Marketing and Grants Coordinator

**Organisation**:Royal Air Force Central Fund

**Job title**: Marketing and Grants Coordinator

**Location**: Hybrid - working from home with occasional travel to the Fund’s offices in Buckinghamshire and various RAF Stations

**Hours**: Full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

**Salary**: £25,000-£30,000 plus benefits _(30 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, contributable pension, death in service, private health insurance, gym membership and other health & wellbeing benefits)_

**About the RAF Central Fund**:
We support the RAF through our grants, programmes, partnerships and properties to ensure personnel can access sports and physical activities at all levels.We deliver integral support to military personnel, RAF Stations and RAF Sport Associations - ultimately, we think everyone regardless of their role, rank, physical ability or competing level should have access to sports facilities, equipment and training.

**About the role**:
**Key responsibilities**:

- Support the Marketing & Communications Manager to develop and manage the website, publications, communications and social media for RAF Sport.
- Liaise with beneficiaries to gather content to help promote the charity’s activities.
- Attend and present at briefings to help raise the charity’s profile and beneficiary awareness.
- Provide the RAF Sports Associations with support and materials to promote their sport.
- Provide prospective grant applicants with guidance, bid development and business planning advice.
- Work with external specialist resources as required to review new marketing and grant opportunities.
- Assist in the development and maintenance of systems to allow the charity to assess the impact and effectiveness of the charity’s marketing and grants.
- Collate accurate data for marketing and grants reporting.
- Help communicate the Marketing and Grants departments’ activities to develop and maximise delivery to beneficiaries.
- Support with the organisation of fundraising activities and other duties as may be reasonably required.

**About you**:

- **You don't want your days to pass without making a difference. **You want to play a significant part in a charity that is making a difference.
- **You want to work in a job that makes serving RAF personnel feel supported and invested in through sport and physical activities. **You don’t need extensive experience in grant making or marketing, but you are committed to the benefits of keeping active.
- **You are an optimiser. **You look for solutions and think creatively to develop and overcome challenges.
- **You are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. **You believe and act in a way that celebrates and encourages a range of experiences, backgrounds and values.

**Knowledge, experience and skills**:

- Ability to gather information, summarise and present to varying audiences.
- Experience of building solid relationships internally and externally quickly and effectively.
- A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and anti-discriminatory practices.
- The ability to learn fast and work flexibly.
- Excellent attention to detail, communication, relationship and organisational skills.

**Additional information**:
It is important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.

**Applications**

When applying, please answer the required questions and submit your CV.

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free flu jabs
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Private medical insurance
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):
Work Location: In person