Funding OfficerSwyddog Ariannu
Funding OfficerSwyddog Ariannu
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We are looking for a Funding Officer to join our team in Wales. This is a fixed term full time post until March 2026 (open to a conversation on flexible working and job share)
Depending on your location and preference you will be based in either the Cardiff or Newtown office. You are welcome to be based in the office full time or a combination of home and office working. You will need to travel within Wales to work with community groups and charities and to other offices across the UK to work with colleagues.
As a Funding Officer serving our Mid & West Wales region (Bridgend Carmarthenshire Ceredigion Neath Port Talbot Pembrokeshire Powys and Swansea).
- You will assess requests for funding and manage grants using local knowledge best practice thematic expertise and the experience of customers and stakeholders to improve our grant making and inform our decision making. By working closely with people and communities you will understand what matters to them and where our funding can make the biggest difference.
- You will be responsible for supporting local people and communities in Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot and have a strong understanding of our vision being able to adapt your approach to the wishes of the people you are working with.
- Youll also need to support our stakeholders helping them to make connections that will help them achieve their goals.
- You will be responsible for the pipeline of projects in Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot understanding and responding to the different needs of our customers by providing advice and considered feedback and be willing to have challenging but constructive conversations. Funding Officers will ensure our grant management and assessment play an effective part in contributing to the Funds knowledge and learning as a grant maker.
- You will manage your own caseload liaise with grant recipients undertake project visits identify and manage risk supporting organisations to deliver their projects and measure their impact.
Interview Date: Week commencing 19th May 2025 (MonWed) Virtual
Location: Wales Cardiff or Newtown office including Hybrid Working (home working and working in community).
If you would like an informal conversation about the role specifically please contact: emailprotected
Any questions about the recruitment process please email: emailprotected
On application please align your supporting statement to the criteria below
Essential:
- Understanding of strengthsbased approaches to working with people and communities in Bridgend/Neath Port Talbot.
- Ability to analyse information including financial data and project plans in order to make written funding recommendations to decisionmakers.
- Remain calm under pressure and handle multiple and competing priorities supporting others when needed.
- Experienced in providing great customer service.
- The ability to communicate in Welsh fluently (spoken and written).
- Knowledge of the wider funding context
- Ability to learn from our funded projects and share that learning for the benefit of the wider organisation.
- Confident in presenting to a wide range of audiences.
Equity Diversity and Inclusion
Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone therefore we are committed to equity diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.
We also believe our people should represent the communities organisations and individuals we work with. Thats why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions people who are LGBTQ and people from different socioeconomic and educational backgrounds as well as people of all ages.
As a Disability Confident Employer we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments if needed throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full Time
