Job Description: Grants Officer
Title: Grants Officer
Hours: 30 hours per week (with the possibility of becoming full time)
Remuneration: £17,600 (£22,000 fte) plus car allowance and pension
Employer: Cumbria Community Foundation
Responsible to: Grants Development Officer
Roles and responsibilities:
To assess grant applications, writing written assessments and making recommendations on grant awards
To promote grant programmes through the production of publicity and promotion material, contribute to the Foundation’s newsletter and Annual Review and attendance at funding fairs
To advise grant applicants on the telephone and face to face
To prepare committee papers and attend Grant Committee meetings
To monitor and report on the outcome of grant awards
To liaise with donors and provide information for them on the outcome of grant awards
To contribute to the development and use of the Digits database (the database used by community foundations)
To assist fundraising by contributing information and ideas about community need and interesting projects and awards
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Be confident and self motivated with an ability to work unsupervised |
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Have an understanding of the needs of Cumbria’s diverse communities |
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Have a high level of competence in the use of information technology |
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Have an understanding of Charity Law and Accounting |
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Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills |
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Have a clear and methodical approach |
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Demonstrate an ability to work under pressure and to deadlines |
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Possess an ability to develop effective relationships with public agencies and charitable trusts |
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Have a practical knowledge of the voluntary sector as a volunteer or paid member of staff |
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Be able to demonstrate confidence and sensitivity in dealing with a wide range of people |
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Have experience of organizing and speaking at public events |
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Experience of working with local media (newspapers, radio, TV, etc) |
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Terms and Conditions
Salary: £17,600 (£22,000 FTE)
Contract: This position is offered as a permanent contract
Pension: The Foundation will make a matching contribution of up to 7.5% towards employee’s own personal pensions
Hours: 30 hours (four days per week). It is a requirement of the job that the post holder will work outside standard office hours to attend Foundation functions and meet applicant groups or which time off in lieu is provided
Location: The office premises are situated in Dovenby, near Cockermouth
Training: The Community Foundation is committed to the development of its staff and seeks to support staff in undertaking work related training. Full training will be provided in undertaking this role. The Community Foundation has Investor in People accreditation
Leave: 20 days per year (25 days full time equivalent) plus two additional days at Christmas and one at Easter
Review: This post is subject to a two month probationary period.
Applicants with Disabilities
The Foundation aims to be an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from people with disabilities. However candidates need to be aware that the office accommodation is situated on the first floor of an office building and therefore it is not possible for wheelchair users and people unable to climb stairs to work in our offices.
Recruitment Timetable
Application deadline Tuesday 6th April. Interviews to be held 16th April.
Please return the following:
Application form
All enquiries with regard to this position should be made to the Director on 01900 820821.
Background
The Community Foundation exists to improve the quality of the community life of Cumbria by making grants to voluntary organisations and individuals and managing grant making funds on behalf of individuals, companies and government organisations.
Established in September 1999 the Foundation has given out £13 million in grants to more than 2,500 groups and 2,800 individuals. We have also built our long term funds to over £5.0 million. We will distribute more than £2m in grant aid in 2010/11.
In November 2009 the Cumbria Flood Recovery Fund was launched, raising in excess of £2.5m to help people affected by the floods. To date £1 million of the appeal funds have been distributed and we expect the remainder of the funds will be largely spent by March 2011.
The Grants Officer will join a small and experienced team of grants staff. This vacancy has been created to assist in the delivery of all of the Foundation’s grants programmes. Once trained and inducted the Grants Officer will have responsibility for a number of specific grant funds. The post holder will also support the Grants Development Officer in the delivery of a range of grant programmes.
This permanent position has been created to provide additional grant assessing capacity within the Community Foundation and as part of succession planning for our existing experienced grants team.
We would be prepared to offer this position to someone who showed a strong aptitude and interest, plus a willingness to learn, but who may not possess all of the key skills.
last updated 23.03.2010