manage in a busy environment with competing demands
• Excellent communication skills – verbally and in writing
• Collaborative working, with flexible, open and adaptable approach
• Degree-level educated (or equivalent experience)

Desirable experience:

• Experience of report compilation and writing
• Commissioning processes and / or grants distribution
• Funder management experience
• Experience of Camden’s voluntary sector and Camden’s communities
• Experience with Salesforce/CRM systems
• Strong IT skills, with good experience of using Microsoft Office and design apps like Canva

 Please download the full job description for more details 

o you want to use your research skills to drive social change?

At HCT, we’re showing how lived experience can transform public health. With almost 500 staff and volunteers working across every NHS area and prison in England — and in parts of Scotland and Wales — we connect some of the most marginalised communities to the services that too often miss them.

We’re now seeking a Research & Impact Manager to lead a programme that places inclusion, impact and lived experience at the heart of research. You’ll shape and deliver studies that improve understanding, influence local and national policy, and demonstrate how peer-led approaches can achieve real health equity.

About the role

As Research & Impact Manager, you’ll take day-to-day leadership of our research and evaluation programmes. 

You’ll manage and develop our incredible team of peer researchers, supervise our Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Associate with the University of Essex, and build partnerships across academia, government, the NHS, and the voluntary sector. 

You’ll also design and deliver evaluations of our programmes, help evidence how lived experience-led services can improve equity in health and care, and support funding bids and grant applications, and the dissemination of impactful research.

About you

You’ll bring both strategic insight and hands-on research skills, ideally with a strong qualitative background. You’ll be comfortable working across academic, policy, and lived experience settings — and you’ll share our deep commitment to social justice and inclusion health.

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Passionate about peer research and the power of lived experience
• Skilled in designing and delivering research and evaluation projects
• Collaborative and relationship-focused, with experience across academia, the NHS or the voluntary sector
• Able to mentor and empower others, including peer researchers and research colleagues
• A clear communicator who can translate research into impact

The Initiatives and Partnerships Manager plays a key role in the Trust’s Initiatives and Partnerships Team. The post holder will support the development and implementation of the Trust’s projects, manage team members and on occasion support external and partnership projects. Our work is varied, ranging from early-stage feasibility planning, partnership development, fundraising, business planning and design development, as well as supporting our conservation team who lead construction phase oversight. 

This role builds on the successes of the Trust’s longstanding Regeneration programme, which has undertaken pioneering Regeneration projects addressing some of our most pressing conservation needs, as well as developing new operating models for some of the churches in our care. The job will support our regional teams in developing and implementing projects to deliver a range of conservation, social and regeneration benefits; with the balance of each responding to local need, demand and opportunity.

In addition, it encompasses the work undertaken to develop new commercial income opportunities. Examples are our groundbreaking Champing™ initiative, as well as others such as filming, and other commercial partnerships.

We have recently published our TRUST values, which outline the behaviours and expectations that act as our foundations at CCT. We have attached the pack, outlining each value, which we will also be using as part of our shortlisting and interview process to find the right candidates that align with our values.

We are excited to be recruiting a Grants and Funds Engagement Manager to join our small but ambitious team. Reporting to the Head of Charity, you’ll play a key role in delivering our bold three-year strategy, driving meaningful impact for patients, their families and staff by managing our evolving grants programme.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing charity at a crucial stage in its development. As part of our team, you’ll help shape how we fund projects, communicate their impact, and uncover unmet needs that will inform future fundraising appeals and strategic priorities.

We’re looking for someone who is flexible, proactive, and ready to get involved in a variety of tasks. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and can confidently juggle multiple priorities, we would love to hear from you.

You will oversee our Special Purpose Fund (SPF) portfolio, working closely with staff teams to help shape and deliver high-impact projects, ensuring funds are used effectively and in line with organisational priorities and guidance.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys both strategic thinking and hands-on delivery. You will lead on strengthening our grants processes and systems, and work collaboratively with colleagues across Charity Finance, Fund Advisors, Divisional Directors, and the wider team to ensure funds make a real difference where they are needed most.

A key part of this role involves working in partnership with St George’s Hospital Charity on joint funding opportunities and shared initiatives across our hospital group.

This role will deputise for the Head of Charity when required and represent the Charity across all areas, not limited to Grants. You will be ready to step up and take on broader responsibilities as needed.

Hours: 0.4 or 0.6FTE (14/21 hours per week respectively)

Location: Hybrid. Staff work remotely and from the Medact office in East London. London-based staff work in-person as a team one day per week, and staff based outside London come in at least once a month, with support for travel costs. Applications from outside London are encouraged.

Salary: £15,818.48 at 0.4FTE or £23,727.71 at 0.6FTE (£39,546.19 full time equivalent). Note: We do not negotiate salaries, so please only apply if this is in line with your expectations.

About the role

Medact is hiring for the new role of Fundraising Manager: Trusts & Grants to secure grant funds for the organisation over a critical one-year period. The new Fundraising Manager will be responsible for completing applications already in the pipeline, and then setting out a plan to apply for as many successful grants as possible in the period and delivering it.

The successful candidate will work closely with the senior leadership team and our programme staff, to identify, develop and write grant proposals to relevant funders, for both restricted and unrestricted income streams. 

About you

This is a skilled role but you don’t need to have had a job in an NGO before or be a professional campaigner to be right for it. You might have successfully fundraised for a local community organisation or a grassroots campaign on a social justice or health issue that you care about. 

You’ll have strong skills in developing and writing applications, with a strong understanding of the funding landscape and potential relevant grantmakers. You need to be a great communicator, able to translate the work of an organisation into language tailored for different funding bodies. You’ll also be a strong team player, able to work with relevant staff members to develop winning applications that fit properly within our existing strategy and areas of work.

About Medact

Medact organises with the health community to win a world in which everyone can truly achieve and exercise their human right to health. We cover some of the most pressing national and global threats to health and wellbeing including institutional racism; climate change; human rights abuses; violent conflict; and rising inequality. We’re a member-led organisation, and our members are made up of a range of people who work in health including nurses, doctors, midwives, and clinical researchers.

We take an organising-centred approach to our work. We build community power by working in solidarity with health workers and the communities experiencing harm from the unjust systems we challenge. We run national campaigns, use research to expose injustice, and we support local organising groups across the country who lead most of our work.

Benefits

• 35 hour full time work week
• 25 days paid holidays (pro-rata) plus bank holidays and additional days at Christmas when the office is closed
• Employer pension contribution
• Flexible working
• Learning and development budget
• Cycle to work scheme
• A caring and supportive culture and lots of opportunities for team connection

Harris Hill is delighted to be partnering with Youth Sport Trust, a national children's charity who build brighter futures by improving young people's health and wellbeing. They are searching for a Trusts and Grants Manager to join their team.

As Trusts and Grants Manager, you will be responsible for prospecting and managing a sustainable pipeline of opportunities within relevant Trusts and Foundations and grant-makers. You will lead the development and authoring of Youth Sport Trust bids and proposals to Trusts and Foundations, Lottery, Government (national and local) and other funding Invitations to Tender/Requests for Proposals. You will develop effective relationships with colleagues to develop a clear case for support, setting out priority projects, timelines, and detailed budgets for funding. You will also steward relationships with current and new potential funders in order to identify and maximise future opportunities and manage a donor reporting schedule, working in partnership with Programme Managers to ensure that all donors receive high quality and timely reports. 

To be considered for this role you will need:

• Proven experience of successful bid writing from a range of sources, including Trusts and Foundations, government, National Lottery Community Fund or other relevant grant-makers.
• Experience in supporter, partner, or donor engagement and relationship management, with the ability to build lasting partnerships.
• Strong understanding of fundraising strategies, trends in charitable giving, and approaches to measuring and communicating impact.
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to produce concise, compelling, and well-structured proposals and cases for support.

If this role sounds of interest to you and you want to have a chat and review the full job description, please do contact Dominic at Harris Hill via the apply button. 

Salary: £37,312

Permanent, full-time

Location: Loughborough (one day per week in office)

Deadline: Rolling, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, please apply now to avoid disappointment.

Application process: Cover Letter and CV

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.

ScreenSkills is the industry-led skills body for the UK’s screen industries – film, television (high-end, children’s, unscripted), VFX, animation and games. We are supporting economic recovery and future innovation and growth across the whole of the UK by investing in the skilled and inclusive workforce who are critical to the global success of the screen sector.

We are funded by industry contributions to our Skills Funds and with National Lottery funds awarded by the BFI as part of its BFI Bursaries Programme to help people get into the industry and progress within it.

The Senior Grants Officer will support the Finance Manager in maintaining the smooth running of grants and bursaries giving process. The Senior Grants Officer will also be responsible for the processing of ScreenSkills’ grants and bursaries ensuring that projects fall within budget, are contracted in a timely manner and subsequently monitored.  They will work collaboratively across the wider organisation to ensure that funders’ requirements are met.

Contract: Fixed Term, 12 months, Full Time (35 hours per week)

Salary: £33,000 - £38,000 per annum

Reports to: Finance Manager

Location: ScreenSkills London/Hybrid (min 2 days a week in the office)

The ideal candidate will have the following:

Essential:

• 3-5 Years – Work related experience.
• Proven experience of working in a similar role within finance department
• Proven experience of data analysis and manipulation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• 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 intermediate Level of Excel

 Preferred:

• Previous working experience of Blackbaud Grantmaking, SUN accounting system using Q&A

 Other skills and attributes:

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

ScreenSkills offers benefits including: 

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• EAP - Access to financial, physical and mental wellbeing support
• Season Ticket Loan
• Eye Care scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to Reward Gateway – popular retailer discounts
• Life Assurance

In the last two years we have helped 48,447 people across: eLearning, training, events, mentoring, bursaries and stepping up programmes such as Trainee Finder, that’s why having diverse talents and being an organisation where colleagues feel included is crucial to us. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering after a career break, women, people who are LGBTQ+, minority ethnic people, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, from a less advantaged socio-economic background as well as any other under-represented group.

Variety, the Children's Charity is excited to recruit for a Corporate Partnerships Manager to join the fundraising team as we launch a new multi-year partnership in January 2026. This role is a new position to support our ambitious growth to deliver award winning partnerships and raise money from corporate partners across the Northeast region. This key role on our team will ensure our work to fund life-changing practical support to disabled and disadvantaged children and young people continues across the UK.

You will be joining the charity at an exciting time as we are launching a three-year strategy to drive growth with lots of new fundraising plans in place alongside a great team and a new Director of Fundraising. You will have a large partnership in the property sector to manage, and with your experience you will develop new partners in the Northeast of England, ensuring we maximise leads and introductions. You will play an important role in our collaborative and high-performing team to deliver the partnership strategy.

ABOUT VARIETY

There are 1.8m children living with disabilities in the UK with 600,000 children living in poverty. Variety exists to improve their lives. We believe every child has a right to live their best life and reach their full potential, whoever they are. We fund and deliver life-changing programmes that enhance their quality of life and give children and young people across the UK a better future.

Over the past 75 years we have supported over one million children by funding almost 6,000 Sunshine Coaches, almost the same number of wheelchairs, and giving thousands of grants to individual children, schools, youth clubs and other organisations for specialist equipment.

In addition, each year thousands of children take part in day trips, special events and educational activities as part of our Variety Great Days Out programme and every single day we are improving more young lives. We do it with practical, tangible help, that makes a real and immediate difference.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

● Lead account management of a large national corporate partnership, delivering a six-figure fundraising target and giving first class stewardship to ensure engagement with all staff across multiple sites in the UK

● Develop engaging marketing and communications for the partnership and develop new business materials for their suppliers and customers, to get them involved in the partnership

● Travel across regional offices for fundraising and volunteering, engaging staff and working with our beneficiary schools on engagement events

● Write and deliver quarterly impact reporting, making presentations at head office with partnership updates

● Track income and expenditure for the partnership

● Develop new business by introductions from the partnership and also work across the Northwest to develop new leads for the corporate fundraising pipeline

● Plan volunteering days for corporate partners, coordinating with our school’s network, sending briefs and attending some events to ensure smooth coordination

● Attending regular partnership meetings and keeping all account plans up to date utilising our CRM system Salesforce

● Attend Variety fundraising and awareness events representing the charity and speaking confidently about our work

● Collaborate with the programmes team to plan partner Sunshine Coach presentations, Great Days Out, and visits to partner schools

● Participate in staff meetings, fundraising team meetings and contribute to the success of Variety’s fundraising strategy

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

Essential

• Two years’ experience working on a charity fundraising team

• Experience managing corporate partnerships at a national level

• Experience of excellent donor stewardship

• Good writing and communication skills

• Good organisational skills and multi-tasking during busy periods

• Enthusiastic, energetic, self-motivated and passionate about the Third Sector

MAIN BENEFITS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Reporting to: Director of Fundraising & Communications

Salary: £35,000-£38,000 per annum

Location: Remote working (must be in the Northeast area) (with 2-4 days per month working from a corporate partner office in Newcastle)

Hours: 9am to 5pm, Monday - Friday

25 days holiday (we also normally give between Christmas and New Year off, but this is not contractual). In addition, after one year's continuous service, there will be an extra 2 days annual holiday added for every complete year of service, up to a maximum of five days' extra holiday.

Employer Pension contributions of 7% (Employee 2%), Life Assurance scheme of 4 x annual salary, Company sick pay scheme, Medicash scheme.

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit your CV with a cover letter explaining why you’d make a great candidate for this role. Applications will close on Thursday, 6 November at 5pm with first round interviews taking place week commencing 10 November and second round of interviews on 17 November 2025. Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements or need any adjustments for the interview.

EQUALITY DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Inclusion is one of our key values and it is our ambition to recruit great people from diverse communities.

We welcome and encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment/identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity and or marriage/civil partnership status, race, religion or belief.

Please let us know if you have any access requirements which we might need to consider in relation to the selection process.