Funding Officer

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

- 274929**Salary**:

- £25,282**Job grade**:

- Other**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

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

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

- 1Contents

Location

About the job

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Location
- Ellesmere, Market Drayton, Telford, Whitchurch (Shropshire)About the job

**Job summary**:

- We are recruiting a permanent part-time Funding Officer working across
- ** **Telford and North Shropshire. You’ll be part of a team of 5, led by a Funding Manager and working alongside 3 other Funding Officers (1 full-time and 2 part-time), as part of The Shires patch (Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford)
- ** **within a larger Midlands team.**Job description**:
Ideally you will live in or near to Telford and North Shropshire or have excellent knowledge of the county. This role is classed as mobile working which means you will be expected to work from and visit several locations across the area, including your home. The ability to drive and have access to a vehicle is therefore beneficial, although not essential.

Being responsible for supporting local people and communities, you will have a strong understanding of our vision, our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and our funding products. You will also need to support our stakeholders, helping them to make connections that will help them achieve their goals.

Being responsible for a pipeline of projects you will need to understand and respond to the different needs of our customers by providing advice and considered feedback, and be willing to have challenging but constructive conversations.

You will also ensure that both grant management and assessment play an effective part in contributing to the Fund’s knowledge and learning as a grant maker. You will manage your own caseload, liaise with grant recipients, undertake project visits, identify and manage risk, support organisations to deliver their projects and measure their impact.

You will also need to work within the Fund’s policies and procedures and the necessary legislation, 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, creating opportunities for people to come together. You will share learning from your role with other colleagues so that we can maximise our impact.

**Hours**:18.5 hours per week

**Salary**:£25,282 pro rata

**Interview Date**:Week commencing 3rd April

**Location**:The Shires (Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Telford and Shropshire) with a Telford and North Shropshire focus

Ideally you will live in or near to Telford and North Shropshire or have excellent knowledge of the county. This role is classed as mobile working which means you will be expected to work from and visit several locations across the area, including your home. The ability to drive and have access to a vehicle is therefore beneficial, although not essential.

**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:

- Relational skills: Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with colleagues, community organisations and other stakeholders at various levels, with a strong commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.
- Analytical skills: Ability to absorb a wide range of information and to make judgement-based decisions with confidence, to challenge when appropriate and manage risk.
- Organisational skills: Ability to use your initiative and manage your own workload with mínimal supervision, dealing with competing priorities and deadlines and demonstrating strong self-organisation and prioritisation skills.
- Communication skills: Strong listening, written and verbal communication with an emphasis on report writing for assessment purposes.
- Values-driven and passionate about the Fund’s purpose

**Desirable Criteria**:

- Lived experience or working knowledge of the needs and priorities of communities across Telford and North Shropshire and the local third sector.
- Sound IT skills and the ability to learn detailed processes.
- Understanding of financial planning, ability to analyse accounts and numerical data and to identify and manage risk.

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**Selection process details**:
**Interview Date**:
***Week commencing 3rd April.
- 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.**Wor