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Grants Coordinator (Applications)

Nuffield Foundation

London

Hybrid

GBP 34,000 - 40,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

The Nuffield Foundation is seeking a Grants Coordinator to facilitate grant applications efficiently. Responsibilities include managing application processes and coordinating grant awards while ensuring an inclusive and accessible system. The candidate should possess excellent administrative skills, strong communication abilities, and a proactive mindset. Experience with Salesforce is preferred.

Benefits

28 days holiday plus public holidays

Hybrid working arrangement

Salary exchange pension scheme

Support for physical and mental well-being

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

Excellent administrative and project coordination skills required.
Strong communication abilities and a proactive, problem-solving mindset desired.
Experience in a grant-making environment or with Salesforce is preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead the development and implementation of grant application processes.
Coordinate planning and management of grant rounds across multiple programmes.
Serve as the primary point of contact for applicants and manage peer reviews.

Skills

Administrative skills

Project coordination

Communication

Problem-solving

Tools

Salesforce

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Contract: Permanent (subject to 6 month probationary period)
Hours: Full time (35 hours).
Location: Our offices are near Farringdon, London. Our staff have the option to work from home for part of their working week

Grants Coordinator (Applications)

Salary: Starting from £34,416 per annum
Contract: Permanent (subject to 6 month probationary period)
Hours: Full time (35 hours).
Location: Our offices are near Farringdon, London. Our staff have the option to work from home for part of their working week
Closing: 09:30am (BST), Monday 30th June 2025.

The Nuffield Foundation is an open, collaborative, and engaged funder, offering more than money. Its aim is to understand the social, demographic, technological and economic trends that shape people’s lives.

We are looking for a Grants Coordinator (Applications) to join our Grants and Programmes team, a role which is key to ensuring the smooth running of our grant application processes and making sure funding is delivered efficiently, fairly, and in line with our mission.

In this role, you will lead on the development and implementation of the Foundation’s processes for encouraging and receiving grant applications, managing the review process, and processing grant awards. You will be responsible for the planning and coordination of grant application rounds across multiple funding programmes and be the first point of contact for applicants and manage the peer review process. You’ll also play a vital role in maintaining and improving grant management system (managed within Salesforce) and contribute to the design and delivery of an inclusive and accessible application processes.

We are looking for someone with excellent administrative and project coordination skills, strong communication and liaising abilities, and a proactive, problem-solving mindset. Experience using Salesforce or working in a grant-making environment is highly desirable, but we welcome applicants from a wide range of backgrounds who are ready to learn and grow in the role.

About us

TheNuffield Foundationis an independent charitable trust with a mission to advance educational opportunity and social well-being.

We fund research that informs social policy, primarily inEducation,WelfareandJustice. We also provide opportunities for young people to develop skills and confidence in science and research.

We are the founder and co-funder ofNuffield Council on Bioethics,Nuffield Family Justice Observatoryand theAda Lovelace Institute.

Further information and how to apply

The closing date for applications is 09:30am (BST) onMonday 30th June 2025, with interviews expected to take place on Wednesday 9th July 2025.

We are committed to inclusive working practices and during the application process we commit to:

As a Disability Confident employer, we will offer an interviewto a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the essential criteria for the job.
making any reasonable adjustments – for example providing documents in different formats, arranging for a sign language interpreter for interviews etc
paying for travel costs (and any childcare or care costs) for interviews where in-person attendance is required

Our benefits package includes:

A hybrid approach to working, with full time members of staff normally expected to work from our office three days a week.
Consideration of requests for part time and/or flexible working
28 days holiday per annum and all public holidays (with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days).
A salary exchange pension scheme that offers employer contributions of up to 11%.
Life assurance scheme.
Family leave policies that provide an enhanced level of pay.
Cycle to work scheme and loans towards season tickets.
Frequent opportunities for learning and development (including reading/development days and options for coaching and mentoring)
Support with your physical, mental and financial wellbeing including an employee assistance provider, a private GP service, personal health reviews with Bupa, a will and funeral planning service and a staff network of trained Mental Health First Aiders.
Staff peer groupsand social networks.

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