Job Description

Job Title: Fundraising and Marketing Manager.

Location: London (Marylebone).

Hiring Date: From January 4th 2021 (Initial 12 month contract with the possibility of renewal)

Reports to: Michael Rivera King, Director of Ashinaga UK.

Supervising: Partnerships and Philanthropy Coordinator (part-time) & Grants and Fundraising Coordinator (part-time).

Salary: £32,000 - £38,000 dependent on candidate’s experience (includes London weighting and commuting allowance).

Pension: You will be enrolled in our Personal Pension Scheme and Ashinaga UK will match your contributions by up to 8% of your basic salary.

Deadline for applications: November 1st 2020.

Holiday allowance: 24 days per annum (pro-rata - in addition to public holidays).

Application: Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

Ashinaga Association in the UK is currently financially supported by the Ashinaga Foundation, with the aim that we become financially self-sufficient. The Fundraising and Marketing (F&M) Manager is tasked with further developing the strategy to achieve this and executing this transition. They will be supported in this by two part-time fundraising coordinators and the director.

For Fundraising, the F&M Manager is responsible for leading on the further development and implementation of Ashinaga UK’s annual fundraising strategy. They are expected to: undertake proactive, responsive and accurate research on prospects and potential sources of funding; develop and cultivate relationships with companies, major donors, trusts, foundations and other individuals or organisations who may support our work; assist with writing, coordination and submission of funding applications to donors; plan and implement fundraising campaigns; and meet fundraising targets.

For Marketing, the F&M Manager will lead on the development of Ashinaga UK’s marketing campaigns; manage and promote Ashinaga UK through various platforms (website, email, social media, traditional media, print); represent Ashinaga UK at events; and design and market Ashinaga UK’s events across the year. This will involve working closely with the ‘Student Relations and Programming Team’ to ensure student engagement in this work.

The F&M Manager is also expected to support the office and program as is required.

Minimum required qualifications, experience, skills:

• A bachelor’s degree or above.
• Native level of English.
• Have the right to work in the UK.
• A proven track record of fundraising, with a minimum of 5 years of experience. 
• Experience scaling up a smaller charity or transitioning from a single donor by building a donor base.
• Experience of proactively researching and engaging current and prospective funders.
• Experience leading marketing campaigns working through various social media platforms and traditional forms of media.
• Strong IT skills (Salesforce CRM, Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and good attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and presentation abilities.
• Proven experience of thinking, developing and delivering ‘strategically’.
• Capable of organising, prioritising, and multi-tasking independently.

Desired:

• Experience of working with educational programmes or a demonstrated passion for widening access to education.
• Experience developing relationships with members of senior management (such as directors or trustees).
• Experience of working with programmes related to sub-Saharan Africa or a demonstrated passion for the development of this region.
• Experience with Google Ads and paid for social media services.
• Proficiency in Japanese, French, Portuguese, Kiswahili or other major African languages.
• Experience of managing a small team.
• Cross-cultural communication skills.
• Ability to be adaptable and flexible with work priorities. 

Notice period:

The fundraising and marketing manager can terminate their employment by giving one month’s written notice though where possible we would prefer two months’ notice as it ensures a smooth transition.

Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging

Ashinaga Association in the UK is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. You and any job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Equality is at the heart of our work as a charity and we are committed to equality in our workforce as well as our work. Organisations that do this well achieve more and, more simply, the right thing to do – everyone should have a work environment that allows them to thrive and contribute to their full potential. We are actively looking to better serve the needs of the communities we serve and welcome applications from all backgrounds. 

Start Network is made up of more than 50 aid agencies across five continents, ranging from large international organisations to national NGOs. Together, our aim is to transform humanitarian action through innovation, fast funding, early action, and localisation.

This exciting role focuses on raising income for the Start Network and its global initiatives, including the Start Fund, innovation, risk finance and the development of the network.

You will be an experienced trust fundraiser who wants a role focused on relationship development. You will be responsible for a small but exciting portfolio of existing and prospective funders (including one of our largest donors), adopting a relational approach to trusts fundraising.

You will be responsible for carrying out prospect donor mapping, maintaining a fundraising pipeline, building relationships with prominent foundations in the humanitarian space, writing technical proposals as required, pitching to donors well-articulated concepts and building fundraising capacity within the organisation.

Based on government guidance for working safely during COVID-19, we are all working from home. However, there is a voluntary option to work from our offices on a rota system. Our COVID-19 risk assessment will be shared.

We work with BeApplied, an online recruitment platform designed to allow teams to measure candidates on what actually matter. Follow the application link to find out more about the role and how to apply.

Refuge is the UK’s largest provider of specialist services for victims of all forms of gender-based violence (domestic, sexual, so called ‘honour’ violence, modern slavery and human trafficking, prostitution, forced marriage, stalking and FGM). Every day we support over 6,500 women and children in our national network of services.  These include Independent Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Advocacy services (IDVAs/ISVAs and IGVAs), community outreach, specialist refuge accommodation, sanctuary services, culturally-specific services and the Freephone 24 Hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline. We advise Government and lobby hard to keep violence against women and girls high on the public agenda. We run award-winning prevention and public education campaigns, manage a busy press office and website, and we are an accredited training provider. We give a voice to the voiceless.

Fundraising at Refuge has been transformed in recent years; at present we are a growing team of 16 passionate and dynamic fundraisers working collaboratively to achieve our goal of creating a world where violence against women and girls (VAWG) is not tolerated. In 19/20, the fundraising team outperformed their annual target, and they have shown positive progress to build on these impressive results in 20/21 despite working in such unprecedented times. To support this growth and achieve our ambitions we are looking to appoint a new Senior Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser.

This new role requires someone with three years of experience of experience in generating income from voluntary sources. The role sits within the Major Gifts team, and will report into the Trusts and Foundations Manager. Trusts and Foundations income is well established at Refuge, and has always been a top performing income stream at Refuge. This Senior Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser is a newly created role and will be responsible for generating income from a portfolio of mid-level donors, effectively stewarding and growing year-on-year relationships.

We are happy to consider candidates looking for flexible working options.

You will need to have proven experience of growing relationships with a range of Trusts and Foundations. You will have a firm grasp of best practice how to implement that into everyday work, including; managing an evolving pipeline, writing creative and compelling applications and updates, good record keeping and relationship building. The right candidate will have outstanding organisational and administrative skills.

All candidates must demonstrate a commitment to the feminist values of empowerment and equality which underpin all of our work. Successful applicants will be expected to work within Refuge’s Values and Behaviour Framework and demonstrate these in their everyday work.

Competitive salary offering annual progression within points of the salary grade, 28 days annual leave increasing to 30 days, pension scheme with People’s pension that includes a 6% Employer contribution, comprehensive EAP.

Refuge is proud to be a leader in its field and an employer of choice with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development. We offer the first Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) accredited qualification for our profession. 

Please visit Refuge’s website for further details and other opportunities.

Closing Date: 05 October 2020

Interview Date: TBC

A Basic Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role.

Refuge is committed to quality, equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. This post however is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

No agencies please - as a charity we work hard to keep our costs down.

Role: Trusts and Foundation Fundraiser

Location: Finsbury Park, London.

Contract: Part-time, permanent. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

An exciting opportunity has opened up to join Maytree’s Income Generation team. We are looking for an exceptional Trusts and Foundation Fundraiser to take the lead on written funding applications and reports ahead of our impending Manchester replication.

Candidates should have experience of successful 5-figure applications, will possess excellent writing skills and a thorough knowledge of UK Trusts and Foundations. Not least, the successful candidate should have an interest in mental health issues.

Please read the attach brief and if you would like to be considered for the role, please send your CV with a supporting statement via Charity Jobs  Your supporting statement needs to address each point in the person specification, and be no more than two sides of A4 page.

Please note that due to the high volume of applicants not all candidates will be responded to.  We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date for all applications is Friday 9th October 

Interviews will be held on Monday 19th of October.

I am working on behalf of the Diocese of Westminster who is looking for a new Trust officer to join their Fundraising department on a permanent basis.

In this role, you will be responsible for building relationships with grant makers to generate income for Caritas Westminster. To research, identify and apply to trusts and foundations and other grant-making bodies across the UK, which are likely to support the varied work of Caritas Westminster.

Key Responsibilities:

-Identify potential new partners for inclusion into the Trust & Foundations fundraising programme.
-Produce, submit, and manage all communications with target funders
- Draft, submit and successfully manage the progress of funding applications for priority projects
- Establish and monitor progress of applications
- Develop a new stewardship programme for Trust & Foundation donors
- Working closely with the Development manager, regularly review the strategy to maximise and renew income from trusts and foundations

Essential Criteria:

-Minimum of two years trust fundraising experience
-Experience of maximising opportunities from researching prospects to generating meetings, and securing income to achieve targets
-Strong proposal writing skills with high attention to detail
-The ability to develop strong relationships with new and existing donors
-Thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Office (particularly Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and good, accurate typing skills
-Solid organisational and time management skills; ability plan and prioritise own workload
-Able to tackle challenges constructively, and find creative ways forward

For a full job description please get in touch with Natalie at Harris Hill by emailing [email protected]

Senior Trusts and Foundations Officer

A brand new and urgent opportunity has come up for a Senior Trusts and Foundations Officer with an excellent national charity based in Old Street, Central London. Having worked exceptionally hard throughout Covid-19, this charity has adapted well and is in a great place with their income generation.

As Senior Trusts and Foundations Officer you will work closely with the Head of Philanthropy and a collaborative team 5 to achieve a team target of £2m+. With over 50% of this target already achieved and with several exciting multi-year and high value relationships in place, you will use your account management and new business skills to build long standing relationships with a range of trusts, foundations, and statutory donors.

The Senior Trusts and Foundations Officer will have plenty of opportunity to prospect new relationships and will focus on securing grants of £50k-£500k+, as well as multi-year and multi-million-pound partnerships.  

A perfect opportunity for a trusts and foundations fundraiser who is looking to take a step up and have more account management responsibility of mid-large trusts and foundations, whilst also having the autonomy to take ownership of new multi-year relationships.

To be successful as Senior Trusts and Foundations Officer, you will have:

• Proven success in securing 5-6 figure donations from trusts, foundations and statutory donors
• Evidence of new business and securing multi-year relationships with donors
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills
• Proactive approach to securing income and a team player attitude

Senior Trusts and Foundations Officer /Senior Trust and Foundations Executive / Senior Fundraising Officer / Senior Statutory Fundraising Officer

Salary: c£32,000 + competitive holiday & pension + home working opportunities

Location: Old Street, Central London (this role will initially be home based and then office based with flexible working options)

Apply now for immediate consideration regarding this excellent opportunity!

This is an exciting opportunity to join our fundraising team as Trusts & Foundations Manager. You will be responsible for managing all sourcing, applications and relationships with trusts, foundations and the Big Lottery.  Raising funds for core costs and specific projects, this role is a crucial part of our overall fundraising at my AFK.

The deadline for applications is Friday 25th September 2020

Interviews from 28th September 2020.

Based in London at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, and with a thriving national and international touring schedule, the Philharmonia creates thrilling performances for a global audience. 

The Orchestra is led by Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen, its Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor since 2008. Fellow Finn Santtu- Matias Rouvali takes over from Salonen as Principal Conductor in the 2021/22 season. 

At the beginning of September 2020, the orchestra welcomed Alexander Van Ingen as Chief Executive and Lord King of Lothbury as Chair, both of whom will play a pivotal role in shaping the Orchestra and equipping it to navigate the future with confidence and ambition.

The COVID pandemic has had a profound impact on the performing arts and the ability to perform to live audiences.  However, the Philharmonia has in the last six months pivoted and embraced the opportunity of harnessing technology to reimagine itself and music through the digital space.

This has given the orchestra the opportunity to create three extraordinary, and importantly, free digital concerts in partnership with Classic FM: The Philharmonia Sessions which have featured world renowned soloists Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Nicola Benedetti. These summer concerts have reached six-figure audiences in the UK and around the world and drawn widespread critical acclaim.  The Philharmonia has recently announced an autumn programme including a further six online performances as the Orchestra continues to build out its new digital performance schedule during this period.

The Head of Trusts & Foundations will work with the Director of Development and the Development Board to create a new trusts and foundations strategy realigning fundraising with the ‘new normal’, focusing not just on the important Learning and Engagement programmes but also strategically increasing the focus on wider core activity.

You will be an experienced trusts and foundations fundraiser who can bring demonstrable success in securing, managing and effectively stewarding significant grants, together with a clear strategic understanding of the current grant-making climate across the UK.

Ideally bringing your own knowledge of key contacts and networks to the role, you will be as confident in meeting and developing relationships with vital contacts in the sector as you are when writing a funding proposal. You will also be a strong team player who can work closely with colleagues to identify opportunities as they arise.

This is an exciting opportunity for a creative and passionate trust fundraiser to play a vital strategic role in developing and expanding trust and foundation support for a world-class orchestra.

Flexible working including later or earlier start and finish times, compressed hours and home working will be considered.

Hours: Full-time, but with some flexibility possible

Contract type: Permanent

Salary: £32,000 + 8% pension (non-contributory) and benefits including a healthcare scheme

Deadline: Monday 28 September at 9am

Background

ShareAction’s vision is of a world where the financial system powers environmental and social progress. We are dedicated to making the global investment sector responsible for its impacts, while mobilising its power to limit climate change, promote good work, and drive better health. This means a global financial system that:

• Respects the ecological limits of our planet
• Reflects and respects the societies it’s there to serve
• Rewards those who invest responsibly

We are a unique charity that works with the global financial system to campaign for positive corporate behaviour, and with civil society and individuals to build a movement that increases the pressure on the system to act responsibly.

Over the last 15 years ShareAction has built an enviable reputation for engaging with the global financial system, through asset managers, owners and financial companies. We painstakingly analyse and rank financial players against environmental and social indicators, and shine a spotlight on corporate behaviour. We work across the financial system and through policy makers in the UK and the EU to encourage engagement with the issues and drive systemic change.

We reach out to individual savers and civil society to inform and educate about financial products into which we all pay, such as pensions, and we are building a movement to demand that these significant funds are managed in a way that positively impacts society and our planet.

Job Description

We are looking for a Fundraising Manager to join our ambitious Development team. ShareAction is a growing charity working in an area that is attracting increased attention from a variety of philanthropic trusts and foundations across the UK, EU and, increasingly, the USA. 

This is a great opportunity for an experienced fundraiser to shape and develop further the current programme. Building on an already extensive portfolio of funders, the successful application will manage these relationships to maximise income whilst developing new partnerships, working on a wide range of funding applications across grant making trusts, foundations and statutory funders.  We are particularly interested in applicants with experience of fundraising from statutory sources across the EU.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The main responsibilities of the role will include:

• Manage a pipeline of prospects and take overall responsibility for securing the funding of certain projects or workstreams;
• Leading on, or being a key contributor to, securing major multi-year programme grants from UK, EU and global statutory sources, foundations and trusts, major annual grants and core grants;
• Work with the Senior Fundraising Manager to ensure a co-ordinated and collaborative organisational approach to fundraising, including keeping the whole team up to date regarding new opportunities and identifying/communicating next steps;
• Cultivating and maintaining positive funding relationships through timely reports and updates, meetings and events as appropriate;
• Working with the Senior Fundraising Manager and the Fundraising Assistant to ensure all monitoring and evaluation processes are robust and effective and meet the varying needs of our funders;
• Developing and maintaining a bank of project-specific and organisational case studies in line with our brand narrative;
• Taking a strategic approach to identifying and researching prospects and exploring opportunities for raising income for new and existing programmes and projects;
• Maintaining a professional knowledge of trust/foundation and statutory fundraising within the UK, EU and more widely, and identifying appropriate learning opportunities in association with the Senior Fundraising Manager in order to facilitate this.

Please note that this list isn’t exhaustive and the role might change slightly from time to time

Person specification

We are looking for a passionate, determined individual, with the following experience and skills:

ESSENTIAL

• A minimum of two years experience in trust and foundations fundraising, ideally with bid/proposal writing experience for five and six figure projects;
• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal and the ability to communicate complex information and ideas;
• Exceptional organisational, project and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure, plan and prioritise work effectively and meet deadlines;
• Ability to prioritise and manage multiple competing priorities, completing work to the highest standard;
• Experience of using CRM systems to manage a Trusts and Foundations portfolio, ideally SalesForce;
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word and Excel.

DESIRABLE

• Experience in EU/US based statutory, trust and foundation fundraising;
• Experience in fundraising for climate, environment, social welfare, equality, poverty causes;
• Experience in statutory fundraising;
• An understanding and passion for the role of the investment system in driving positive change in corporate behaviour;
• Experience of working with Office 365, particularly SharePoint.

ShareAction values and respects all differences in people seen and unseen. One of the ways we do this is by actively encouraging staff to work in ways that best suit their needs and our flexible working policy outlines many of the options available- such as part-time and term-time working, job sharing, home working and working compressed hours. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

Due to Covid-19 all interviews will take place online, you will also be expected to work from home for the foreseeable future.

Please note that to be considered for this post you must be legally eligible to work in the UK. Due to current restrictions we are unable to hire anyone that isn’t already living in the UK.
Due to our size we are unable to sponsor visas.

How to apply

To apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Are you an experienced trusts and foundations fundraiser with a track record of success? Do you want to join the fight for gender equality? If so then we want to hear from you.

We are looking for a part-time fundraising officer to join our busy team. You will be responsible for maintaining a pipeline of trust and foundation applications and will also provide support across a range of fundraising functions.

You will need to be a creative thinker, a persuasive communicator with an eye for detail who can make a compelling case for funding, a self-starter who can work well from home and also a good team player.  This role can be worked flexibly and can either be based at home or in our London office.

The Foundation seeks an experienced fundraiser with a track record of success primarily with Trusts and Foundations grant applications. A candidate with a general fundraising background encompassing community and individual fundraising would be advantageous. 

If you're interested in becoming a part of our wonderful team, please send your CV and Supporting Statement to Phoebe at the email address listed. 

The Big House has a simple mission: to enable care leavers to fulfil their potential. Through drama and tailored long term wrap-around support we help care leavers overcome traumas experienced in childhood so they can make the complex transition from looked-after child to independent adult. 

Through our work we have seen the transformational effect that drama can have on at-risk young people’s lives. The strict discipline required to produce professional theatre imparts vital transferable skills including time keeping, focus, team working, effective communication, ability to regulate emotions and make better informed decisions; empowering and equipping the young people with the skills needed to become self-reliant.

We are seeking a Fundraising Executive to ensure the delivery of a new and ambitious fundraising strategy, working to diversify our income streams and develop the Trusts and Foundations pipeline. The successful candidate will work closely with the Fundraising and Development Manager to achieve key performance indicators in line with the organisation's Business Plan. 

How To Apply:
Please submit your most recent CV and Cover Letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) which outlines your experience to date, how this relates to the duties and person specification of this role and why you are interested in working with The Big House.

Send applications to Ali Didar - Email address available in the job description
Please make the subject line – ‘Confidential’ -
Closing date: Rolling
Interviews: We will be screening candidates as and when we receive suitable applications. Note if you have not heard from us within 10 working days, you should deem your application as unsuccessful.

Start date: ASAP / depending on notice period.

The Big House is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all groups, especially those underrepresented in the arts, and actively encourage those from diverse backgrounds to apply.

At a pivotal moment in AfriKids’ history, join us to take our fundraising to the next level. We have a bold strategy to reach more children than ever over the next decade and you can help make it possible during the time you are with us. 

We are seeking an energetic, passionate, and proactive Senior Funding and Partnerships Manager (New Business) to join our team on a six-month fixed-term contract. The successful postholder will be an ambitious new business fundraiser with a strong determination to succeed. Throughout their term, they will be a key member of the fundraising team and will be responsible for developing high quality successful funding applications to new and existing trusts, foundations and corporate donors.

Joining our small but award-winning team, you will work closely with the Head of Funding and Contracts, Grants Manager, AfriKids Ghana and other staff members. 

What you will do 
Target: Raising £850K for AfriKids through trust, foundations and corporate donors between October 2020 and March 2021.

• You will proactively seek funding opportunities through our existing relationships with funding partners (trusts, charitable foundations and companies), and by finding new ones
• You will contribute to the development and management of the funding pipeline and proactively share any funding intelligence you receive with wider funding team
• Build on relationships with existing donors, delivering an excellent standard of quality proposals in a timely manner and thereby maximising opportunities to submit further applications for funding
• Maintain an in-depth, up to date knowledge of AfriKids’ key services and projects and their order of funding priority, to inform grant and partnership fundraising activities and maximise opportunities.
• You will produce high quality, timely, tailored proposals, applications and pitches to funding partners, addressing grant-making priorities, corporate criteria and requirements as specified by individual donors.
• You will produce and review budgets for funding applications ensuring full cost recovery approach whilst remaining cost effective and compliant to legal and regulatory requirements
• You will maximise income from all possible income streams with particular focus on trusts, foundations and corporate partners.
• You will take responsibility for maintaining the grants and partnerships pipeline on Salesforce for any funding opportunities you are leading on, ensuring records are accurate and up to date, including data input, tracking expected income, running reports and, ensuring compliance with the Charity’s Data Protection and information security policies
• You will ensure AfriKids’ quality assurance processes are consistently adhered to maximise conversion rates
• You will take responsibility for ensuring the information produced by the grant fundraising department is accurate and up to date, including references to current external research and statistics
• Maintain and follow appropriate systems and processes for efficient grant fundraising, including timely coordination of information with AfriKids Ghana
• You will build excellent relationship with our programme and finance colleagues in Ghana ensuring you are getting right information and at right time to deliver your bids
• Maintain a good working knowledge of external activities, policies and learning to ensure that proposals  produced by AfriKids is current and of substance e.g. referring to the latest Ghana census for up to date statistics, being aware of UN publications on work in similar contexts, etc.
• With a donor-centric mindset, you will use your creativity and versatility to innovate our proposals and cases for support to inspire and capture hearts and minds
• Maximise the value of the Charity’s resources available (including collaboration with otherstaff; software and technology; finance, etc.), while being conscious to complement and work cooperatively with other work streams towards the Charity’s common goals and objectives
• Be a dedicated team player and always support and work cooperatively with the rest of the team
• To adhere to AfriKids principles and values at all times

You have the essentials
(please demonstrate all of these)

• 8 – 10 years demonstrable track record in successfully designing and writing bids for five to seven figure donations and multi-year grants to trusts, foundations and corporate donors
• 4 -5 years experience of proposal development within international development sector
• Experience of cultivating, developing and relationship managing a diverse range of grants and partnership donors
• In depth understanding of proposal design techniques and ability to convert complex and often unorganised information into compelling project ideas and proposals
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of preparing and reviewing budgets
• Proficient with Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Native level fluency in written English
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail with specific emphasis on spelling, grammar, proofing and correction
• Working and delivering calmly under pressure meeting multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment is a must
• Excellent time management, organisational skills and ability to prioritise a wide variety of work
• A methodical and organised approach to workload
• Excellent relationship building skills particularly with colleagues working remotely
• Proactive, “can do” attitude with good initiative in responding to varied tasks

You may also have
(you are not be expected to have these, but if you do, we’d love to hear about it)

• Degree in international development, fundraising or relevant subjects
• Experience in working and living in Ghana
• Experience with Salesforce, Adobe InDesign
• Experience working within brand guidelines

Please note that applications are being considered on a rolling basis. 

*** AfriKids can only consider applications from candidates who have the legal right to work in the UK. ***

• Full time, Permanent

• £29,190 per annum plus pension, medical and dental insurance

• 25 days holiday (plus 3 additional days to be taken between Christmas and New Year)

• 4pm finish on Fridays

• Central London location (Covent Garden) – currently working from home

REPORTS TO

Grants Team Leader

OVERVIEW

The Masonic Charitable Foundation is looking for an empathetic individual who understands the charity sector and is motivated by helping others. As Grants Officer you will assess and process applications from individuals and families and will work effectively with a range of stakeholders.

You will need excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong numeracy skills, and will take an organised approach to work, prioritising effectively while working quickly and accurately. You will be a team player who is willing to support colleagues and prioritise the needs of the team. Previous experience in a comparable role would be advantageous but appropriate training is available for the candidate with the right skills.

Day to day responsibilities include processing and assessing applications from individuals and families for a range of support (including financial, medical, mobility and respite care), making financial assessments, scheduling payments, preparing reports for decision makers, reviewing support provided, maintaining regular contact with applicants and keeping the grants system up to date.

The successful candidate will join a busy and friendly department and have the support of their peers, a Senior Grants Officer and their Team Leader to enable them to settle into their new role. 

The team is usually based in our central London office on the edge of Covent Garden but the entire charity is currently home-based due to the Covid-19 crisis.

MAIN DUTIES

• To accurately process applications for assistance from individuals and families.

• To approve grants within delegated authority levels and to prepare reports for escalated decision making.

• To ensure the grants system records are accurate and up to date.

• To work with colleagues, stakeholders and external suppliers to provide an excellent service to applicants.

  PERSON SPECIFICATION

  Essential

• Excellent customer service skills

• Strong written skills

• Excellent verbal communication skills

• High level of numeracy

• Ability to prioritise, organise and manage own workload

• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships, internally and with stakeholders

• Excellent attention to detail

• Ability to understand and apply policy

• Ability to tailor communication to suit the audience

• IT skills, particularly MS Office

Desirable

• Experience of grant processing and/or assessment

• Good understanding of UK state benefits

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit a CV and covering letter explaining why you are interested in the role and how you meet the person specification

Deadline for applications:  9am 28 September 2020

Date for interviews:  w/c 5 October 2020