Trusts Programme Coordinator — Grants & Impact

Amnesty International; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

37 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Amnesty International in the United Kingdom is seeking a Programme Officer-Charitable Trusts to coordinate complex grant management and reporting for AIUK, AI Canada, and AI International Secretariat. You will oversee about £14m per year, gather project information, track progress and ensure funds align with donor expectations.

The role works across the Programme Funding & Partnerships Team and partners with Global Partnerships, Programme Management & Funding, and Major Gifts to prepare

Qualifications

• Provenwork experience as Programme Officer, Project Coordinator or similar role.
• Experience in project management and/or planning, ideally in a membership organization; including experience of managing several projects simultaneously and involving a wide range of stakeholders and activities.
• Exceptional knowledge, skills andexperience of all aspects of project management (work-planning, budgeting, monitoring progress, ensuring milestones are met, identifying risks and opportunities)
• Experience of working collaboratively and of facilitating project teams with diverse interests to meet specific, timetabled, objectives
• Experience of working on tight deadlines, managing a heavy and varied workload effectively, including handling competing demands to maintain high levels of both accuracy and output.

Responsibilities

• To manage assessment income grants that fund projects across the IS from Amnesty UK, Amnesty Canada, and the International Secretariat charitable trusts.
• Supporting all aspects of grant management related to projects funded through these grants, coordinating with programme staff, GSG and International Finance.
• Includes to advise and support the Finance and Global Strategy and Impact teams in the selection process of assessment grant projects for AIUK, AI Canada, and AIC.
• To develop proposals and reports and work closely with AIUK, AI Canada and AIC to ensure they receive the information as required for reporting back at Trustee meetings.
• To provide AIUK and AI Canada on an ad hoc basis with updates and fundraising materials for projects identified as funded by assessment grants.
• Where requested to attend Trustee meetings and coordinate IS teams to present their work.
• Towork with the International Finance team preparing relevant financial reports for the Trustees and IS senior leadership, ensuring accountability to donors.
• Maintaining and carrying out budgetary control tasks, including accurate tracking of income against targets.
• Working with International Finance to prepare budget forecasts; processing and monitoring of income and expenditure; monitoring of monthly financial reports provided by Management Accounts in order to identify and resolve budget problems.

Skills

Programme Officer experience

Project coordination

Project management

Stakeholder management

Deadline-driven

Job description

Amnesty International in the United Kingdom is seeking a Programme Officer-Charitable Trusts to coordinate complex grant management and reporting for AIUK, AI Canada, and AI International Secretariat. You will oversee about £14m per year, gather project information, track progress and ensure funds align with donor expectations.

The role works across the Programme Funding & Partnerships Team and partners with Global Partnerships, Programme Management & Funding, and Major Gifts to prepare