Grants Manager

Closed: 23 July 2021
Fundraising Trusts

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  • Salary £30,000 - £35,000 per year
  • Location Newcastle, Staffordshire (On-site)
  • Job Type Permanent, Full-time
  • Sectors Disability
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Grants Manager

Salary Package on offer: upto £35000 basic plus £5000 bonus plus £4000 car allowance 

Established in 2000, Caudwell Children is a national charity which works to transform the lives of disabled children and their families, enabling them to challenge the barriers they face throughout childhood by providing practical and emotional support. 

The Charity is going through an exciting period of growth having recently opened a new state-of-the-art facility for multi-disciplinary therapy programmes for childhood disability and research of neurodevelopmental conditions, including autism, within the grounds of Keele University.

This is a permanent post leading the Grants Team in driving forward exciting organisational programmes and initiatives, by securing external funding.  Engaging with grant-making trusts and foundations, you will explore and identify opportunities for funding, developing relationships with grant managers and foundation trustees. You will be a confident and effective grant fundraiser, with a strong track record in producing successful, high quality applications and tenders, with the ability to identify and work closely with private trusts and foundations. The ability to communicate compelling messages in written form and the ability to use excellent interpersonal skills to influence and engage with individuals at all levels.

Hybrid Working option (2 days home-working and 3 days office based)

Main Duties:

  • Generate income by research, design, writing and submitting applications and appeals for funding to ensure crucial support for our much needed services.
  • To assist in the development of bid winning proposals as set out in Caudwell Children's Grants Strategy.
  • Liaise with Heads of Department to understand their funding requirements.
  • Develop and present short, medium and long-term funding strategies to the Executive Team. 
  • Deliver a targeted programme of trust and grants fundraising to meet the needs of the organisation.
  • To pro-actively identify, profile and prioritise new trusts to develop a funding plan to achieve income targets.
  • Review existing and previous funders to assess potential for further collaboration.
  • To produce accurate, substantiated and compelling content for each bid.
  • To manage the bid information, documentation, activities, resources and communication flow so that bids are delivered successfully, on time, to quality standards and budget.
  • To establish effective working relationships with all funders.
  • To maintain confidentiality and ensure the work undertaken complies with safeguarding and child protection, equal opportunities, health & safety and other policies and guidelines provided by Caudwell Children.
  • To maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job and to participate in appropriate training activities to support your development and training.
  • To undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this post.

To apply for this post, please click the ‘apply’ button below where you can send your CV and a supporting letter of no more than three pages of A4.

Thank you for your interest in Caudwell Children.

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