Head of Grants and Impact

We’re looking for an experienced and highly-motivated individual to lead our grants team. In this key role, you’ll be responsible for planning, managing and delivering our grants programmes and ensuring the funding we award generates the greatest possible impact
for our beneficiaries.

As a member of the senior management team, you’ll report to the Chief Executive and other colleagues in leadership roles to ensure our funding principles and priorities are closely aligned with our strategic objectives and the ambitions of our partner NHS trust.

You’ll be responsible for administering a grants portfolio of around 450 grant awards (£7.7m) as well as overseeing more than 300 restricted special purpose funds. This includes several established funding programmes, such as our hardship fund for hospital patients facing financial difficulty, our research fellowships scheme helping NHS staff progress their academic careers and our innovation programme investing in pioneering healthcare improvements. You’ll also drive forward our community funding initiative, Compassionate Communities, as well as overseeing donorrestricted, strategic and capital awards with an
average annual expenditure of around £4.5m.

In this challenging role, you’ll work closely with key NHS stakeholders as well as internal colleagues in our finance and fundraising teams, to enable optimal funding decisions that are compliant with our core governance principles. This post will suit a dynamic individual who is confident managing a heavy workload and motivated by a desire to improve healthcare for patients.