Funding Process Support Officer

Oxfam; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Oxfam in a vital role providing operational support for funding processes. Your attention to detail and strong administrative skills will be essential for managing restricted income and ensuring compliance with donor deadlines. This position promotes empowerment and inclusion while offering opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Extensive induction and training

Opportunities for leadership development

Competitive benefits package

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and numerical skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks across various bids.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support for funding-related processes.
• Ensure proper handling of internal funding authorization.
• Manage deadlines for proposals and contracts.

Skills

Attention to detail

Resource management

Administrative skills

Planning skills

Analytical skills

Excellent written communication

Excellent verbal communication

Multitasking ability

Tact and sensitivity

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Job description

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Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

Role Overview:

In this role, you will provide essential day-to-day operational support and facilitate funding-related processes. You will be crucial for the efficient management of restricted income and ensuring proper handling of internal funding authorization processes, so that opportunities, proposals, contracts, and amendments can be submitted to donors within required deadlines.

Note: You must have the right to work in the UK to apply for this role.

What We Are Looking For:

We seek a candidate who cares about Oxfam's mission to end poverty and aligns with our feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability, and inclusion.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Attention to detail with the ability to identify system issues and initiate solutions.
• Strong resource management, administrative, planning, numerical, and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to analyze and synthesize complex issues.
• Ability to multitask effectively across multiple bids and requirements.
• Tact and sensitivity when working across organizational boundaries and teams.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools and software.

We Offer:

This role provides an opportunity to work with passionate colleagues supporting Oxfam GB’s programs, with fair pay and a competitive benefits package. You will receive extensive induction and training, with opportunities for leadership development, project management learning, and personal growth.

We are committed to racial justice, feminist leadership, and workplace wellbeing, and we invite you to be a key part of that movement. When you join Oxfam, you join a global movement.

Learn more about what Oxfam offers.

Flexfam:

We support flexible working arrangements and are open to discussing what works best for you. This role is suitable for in-office work or partial remote work.