About the role
You will play a central role in ensuring the positive impact of our grant making and special purpose funds for patients and staff at the Trust and will work closely with our Funding Managers to support our funding processes and the design and delivery of projects across our three charities.
Key responsibilities:
- Develop and manage a portfolio of grants, advising and guiding applicants and grant holders, with appropriate support from Funding Managers where needed
- Manage questions and issues on grant or fund expenditure as escalated by the Funding Operations team, or delegated by the Funding Managers
- Manage initial enquiries from Trust staff, responding to potential applicants and progressing ideas as agreed
- Support the Business Manager to co-ordinate Committee meetings for all three Charities, including liaison with applicants and progressing meeting actions
- Build strong relationships with the Fundraising and Communications teams, supporting robust information flow between the teams
- Build strong relationships with grant holders, Special Purpose Fund holders and other Trust contacts, helping to raise the profile of our three Charities and spot opportunities to develop and fund work
- Become familiar with the Charities’ Special Purpose Funds (SPFs), supporting annual requests for spending plans, coordinating approvals, and responding to queries from fundholders
- Develop and manage a process to monitor fundraising income into SPFs and allocation of restricted donations
- Work with the Trust Engagement Business Manager to design reporting that enables robust pipeline and grant management, and supports monitoring and evaluation
- Support improvement projects as needed, such as improvements to funding schemes, funding operations or business systems
Other tasks relating to the grants and special purpose fund process as delegated
How to apply
We’re working hard to ensure we recruit great people and minimise unconscious bias in our selection process. To support this, we use the Applied platform, which anonymises applicants. To apply for the role, please click here
To find out more about the role, please contact jobs@gsttcharity.org.uk