Funding Officer

**Job Title**:Funding Officer

**Responsible to**:Manager

**Full time**

**Placement: 52 Weeks**

**Location**:Smethwick Youth and Community Centre

Trinity Point, Trinity Street, Smethwick, B67 7AA

**£1000 Bursary and Bonuses provided**

PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU ARE AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT UNDERTAKING A PLACEMENT YEAR.

**Purpose of Job/Key objectives**

**Role of the Funding department**

This department is required to consistently find and gain new funding opportunities throughout the year. This involves gaining new relationships with a variety of foundations/organisations, in order to promote the centre’s services and to discuss potential funded projects.

**Principal Duties/Tasks and responsibilities**
- General administration duties such as answering phone calls, dealing with client queries and maintaining project folders.
- Organising, coordinating and promoting events and community-based fundraising initiatives.
- Networking actively with stakeholders (existing partners) and customers (new partners) in the public, private and community sector to identify routes for supporting long term sustainability and short term growth.
- Research potential market opportunities and funding sources suited to the charity's mission and activities, and identify key contacts/techniques.

**UNDERGRADUATES FROM ANY DEGREE DISCIPLINE CAN APPLY.**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Internship, Contract

**Salary**: £1,000.00 per year

**Job Types**: Full-time, Internship

**Salary**: £1,000.00 per year

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

**Salary**: £1,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Smethwick: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: One location