Grants Officer

2 weeks ago


Coventry, United Kingdom Heart of England Community Foundation Full time

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Heart of England Community Foundation, is an independent charity with over 27 years’ experience delivering bespoke grant programmes on behalf of a range of donors across the West Midlands and Warwickshire.

If you have a passion for supporting the community and the relevant experience we would love to hear from you

This is a **full-time role** but we will consider flexible hours, including **part-time and secondments**.

First stage interviews will be scheduled for **Tuesday 9**th** January 2024.**

**Key Responsibilities**
- Effectively manage the monitoring of all successful awards and undertake monitoring visits to a proportion of grant recipients.
- To prioritise and manage workload in line with grant making cycles.
- To ensure consistent, high-quality level of assessments in preparation for grant making panels.
- Produce high quality documentation for all panel meetings including providing the panel with data to support with decision making.
- Record essential information accurately and in a timely manner on our database.
- Identify strong stories of change as a result of funding for the Foundation to share with donors, supporters and the wider community.
- Work with the Marketing and Communications Team to promote the grants awarded and ensure positive press coverage.
- Liaise with the Finance Department to ensure prompt payment of awards.
- To work with the wider team on the general running of the office.

**Essential Knowledge, Experience and Skills**
- Experience of completing due diligence on an organisation and its policies.
- Understanding of, and the differences between, charities, social enterprises and other not for profit organisations’ set -up, governance and business models.
- Experience of managing multiple caseloads to a high standard and to set deadlines.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Understand and interpret budgets and accounts.
- Ability to engage with grant applicants, fundholders and donors.
- Ability to work effectively with a wide range of people and agencies.
- Intermediate IT skills, including CRM system, Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
- Strong self-motivation and self-starter.
- Effective organisational skills, including prioritising, so that deadlines and tasks are delivered on time, accurately and with attention to detail.
- Understanding the principles and practice of equal opportunities, programme delivery and helping people most in need.

Please note that you must be a car driver and have access to a car.

**Salary, Benefits & Hours**

£25,000 - £27,000 per annum, depending on experience. Pro rata for part-time hours.

Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week.

Hybrid working - Minimum 2 days office based in Coventry so living nearby is essential.

Additional benefits include 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays plus 3 days at Christmas, 6% employer pension contribution, free onsite parking when in the office, access to EAP, discounted gym membership and flexible working, including working from home.


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