About the role
The Prudence Trust is a grant-making charity, established in 2020 by our founder Prue McLeod, investing in the advancement of young people’s mental health services and research in the UK. Our vision is for a world where no young person is owned or defined by their mental illness and where they have access to the personalized support they need, at the right time. We want to be part of the solution that successfully advances better mental health for all young people. We invest in research and services that prevent and treat mental illness in young people, with a specific focus on the prevention of and early intervention in anxiety and depression for 11-25 year olds. We are interested in non-clinical approaches and building a stronger evidence base for what is effective. We award grants of approximately £8m a year. Grants are to youth and community charities who are on the frontline of working with young people and universities and institutes to research better treatments for mental health and to mental health.
This is an important role to facilitate the smooth-running of our core work as a grant-making charity. The main purpose is to support the Head of Grants and Grants Manager deliver high quality funding programmes and build close and supportive relationships with our grant applicants and grant holders. You will provide high-quality administrative support so that we can award our funding to the projects most likely to make a positive difference to young people’s mental health. You will be on the frontline of GRANTS ASSISTANT / JUNE 2024 2 communicating with many of our applicants and grantees, so you will play a key part in ensuring that they have a positive experience when interacting with the Prudence Trust. You will also have an important role in keeping our grant records up-to-date, and sharing pertinent information with the rest of the team, so that we are able to work efficiently, accurately and at pace. Reporting to the Grants Manager, this is a chance to help a charity grow and develop its grant-making capacity, so that we can make a greater impact on youth mental health. You will have the opportunity to meet the huge variety of organisations working with children and young people, and contribute towards a cause that you feel passionately about.
How to apply
The deadline for applications is Monday 22 July at 5pm. If you meet the criteria set out above, please send a CV of no more than 2 sides and a succinct supporting statement of a maximum of 300 words telling us why you are suited to this role. These should be emailed to lin@theprudencetrust.org.
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