Funding Officer

Funding Officer
Location: Northern Ireland
Salary: 25,282
Ideal Start: 25th March 2023
Contract until: 17th May 2025
Working hours: Monday-Friday (9am - 5pm)
Manpower are actively seeking a Funding Officer on a fixed term basis for maternity cover.
Your role

• As a Funding Officer you will assess requests for funding and manage grants using local knowledge, best practice, thematic expertise, and the experience of customers and stakeholders to improve our grant making and inform our decision making. By working closely with people and communities for a defined geographical area, you will understand what matters to them and where our funding can make the biggest difference.
• Being responsible for supporting local people and communities you will have a strong understanding of our vision and funding products being able to adapt your approach to the wishes of the people you are working with. You'll also need to support our stakeholders, helping them to make connections that will help them achieve their goals.
• Being responsible for the pipeline of projects you will need to understand and respond to the different needs of our customers by providing advice and considered feedback, and be willing to have challenging but constructive conversations. Funding Officers will ensure our grant management and assessment play an effective part in contributing to the Fund's knowledge and learning as a grant maker. You will manage your own caseload, liaise with grant recipients, undertake project visits, identify and manage risk, supporting organisations to deliver their projects and measure their impact.
• You'll also need to work within the Fund's policies and procedures and the necessary legislation, and in a way that is in line with our vision and principles. If the role is based in Wales, or supports customers or colleagues in Wales, an understanding of Welsh language legislation and the Welsh Language Standards of the Fund is required.

Essential

• Understanding of financial planning and business plans, ability to analyse accounts and numerical data, and to identify and manage risk
• Understanding of strengths-based approaches to working with people and communities to overcome challenges
• Knowledge of the social policy environment and the role of the third sector
• Confident in presenting to external audiences
• Ability to learn from our funded projects and share that learning for the benefit of the wider organisation.
  

A range of benefits available

• Annual leave
• Cycle to work
• Employee assistance programme
• Eye care vouchers
• Flexible working
• Give as you earn
• Healthcare plan