Are you looking for hybrid work and able to occasionally travel to offices near Marlow, Buckinghamshire, as well as working from home? Are you able to work at least 30 hours per week between the hours of 0800-1800, Monday to Friday? Are you people focused, process orientated and enjoy a busy, fulfilling work load? If your answers are yes to these questions, the RAF Central Fund would love to hear from you!
About the RAF Central Fund:
The organisation supports the RAF through grants, programmes, partnerships and properties to ensure personnel can access sports and physical activities at all levels. They deliver integral support and services to military personnel, RAF Stations and RAF Sport Associations - ultimately, they think everyone, regardless of their role, rank, physical ability or competing level, should have access to sports facilities, equipment and training.
About the role:
- Grants Assistant
- Salary £25,000 - £28,000 (full-time salary)
- Part-time (30 hours per week) or full-time (37.5 hours per week)
- 30 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Contributable pension
- Private health insurance
- Death in service benefit
- Other health & wellbeing benefits
We are looking for an organised and adaptable individual to support the Fund's Grants department to provide effective and proactive support. Our charity and our team are evolving, we are looking for an individual who will be instrumental to the successful delivery of one of our largest grant programmes. The selected candidate will enjoy a hybrid working environment, based at home with occasional visits to the Fund's office near Marlow, Buckinghamshire and RAF Stations as required.
Key responsibilities of the role include:
- Providing effective day-to-day administrative support to the Grants Department, covering the grants phone line and managing busy inboxes
- Processing and initial evaluation of grant applications
- Corresponding with grant applicants to obtain appropriate information to support the grant application
- Informing RAF personnel of grant decisions and awards
- Creating robust, detailed reports to support budget tracking and management reporting
- Supporting wider activities of the Grants department by contributing to creative sessions and programme reviews
- Assisting the Grants department and working with the Marketing and Communications team to monitor, evaluate and communicate the impact of the charity's grant funding
- Liaising with the Finance department to process grant award payments
- Working with the Operations department to develop the grant application process and the integration with the CRM
- Ensure that records, application forms and correspondence for grant applicants are filed and stored in accordance with appropriate Data Protection requirements
- Ensuring compliance with the Fund's policies and procedures in all aspects of work
- Undertake other work in support of the Fund's objectives as required and other duties as may be identified by the Grants and Programmes Manager including with ad-hoc fundraising requirements
Person Specification:
_Essential: _
- Strong attention to detail and excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience in ensuring workflows stay streamlined and efficient
- Ability to build rapport quickly and to consider the requirements of a diverse range of beneficiary groups effectively
- Resilience and experience in managing important and busy workloads
- Competent with CRM systems and able to gather information and summarise it to present to varying audiences
- Self-starter with the ability to work independently in a hybrid environment
- Dependable and reliable, able to keep calm and productive under pressure
_Desirable: _
- Knowledge of the Armed Forced environment.
- Experience working in a grant-making organisation within the charitable sector.
- Full UK driving licence.
About you:
- You don't want your days to pass without making a difference. You want to play a significant part in a charity that is making a difference
- You enjoy being productive. You are people-focused and process-orientated.
- You are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. You believe and act in a way that celebrates and encourages a range of experiences, backgrounds and values
Additional information:
It is important that the people they hire do not discriminate. The charity believes in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or socioeconomic background.
Applications
Would you like to join the team? Please submit your CV and supporting statement to the link provided (either separate from your CV or as part of your CV document), your supporting statement should highlight why you would be a suitable candidate for the role. We look forward to reviewing your application.
We actively welcome applications that will help increase the diversity of our workforce.
Please be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled. Interviews will take place throughout this period, therefore we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment. Applicants shortlisted for interview will be contacted within 10 working days of their application. Due to the volume of applications, feedback will unfortunately not be provided to applicants who have not been shortlisted.