Grant Officer

Contract: Permanent

Reference: LB937

Based in: Hybrid working, Kings Hill or London based (2 days per week in the office)

Hours: 35 hours per week

Grade: C

Salary: Up to £36,500 per annum (depending on experience)

We have a new opportunity to join the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) as our Grants Officer, supporting the delivery of a range of UK and international grant programmes. The Grantmaking Team sits within CAF’s Impact Accelerator, a hub bringing together CAF’s leading expertise in grantmaking, social investment, and impact advisory in order to support our clients to achieve even greater impact. You will be an integral member of an experienced and dedicated team, with the chance to work across a variety of programme areas, including the wider Impact Accelerator, gaining valuable experience in a multitude of grantmaking and impact-related approaches.

Our International Head office is based in Kings Hill, Kent, however our Grantmaking team is split across both our Kent and London office. You will be based in one of our offices, where you will initially be based full time for training and where you will be based part of your time in the office and part of your time working from home.

You will join us on a full time, permanent basis working Monday to Friday, 35 hours a week. Working hours are 9am to 5pm with an hour for lunch but flexibility is available.

At CAF you will be joining a workforce who are passionate about accelerating society’s progress towards a fair and inclusive future for all. We are people focused, driven by innovation and together, we are building a great and safe great place to work.

As our Grant Officer you will receive:

• Salary of up to £36,500 (depending on experience)
• 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Excellent on-going training programme
• Excellent contributory pension scheme
• Private Health care cover
• Life assurance
• Employee Assistance programme to support your health and wellbeing
• CAF volunteering day

As our Grant Officer your key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the Grant Managers in the delivery of specific national and international grant programmes
• Responding to enquiries from applicants, grant holders and donors
• Day to day grant administration, maintaining accurate records and processes through grantmaking databases
• Preparing impact reports, presenting analyses and producing content on programme activities for internal and external purposes
• Contributing to new ideas and ways of working to develop equitable models, processes and use of technology to accelerate the impact of CAF’s grant programmes

Skills and experience required by our Grant Officer:

• Confident project management experience
• Significant knowledge and experience of the UK non-profit sector
• In depth experience of delivering community, national or international grant programmes
• Understanding and use of online grantmaking portals or databases
• High level of communication skills (written and oral) and ability to adapt to suit a wide range of UK and international audiences (donors, charities, decision-making panels)

Please see the full job description and person specification for full details.

Are you interested in joining us as our Grant Officer and being part of an organisation who are people focused and accelerating progress in society towards a fair and sustainable future for all? If yes, apply today, we would love to hear from you.

• Closing date for applications is Tuesday 6 June
• Interviews are expected to take place w/c 12 June

Please send your CV and a covering letter to recruitment@cafonline.org quoting reference number LB937.

If this method of applying is not possible, please contact a member of the HR team on 03000 123 566 to discuss how we can support you to apply.

Please note we endeavour to reply to everyone, but it is not always possible. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of your application, please assume in this instance we have not been able to progress

Job Reference: LB937