Grants Officer

NHS National Services Scotland; Inverness; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare charity in Inverness seeks a motivated Grants Officer to oversee the grant-making process and support NHS Highland’s projects. This role involves advising stakeholders, managing the full grant cycle, and ensuring compliance with regulations. The ideal candidate will have experience in grant-making, strong communication skills, and financial acumen. Benefits include a generous pension and leave entitlement. Hybrid working supported with regular office attendance needed.

Benefits

Generous NHS pension scheme

Annual incremental salary progression

Generous annual leave entitlement

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Demonstrable, relevant experience in grant‑making and project management.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, ability to support varied stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical and organizational abilities with an eye for detail.
• Confidence in financial processes, including budget monitoring and compliance.
• IT proficiency, particularly in Microsoft Office and ideally grant management systems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the full grant-making process from initial enquiry to evaluation.
• Provide advice and guidance on grant applications to stakeholders.
• Support financial reporting and compliance with charity regulations.

Skills

Grant-making experience

Project management

Communication skills

Analytical abilities

Financial monitoring

IT proficiency in Microsoft Office

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Grant management systems

Job description

FIXED TERM / SECONDMENT FOR 2 YEARS

Join the official charity of NHS Highland in the new role of Grants Officer

Are you passionate about making a difference through effective grant‑making? This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting NHS Highland’s official charity, helping to fund projects that improve experiences for patients, staff, and communities across the Highlands.

About the Role

We are looking for a motivated and detail‑oriented Grants Officer to join NHS Highland’s charity team, supporting the work of the Highland Health Board Endowment Fund Charity, SC016791. The charity exists to enhance the physical and mental health of patients, social care service users, NHS Highland staff, and the wider community by funding projects that make a lasting impact.

As Grants Officer, you will be the main point of contact for grant enquiries, providing advice and guidance to a wide range of stakeholders but working primarily with internal applicants from within the NHS Highland workforce. You will oversee the full grant‑making process, from initial enquiry and assessment, through to award, monitoring, and evaluation, ensuring that funding decisions are fair, transparent, and deliver maximum benefit.

You will support the presentation of applications to the Charity Committee when needed, as well as supporting robust financial reporting and compliance with NHS Highland policies and OSCR regulations.

This is a varied and rewarding role where you’ll help shape the delivery of impactful charitable projects across NHS Highland.

What we are looking for

We’re seeking someone with:

• Demonstrable, relevant experience in grant‑making and project management, preferably within a charitable or public sector setting.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to advise, train, and support applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and to present effectively to committees and groups. You will have highly developed written communication skills and will confidently manage situations where applicants are unsuccessful, requiring resilience, diplomacy, and the ability to decline requests with professionalism and tact.
• Excellent analytical and organisational abilities, with a meticulous eye for detail and the capacity to manage competing priorities.
• Confidence in financial processes, including monitoring budgets, preparing reports, and ensuring compliance with statutory and governance requirements.
• IT proficiency, particularly in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and ideally experience with grant management or CRM systems. The skills and knowledge to provide meaningful input to quality and process improvement tasks is vital.
• A proactive and flexible approach, able to work both independently and as part of a team, with a strong sense of personal accountability.

This role will suit someone who enjoys balancing detail with big‑picture impact, who can combine sound governance with compassion, and who is motivated by helping charitable funds achieve their greatest potential for our NHS and the communities we serve.

This role is based within the NHS Highland region, with the office base at Assynt House, Inverness. Hybrid working is supported, though you will be expected to regularly attend the office and face‑to‑face meetings at Assynt House and other NHS Highland sites as required.

Benefits we offer you

• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression (up to the maximum of the salary band) plus annual NHS salary scale review
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• NHS discounts and much more

Next Steps

Our recruitment process for this post is online and interviews will be hosted via Microsoft Teams on Monday 23 February 2026.

The short‑listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk / spam folder.

For more information please contact Catherine Myles, Charity Lead Officer; email: [e-mail]

This role does not meet the eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa or a Health and Care Worker visa. NHS Highland is unable to provide candidates with a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS).

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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