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Help Children With Voices secure the funding that makes a real difference in our community.

Children With Voices is looking for an experienced and passionate Senior Volunteer Bid Writer / Grants Lead to take a leading role in identifying funding opportunities and developing compelling applications that help us continue and expand our work with children, young people and families in Hackney.

This is an opportunity for someone with strong bid-writing or grant-funding experience to use their expertise for meaningful community impact. You will work closely with our Founder and CEO, Michelle Dornelly, and programme leads to understand the work we deliver and turn it into strong, persuasive funding applications.

You will take ownership of researching suitable trusts, foundations and grant opportunities, assessing which opportunities are right for Children With Voices, and leading applications from initial research through to submission. You will also help develop a structured funding pipeline and ensure applications and deadlines are managed effectively.

As a senior volunteer, you will have the opportunity to shape our approach to fundraising and gradually take ownership of the bid-writing function, helping to reduce the current reliance on our CEO and strengthening the charity's long-term funding position.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Researching and identifying suitable trusts, foundations and grant opportunities.

• Assessing funding opportunities and recommending which ones Children With Voices should pursue.

• Leading the preparation and writing of high-quality funding applications.

• Working with programme leads to gather information, outcomes, evidence and budgets.

• Developing compelling cases for support that clearly communicate our community impact.

• Maintaining a funding pipeline and tracking application deadlines and outcomes.

• Coordinating information and documentation required for submissions.

• Submitting applications accurately and within agreed deadlines.

• Supporting funder reporting and follow-up where required.

• Helping to develop a longer-term bid-writing and funding strategy for Children With Voices.

Who we're looking for

We are particularly interested in someone who has previous experience in charity bid writing, grant applications, trusts and foundations or fundraising and who is confident working independently.

You should be an excellent written communicator, highly organised and able to identify strong funding opportunities without needing constant direction. Most importantly, you should be able to understand a charity's work and translate its impact into a clear and persuasive case for funding.

Experience within a charity, community organisation or voluntary-sector environment would be highly beneficial.

This is a senior volunteering opportunity where your experience can have a direct and tangible impact. You will have the opportunity to shape the charity's funding pipeline, strengthen our applications and contribute to securing resources for programmes supporting children, young people and families.

If you have strong bid-writing experience and want to use your skills to support a grassroots organisation making a difference in the community, we would love to hear from you.