Grants Manager

Job title:Grants Manager 

Responsible to: Senior Grants Manager

Line Management: None currently

Location: Central London. We offer flexible and hybrid working but office-based work will be essential on a regular basis.

Salary: £43,000 per annum 

Benefits: includes 25 days holiday (plus bank and public holidays) with length of service increments, contributory pension scheme, flexible working options, enhanced staff wellbeing package.

Main purpose of role: To manage the day-to-day running of our grant programmes to organisations and support the practical implementation of any new grant programmes from application process through to due diligence and record maintenance.  

Main duties and responsibilities:  

Grant management 

• Act as the first point of contact for grants to organisations.
• Manage a portfolio of organisational grants that deliver our theory of change outcomes.
• Provide full grant management of our organisational grants, including: preparing grant deeds, keeping track of payments and reporting requirements, distilling learning, to grant renewal considerations.
• Organise and conduct regular meetings with funded organisations to learn alongside organisations and see the work in action.
• Implement grant making processes that reflect best practice and encourage learning through our grant making. 
• Keep up-to-date with changes and developments in the external environment and work with colleagues to reflect this in strategy and practice.

Grant programme development 

• Undertaking scoping and research for new grant programmes, and developing practical knowledge about new programme areas as required.
• Providing project management support for new grant programmes alongside the Senior Grants Manager.
• Taking a lead on the negotiation of new grant agreements.
• Managing the day-to-day processes required by any new grant programme from concept through to advertising the fund, assessing grant applications, due diligence, writing recommendation papers to trustees, to awarding funding and gathering and sharing learning.

Other activities  

• Working with the Impact team to develop our monitoring and evaluation capabilities with funded organisations.
• Working with the Partnerships and Participation Manager and Policy and Best Practice Manager to ensure that our grant making processes are informed by the key stakeholders. 
• Working with our fundraising and communication team to ensure we are communicating effectively with supporters about our work.

This is not an exhaustive description of the job. Aspects will change over time and the job holder is expected to contribute to its development and progression. 

Person Specification 

Experience 

• Grant management.
• Monitoring and evaluation. 
• Liaising with a range of stakeholders.
• Knowledge and understanding of the range of situations facing people experiencing homelessness.

Skills and abilities  

Essential:

• Experience of managing multiple projects with competing priorities. 
• Can demonstrate strong analytical skills to be able to interpret information and data.
• Experience of maintaining confidentiality in line with current GDPR legislation and company policy and procedures.

For more information on this role, please see the application pack attached. 

How to apply 

If you would like to join the St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity team as Grants Manager, please provide the following via our online jobs board:

• A current comprehensive CV (no longer than two A4 pages) outlining your key achievements in previous and current roles with details of two referees (who will not be contacted without your prior consent)
• A covering statement (no longer than two A4 pages) supporting how you believe your skills and experience match the requirements of the job description and role specification

Closing date:  Sunday 30th June 2024, 23.59pm

Interviews will be held in person at St Martin-in-the-Fields in the week beginning 15 July 2024.