Funding Manager

Job Description

Funding ManagerSalary - £39,439 to £46,401 pro rata Hours - Full-time (with potential to consider part-time)Location - City Road EC1 with hybrid working pattern Benefits - Excellent package including 27 days annual leave + bank holidaysCharity People are delighted to have partnered with Moorfields Eye Charity in their search for a Funding manager. This is an opportunity to expand your experience across a broad range of grant-making programmes.About Moorfields Eye Charity Moorfields Eye Charity are the main grant-making and fundraising charity for Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation and its academic partner University College of London (in particular the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology).The grant-making programmes support innovation in eye health and have an emphasis on building capacity and developing the careers of researchers and clinicians. Moorfields are also investing in pioneering research including a fully digital 3D printed prostheticeye and harnessing artificial intelligence for eye health.About the roleYou will join a friendly and supportive grants and research team and help to ensure the charity has robust grant making mechanisms to determine the best use of charity funding together with monitoring and evaluating funding projects and programmes.You will be involved in the management of the diverse and growing charity portfolio of research and non-research grants, grant-making programmes and manage the delivery of the scientific advisory panel meetings. You will also support the development of agrowing number of charity partnerships.This is a highly collaborative role and will require you to work closely with Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UCL and external stakeholders including the AMRC (Association of Medical Research Charities).About you We are looking for a funding manager with an established track record, ideally in a health or medical research charity. You will have a qualification in a biomedical sciences/heath subject or research experience in an academic or clinical setting.You will have experience of the delivery of grant-making programmes, engaging with and supporting grant applicants, providing expert advice on remit and eligibility. You will have used grant management systems and experience of developing/analysing reportsfor grant making activities and showcasing the impact of funding.You will be an excellent communicator, able to build confident working relationships at al levels. An ability to network and liaise with scientific clinical and research communities will be key to your success in this role.For more information and to view the job description for this role please visithttps://charitypeople.uk/moorfields.To applyPlease send your CV to Kate at Charity People. If your application is successful, well be in touch with further details and to arrange a phone or video call. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as interviews are happening on a rolling basis. Wewish you all the best with your application.Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriageand civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities with which we work.