Grant Programme Officer

Job description

**The Role and the Team**

Blue Light Card Foundation is seeking a new member to join our team to support the administration of Blue Light Card Foundation’s grant-making operations. You’ll provide administrative and logístical support to the grants Function of the Blue Light Card Foundation and be a first point of contact for grant applicants as well as support the smooth running and efficiency of Blue Light Card Foundations grant-making operations. You’ll be a key part of the team, working to strengthen the Blue Light community through the delivery of Blue Light Card Foundation grant programmes.

**Our Culture**

Our Blue Light Card culture is built on our relationships and our members are at the heart of everything we do. Alongside our members and partners, our people are integral to helping create the unique experience we deliver, and we’re committed to creating a place that our team love to work, and people want to join.

The Blue Light Card Foundation is a newly created charity embracing the same ethos and core values as our business. We’re funding vital initiatives when no other funding is available, we’ll be there. We’ll do this using money raised from profits, events and fundraising activity. The Blue Light Card Foundation will allow us to go further in helping our members.

We're proud of our unique culture at our HQ in Cossington. You’ll start to see why it’s a great place to work and even if you’re not expected to be in the office everyday - you may just want to be We're officially recognised as a Top 100 Great Place To Work UK and one of the UK's Best Workplaces for Wellbeing. Visit our LinkedIn Company Page to find out more.

**What You’ll Do**
- Monitor and manage the delivery of grants and projects by assessing progress reports and data returns
- Use a range of management information systems and databases to support the effective management of grants and programmes
- Data management, manipulation and evaluation to produce accurate data reports to funders and to undertake detailed data analysis to programme, performance and quality management
- Undertake funding compliance checks and due diligence processes, interpreting detailed funder requirements to ensure alignment with funding rules
- Develop and review processes to maximise efficiency, results, and levels of customer service
- Check and process claims to support financial management of programmes and contracts
- Produce accurate, high quality written reports for General Manager, Trustees, and funders

**What You’ll Bring**
- Experience updating and maintaining databases accurately
- Good organisation and time management skills, with an ability to work to multiple deadlines across several different projects at once
- Experience of undertaking due diligence process and procedure to comply with Charities commission
- Able to build strong relationships to support the management of projects and programmes
- Excellent data management skills, an ability to understand data and summarise it for various audiences
- Good IT skills, particularly in using Microsoft Office and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems. Knowledge of Salesforce would be an advantage
- Able to identify areas of potential improvement in your work, to continually be considering how to better support our grantees, donors, applicants, and colleagues
- Previous experience managing grant processes would be an advantage

**What We Offer**
- Hybrid working and flexible hours
- Free onsite parking
- 25 days plus public holidays, buy and sell and an additional day off for your birthday
- Great social events e.g., Christmas party, family fun day, summer party
- Relaxed dress code and modern office space (games area, chill-out areas, book club, free coffee/tea/soft drinks)
- Onsite gym (including access to free HIIT & stretch classes)
- Learning and development opportunities
- Group auto-enrolment pension plan
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, sick pay
- Company funded private medical insurance
- Employee assistance programme (including mental health support)