Funding Officer

Job Description

Funding Officer (Grants and Impact Officer), Charity, £31,345-36,726 pro rata + benefits including 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) + pension + free on-site gym membership. Full-time or Part-time. The Role: This a great opportunity for an intelligent, articulate and highly numerate individual, who is great at research and data analysis, to make a significant contribution to this amazing community led charity. Writing compelling andwell formatted documents, you will be responsible for producing funding proposals and grant applications. You will also be responsible for researching new funding opportunities and gathering information to support the applications as well as collating andanalysing data to evaluate the impact of the Trust across the community, leading to continuous improvement of projects and services.Home and flexible working: We are happy to consider candidates for the Funding Officer (Grants and Impact Officer) on a full-time or part-time basis and will accommodate flexible hours, including an option of 9.30-3pm. The office is basedin The Greenway Centre (Southmead, Bristol, BS10) and we are also happy to facilitate a degree of home working.The Charity: Southmead Development Trust is one of Bristols leading, independent, community led organisations. It is a multi-purpose charity providing much needed services for all ages and ethnicities and is made up of staff, volunteersand residents, working together to achieve a thriving community, improving health, wellbeing, local pride, and employment and bringing business and investment to the area. Their three sites (Greenway Centre, Southmead Youth Centre and Southmead Adventure Playground)are much-loved local venues that provide inspiring spaces for a wide variety of experiences, including sporting events, local groups, festivals and much more, where customers enjoy a fun, welcoming community with a large caf and newly refurbished gym.Funding Officer (Grants and Impact Officer),Responsibilities include:

• Research new funding opportunities and match to projects across the Trust.
• Draft and manage the bidding process for new funding proposals or grant applications.
• Work with colleagues to develop proposals, addressing unmet needs within the community.
• Maintain accurate records of funding applications, analysing and reporting on success rates.
• Coordinate systems and collate data to evaluate the overall impact of the Trust.
• Use impact reporting, data and case studies to strengthen proposals and support new funding applications.
• Support colleagues with data collection, systems and processes and help them to evaluate individual services or projects.
• Work with the SLT to develop the monitoring and evaluation framework and improve reporting systems.
• Share findings from external research or benchmarking to results in continuous improvement of services or projects.
• Work to drive continuous improvement around equality and diversity, helping the Trust understand the impact across communities and how programmes can be developed to improve practice and reach.

Funding Officer (Grants and Impact Officer), Skills and Experience required:

• An extremely high standard of written English.
• IT Literate with excellent formatting / document design skills (MS Office).
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong relationships.
• Highly numerate with the ability to understand and analyse complex financial information and data and present it in an accessible way.
• Analytical with excellent research skills.
• Methodical with great attention to detail and a commitment to the highest quality of work, capable of project managing proposals and working to tight deadlines.
• Experience of producing and managing large written proposals (funding proposals, grant applications etc.) to tight deadlines, with successful outcomes, is preferable but not essential.

In addition to the above the successful Funding Officer (Grants and Impact Officer) will be aligned to Southmead Development Trusts values of positivity, integrity, excellence, welcoming and entrepreneurial.Dawn OShea is the Recruitment Partner, recruiting the Funding Officer (Grants and Impact Officer) directly on behalf of Southmead Development Trust, so NO AGENCIES PLEASE. If your CV is short-listed, you will be contacted by telephone to discuss your applicationin more detail.

Keyskills :
FundingFundraisingFunding ApplicationsGrant AdministrationAdministration