Grants Officer for the Net Zero Carbon Programme

Church of England; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A national religious organization in London seeks an operational officer to support grant schemes within the Net Zero Carbon Programme. Responsibilities include managing a busy caseload, handling applications, and ensuring quality assurance within established governance. This hybrid role requires attendance at the office one day per week and is a fixed-term contract lasting until December 2028. The position offers a salary of £40,572 annually with additional benefits, including pension contributions and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

Enhanced parental leave

Access to health services

Access to development opportunities

Qualifications

• Right to work in the UK is required.
• Fixed-term contract ending December 2028.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support for grant schemes.
• Handle caseload from application to completion.
• First point of contact for applicants.

Job description

The Church of England has recently agreed a significant increase in funding to support God's mission and ministry across the country, supporting local parishes and growing many more new worshipping communities to serve the whole nation. The distributions will also help fund dioceses' plans to serve the nation in various areas, radically cutting the Church's carbon footprint and supporting parishes, cathedrals, and dioceses with using their buildings, to best missional effect whilst ensuring their protection, enhancement, conservation, and appropriate adaptation. The Net Zero Carbon programme was established to help the Church of England to deliver its commitment to reaching Net Zero Carbon by 2030. It aims to equip, resource and support all parts of the Church to reduce carbon emissions from the energy used in its buildings, schools and through work‑related transport by 2030. The team manages the distribution of a grant portfolio worth £190 million across 2023‑33, aimed at supporting and equipping dioceses, parishes and other parts of the Church to reach the milestones set out in the Routemap to Net Zero 2030.

Responsibilities

What you'll be doing: provide a responsive service as operational officer for the grant schemes under the Churches Workstream in the Net Zero Carbon Programme. Handle a busy caseload from pre‑application contact through to completion, including assessment, issuing of offers and rejections, monitoring, payments, quality assurance and evaluation within the governance and decision‑making framework in place for the grant schemes.

Grant schemes:

• Currently the Demonstrator Churches Grant Fund and the Boiler Replacement Hardship Grant Fund
• Decarbonising Churches Grant Fund

The postholder is the first point of contact for new applicants and existing grantees, works under the supervision of the Demonstrator Churches Grants Manager and the Decarbonising Churches Lead, and reports directly to the Net Zero Carbon Programme's Decarbonising Churches Lead.

Qualifications

• This is a fixed‑term contract due to end December 2028.
• This is a hybrid role requiring attendance at the office location, Church House London, one day per week.
• You have the right to work in the UK.

Please note we are not responsible for the content of job ads, as they are posted by the recruiter. We will aim to resolve the reported issue and use your feedback to improve the quality of our ads.

About National Church Institutions

The National Church Institutions comprise a wide variety of teams, professions and functions that support the mission and ministries of the Church of England in its vision to be a church, centred on Jesus Christ, for the whole nation – a church that is simpler, humbler, bolder.

Our Belonging and Inclusion Strategy aims for everyone in the NCIs to feel that they belong and are valued for who they are and what they contribute. The values we live out are:

• Strive for Excellence
• Show Compassion
• Respect others
• Collaborate
• Act with Integrity

We are a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We welcome applications from people of all faiths and of no faith and encourage a diverse group of applicants who share our values.

Salary and benefits

A salary of £40,572 per annum, plus age‑related pension contributions between 8–15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.

• 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days within 5 years) plus eight bank holidays and three additional days (pro‑rated if working part‑time).
• Flexible working arrangements – looked at case‑by‑case to support work‑life balance.
• Family Friendly Programme: enhanced maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental leave.
• Structured induction programme and access to development opportunities including apprenticeships.
• Automatic enrolment and access to Medicash – services such as dental, optical, specialist consultations, therapy, virtual GP & private prescription service and health & stress‑related helplines.
• Access to Occupational Health and an Employee Assistance Programme.
• Access to the Department of Education Restaurant and Westminster Abbey with a plus‑one guest.
• Enrolment for an eye‑care voucher.
• Opportunity to join Civil Service Sports & Social Club and engage in staff networks, groups and societies.