Grants Officer — 9‑Month Maternity Cover (Hybrid)

CAMBRIDGESHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Pension with NEST (employer 7%)}

27 days annual leave

Job summary

The Grants Officer role at CAMBRIDGESHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION focuses on supporting the grant-making programme, including marketing input, planning, delivery, and reporting to ensure targets are met. The position is a maternity cover for 9 months, with a hybrid working arrangement and a salary in the £24,750–£27,705 range.

You will assist with end-to-end grant processing, build knowledge of the Foundation database, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within a lively team.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills.
• Proven customer-facing skills.
• Confident numeracy.
• Commitment to quality.
• Dedicated team spirit.
• Experience in the charitable sector or community engagement desirable.
• Proven eye for detail; ability to produce, analyse and proofread reports/communications to a high standard of accuracy.
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise workload effectively.
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office and proven experience using databases.

Responsibilities

• Identify groups and input marketing ideas to reach programme and fund spend targets.
• Process/oversee the processing of grant applications including advising applicants, scrutinizing accounts and governing documents, assessing applications, preparing paperwork, creating reports, evaluating monitoring and attending donor panels.
• Take responsibility for end-to-end delivery of certain programmes.
• Build specialist knowledge of Foundation database.
• Take an active role in continuous improvement and best practice initiatives.

Skills

Excellent communication

Customer-facing skills

Numeracy skills

Quality focus

Team spirit

Eye for detail

Tools

Microsoft Office

Databases

Job description

The Grants Officer role at CAMBRIDGESHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION focuses on supporting the grant-making programme, including marketing input, planning, delivery, and reporting to ensure targets are met. The position is a maternity cover for 9 months, with a hybrid working arrangement and a salary in the £24,750–£27,705 range.

You will assist with end-to-end grant processing, build knowledge of the Foundation database, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within a lively team.