Funding Officer

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

- 300588**Salary**:

- £25,282 - £25,282**Job grade**:

- Other**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Other**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

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Location
- Armagh, Banbridge, CraigavonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
We are recruiting a Funding Officer to join our passionate, vibrant and friendly team in Northern Ireland to be part of ensuring our funding supports a wide variety of communities and places locally.

**Job description**:
We have a hybrid approach to working. We have an office in Belfast but as a Funding Officer you will be a mobile worker and can work from a local community venue and from home.

We have three local funding teams each led by a Funding Manager and comprising a team of Funding Officers. We are looking for a Funding Officer to join our Southern Team and work with another Funding Officer to cover the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area.

Part of your role will be to represent the Fund within your local area including at funding fairs and external meetings and create opportunities for people to come together. Sharing learning from your conversations, events, grant holder reports and evaluations you will support the Fund in maximining our impact as a grant maker.

**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.
- Strong listening, written and verbal communication skills with an emphasis on written communication for assessment purposes
- Confidence to use your own judgement, take initiative and challenge when appropriate
- Relational skills: Ability to nurture, develop and promote effective relationships and communication with colleagues, community organisations and other external agencies with a strong commitment to equity and inclusion
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of the VCSE sector in Northern Ireland and the context it operates in.

**Desirable criteria**
- Understanding of financial planning and business plans, ability to analyse accounts and numerical data.
- Demonstrable IT skills, in particular Microsoft Office products and the ability to learn detailed processes quickly and accurately.
- An ability to manage your own workload with mínimal supervision
- The ability to drive and access to a vehicle is beneficial for this role but not essential.

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**Selection process details**:
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- 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**:

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- 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).-
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