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Grants Officer – Heart of England Community Foundation
Salary: £28,000 p/annum
About Us: Heart of England Community Foundation is a registered charity and the leading, independent grant making foundation in the West Midlands and Warwickshire. Since 1995, we have proudly awarded over £40 million to over 8,400 great causes
across the region. We believe in a fairer, happier and healthier Midlands – where everyone has equal access to opportunities, experiences genuine wellbeing, and enjoys a healthy and active life as part of their community.
The Role: As a Grants Officer, you’ll be at the heart of our grant making activities, ensuring the delivery of funding to frontline projects. Your role involves assessing grant applications, conducting due diligence, and managing the monitoring of successful awards. You’ll be a key player in promoting our awarded grants and celebrating positive news about our grant making.
Key Responsibilities:
- Comprehensive Application Assessment: Assess funding applications across our diverse grant portfolio, synthesising information from various sources to formulate well-informed recommendations for decision makers. Conduct thorough due diligence on received applications, ensuring compliance with established guidelines, systems, processes and standards. Demonstrate the ability to articulate and justify decisions clearly to stakeholders.
- Effective Self-Organisation: Independently manage workload by prioritising tasks, goals, portfolios and activities in alignment with funding cycles.
- Learning and Evaluation Management: Oversee the learning and evaluation process for successful grants, including conducting visits to selected recipients. Maintain a consistent, high-quality level of reports and assessments to support future decision-making and share information and key learnings with internal stakeholders, donors and fundholders.
- Documentation and Data Management: Produce comprehensive documentation for panel meetings, supplying data and analysis to facilitate informed decision-making. Record, update and maintain essential information accurately and promptly on our database for reference and reporting purposes.
- Impact Story Identification and Promotion: Identify compelling stories of change resulting from our funding initiatives. Collaborate with the Marketing and Communications Team to share these narratives with donors, supporters, and the wider community, fostering positive engagement and support.
- Collaboration and Coordination: Liaise with the Finance Team to ensure timely payment of grant awards. Work collaboratively with the wider team to contribute to the smooth operation of the office and support organisational objectives.
Person Specification:
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, enabling clear and effective interaction with stakeholders.
- Proficiency in interpreting budgets and accounts, facilitating informed decision-making.
- Ability to engage and build relationships with grant applicants, fundholders, and donors, fostering collaboration and trust.
- Strong interpersonal skills, enabling effective collaboration with diverse individuals and agencies.
- Intermediate IT skills, including proficiency in CRM systems, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Demonstrated self-motivation and initiative, with the ability to work autonomously.
- Effective organisational skills, including prioritisation, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of tasks and adherence to deadlines.
- Understanding of the principles and practices of equal opportunities, program delivery, and supporting marginalised communities.
Benefits:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- 6% employer pension contribution.
- Ongoing personal and professional learning.
- Free onsite parking.
- Employee Assistance Scheme.
- Discounted gym membership.
- Flexible working, including work from home.
How to Apply: To apply for this role, please send your CV and Cover Letter (no more than 1000 words) to recruitment@heartofenglandcf.co.uk The deadline for applications is 5pm Monday 16th February. Interviews are anticipated to be held on Monday 2nd March in Coventry.
Download a Recruitment Pack to see more about this role and access the Role Description and Person Specification.
Join us in creating positive change and impact in our community. Good luck!