Charitable Trusts Grants Programme Officer

Amnesty International; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

37 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Job summary

Amnesty International in London seeks a Programme Officer for Charitable Trusts to coordinate income grants from Amnesty UK, Amnesty Canada and AI Secretariat, managing about £14m per year across multiple projects. You will align narrative and financial reporting, track spend, and prepare budget forecasts while keeping Trustees and senior leadership informed with timely updates.

You will work with Programme Funding & Partnerships and related teams to ensure funds are used as intended and

Qualifications

• Proven work experience as Programme Officer, Project Coordinator or similar role
• Experience in project management and/or planning, ideally in a membership organization; including experience of managing several projects simultaneously and involving a wide range of stakeholders and activities
• Exceptional knowledge, skills andexperience of all aspects of project management (work-planning, budgeting, monitoring progress, ensuring milestones are met, identifying risks and opportunities)
• Experience of working collaboratively and of facilitating project teams with diverse interests to meet specific, timetabled, objectives
• Experience of working on tight deadlines, managing a heavy and varied workload effectively, including handling competing demands to maintain high levels of both accuracy and output.

Responsibilities

• To manage assessment income grants that fund projects across the IS from Amnesty UK, Amnesty Canada, and the International Secretariat charitable trusts. Supporting all aspects of grant management related to projects funded through these grants, coordinating with programme staff, GSG and International Finance.
• To develop proposals and reports andwork closely with AIUK, AI Canada and AIC to ensure they receive the information as required for reporting back at Trustee meetings. To provide AIUK and AI Canada on an ad hoc basis with updates and fundraising materials for projects identified as funded by assessment grants.
• Towork with the International Finance team preparing relevant financial reports for the Trustees and IS senior leadership, ensuring accountability to donors. Maintaining and carrying out budgetary control tasks, including accurate tracking of income against targets. Working with International Finance to prepare budget forecasts; processing and monitoring of income and expenditure; monitoring of monthly financial reports provided by Management Accounts in order to identify and resolve budget problems.

Skills

Programme Officer

Project management

Budgeting

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Job description

Amnesty International in London seeks a Programme Officer for Charitable Trusts to coordinate income grants from Amnesty UK, Amnesty Canada and AI Secretariat, managing about £14m per year across multiple projects. You will align narrative and financial reporting, track spend, and prepare budget forecasts while keeping Trustees and senior leadership informed with timely updates.

You will work with Programme Funding & Partnerships and related teams to ensure funds are used as intended and