Funding Officer

3 weeks ago


Cheltenham, United Kingdom The National Lottery Community Fund Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 270556**Salary**:

- £25,282 - £26,500**Job grade**:

- Other**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support
- Social Development**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

Location

About the job

Things you need to know

Location
- Chelmsford, Cheltenham, HarlowAbout the job

**Job summary**:
We are looking for a new Funding Officer to cover areas within Essex and Hertfordshire. The role will join a passionate, vibrant and friendly team and be part of ensuring our funding supports a wide variety of communities and places locally.

**Job description**:
You will gain an understanding of our vision, our commitment to equity and inclusion and our funding programmes. You will be responsible for your own caseload; liaise with grant recipients, visit projects, identify and manage risks, supporting organisations to deliver their projects and measure their impact.

You will need to understand and respond to the different needs of our applicants and grant holders by providing advice and feedback and be willing to have challenging but constructive conversations.

You’ll also need to work within the Fund’s policies and procedures and the necessary legislation, and in a way that is in line with our vision and principles.

You will represent the Fund within your local area including at funding fairs and external meetings and create opportunities for people to come together. You will share learning from your conversations, events, grant holder reports and evaluations with other colleagues so that we can maximise our impact as a grant maker. You’ll be part of a team, led by a Funding Manager, and comprised of several other Funding Officers.

**Person specification**:
Essential Criteria:
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.

You will have:

- Strong written and verbal communication skills and confidence to operate in a wide range of environments
- Ability to build and maintain excellent relationships at several different levels with a strong commitment to equity and inclusion
- Confidence to use your judgement, take initiative and challenge when appropriate
- Values-driven and passionate about the Fund’s purpose

Ideally you will live within the geographical area you are covering or have excellent knowledge of that area. You will be a remote worker, working from several locations across the area, including your home and our offices with the expectation that you will be flexible in order to get the best outcomes for our customers.

Desirable Criteria:

- Knowledge of the local areas you would be covering and their charity sectors. Experience working with under-represented communities in the area is particularly desirable.
- Understanding of financial planning and business plans, ability to analyse accounts and numerical data.
- Demonstrable IT skills and the ability to learn detailed processes quickly and accurately.
- ** **An ability to manage your own workload with mínimal supervision

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- Interview Date - 20th March
- Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.**Nationality requirements**:

- Open to UK nationals only.**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
- We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).-
- Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.**Contact point for applicants**:
Job contact:

- Name:
- Rachael Luckin
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