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SalaryThe National Lottery Community Fund is the largest funder of community activity in the UK – we support people and communities to prosper and thrive. We award money raised by players of The National Lottery to community projects that bring people’s ideas and ambitions to life. We support a wide range of projects across our 4 mission areas of Community, Health, Environment and Children & Young People. Our grants range from as little as £500 to multi-million-pound projects.
National Lottery funding is open to everyone, but we focus on those communities and people facing the greatest needs.
We have two fixed term (12 months) full time vacancies within the Knowledge & Learning Team in Wales Directorate. These are exciting opportunities to join our small team as a Knowledge and Learning Officer, working on a variety of projects to provide informed insight on a range of grant-making themes.
As part of our Knowledge and Learning Team here in Wales, you will work alongside our Funding and Communications Teams, as well as Knowledge and Learning colleagues across the UK. The role is flexible and varied, responding to the needs of colleagues and stakeholders to lend research or policy expertise, facilitating engagement events and sharing findings and recommendations.
As part of the role, you will:
- support the development of our grant programmes and demonstrate their impact to our stakeholders
- Help us to understand and respond to the needs of communities across Wales
- Deliver activities and events that share and exchange Knowledge and Learning to support our work and that of others.
Interview Date: Friday 12th July, Online, 1 hour
Location: Cardiff or Newtown
We have a hybrid approach to working, and a work pattern and location will be agreed with the successful candidates. The role can be based in either our Cardiff or Newtown office.
If you would like an informal conversation about this role, please contact: [email protected]
Any questions about the recruitment process, please email: [email protected]
Please align your supporting statement to the criteria below, this is how your application will be scored
Essential criteria
- Research and analytical skills
- Ability to write and speak about complex ideas and information in an engaging and simple way
- Facilitation skills – experience of convening and facilitating discussions where people share and discuss ideas using a range of approaches
- Ability to work flexibly and handle multiple competing priorities within a small team
- Knowledge of the Welsh policy environment, especially Welsh Government
- Knowledge of the voluntary and community sector in Wales
- Ability to communicate through the medium of Welsh
- An understanding of quantitative research methods, and how they can be used to support qualitative analysis of data.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.
We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)
