Grants Officer

Association of Charitable Foundations; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Association of Charitable Foundations is seeking a Grants Officer to support a pipeline of quality grant applications and evaluate proposals for the Grants Committee. The role involves field visits (where needed), online meetings, and regular liaison with grant partners to ensure timely reporting and strong outcomes.

You will work from a hybrid mix of Central London office days and remote working, with some UK travel required. Reports to the Senior Grants Manager.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice to organisations about potential grant applications to support a pipeline of quality applications.
• Assess applications for grants including reading written material, reviewing accounts and budgets, and making visits and/or online meetings.
• Make recommendations to the Grants Committee on the strength of applications including organisations’ capacity to deliver, the balance across the grants portfolio, and alignment with LEF’s strategy.
• Manage a caseload of grants including building relationships of trust with grant partners, reading progress reports, responding in a timely and sensitive manner to grants management issues, and making regular proactive contact as part of agreed reporting mechanisms.
• Take part in regular reflection meetings with grants team colleagues to share learning from grants assessment and management to improve LEF’s practice.
• Identify where grant partners – or groups of grant partners – need additional help and work with colleagues to develop appropriate support.
• Work with the Operations team to support the smooth running of the grants application and monitoring processes.
• Attend meetings of the Grants Committee for LEF, organisational trainings, and external events as required.
• Use Salesforce to record key interactions with applicants and grant partners.
• Keep up to date with changes and developments in the external context for social justice and human rights and work with colleagues to reflect this in strategy and practice.

Job description

Title: Grants Officer Salary: £33,728 per annum Hours: Full-time, 35 per week (Flexibility and part time of 0.8 considered). Contract: Permanent Holiday: 30 days per year plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) Location: Central London and remote. Some UK travel will be required as part of the role. The post-holder would need to be based in our London office for two days per week but could choose to work from home for part of the week. Reports to: Senior Grants Manager

Application Deadline

11/16/2026

Job Description

Provide advice to organisations about potential grant applications to support a pipeline of quality applications. Assess applications for grants including reading written material, reviewing accounts and budgets, and making visits and/or online meetingsMake recommendations to the Grants Committee on the strength of applications including organisations’ capacity to deliver, the balance across the grants portfolio, and alignment with LEF’s strategy. Manage a caseload of grants including building relationships of trust with grant partners, reading progress reports, responding in a timely and sensitive manner to grants management issues, and making regular proactive contact as part of agreed reporting mechanisms. Take part in regular reflection meetings with grants team colleagues to share learning from grants assessment and management to improve LEF’s practice. Identify where grant partners – or groups of grant partners – need additional help and work with colleagues to develop appropriate support. Work with the Operations team to support the smooth running of the grants application and monitoring processes. Attend meetings of the Grants Committee for LEF, organisational trainings, and external events as required. Use Salesforce to record key interactions with applicants and grant partners. Keep up to date with changes and developments in the external context for social justice and human rights and work with colleagues to reflect this in strategy and practice.

Location

Central London

Working from

Hybrid

Remuneration

Title: Grants Officer Salary: £33,728 per annum Hours: Full-time, 35 per week (Flexibility and part time of 0.8 considered). Contract: PermanentHoliday: 30 days per year plus Bank Holidays