About the role
The primary focus of the Grants Officer is to support schools and youth organisations to operate the Jack Petchey Achievement Award scheme effectively and to promote, grow and deliver this and other JPF grant programmes across your designated area: West and North West London, or South London. The Achievement Award scheme is JPF’s flagship programme, with almost 2000 schemes in over 1500 schools, colleges and youth organisations across London and Essex. Through the programme, we invest millions of pounds each year to support young people and youth work. The Achievement Award Scheme enables schools, colleges and youth organisations to recognise, reward and celebrate young people’s achievements. At JPF we are passionate about encouraging young people to raise their aspirations, believe in themselves and make a contribution to society. Achievement Awards are designed to recognise a wide range of achievement, not just those achieving academically but those ‘doing their best’ or demonstrating leadership, resilience and determination. The post holder will manage delivery of the Achievement Award scheme and associated small grants programmes. They will work as part of a team of four grants officers who between them cover all of London and Essex. They will be responsible for maintaining positive relationships with approximately 480 schools and youth organisations. The role will involve significant travel to visit schools and youth organisations primarily across West and North West London or South London (depending on relevant region), as well as outreach and community engagement work to identify and support new groups to apply to join our small grants schemes. The successful candidate would therefore be someone who enjoys building local relationships, as well as navigating a busy grants and assessment caseload.
How to apply
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