Funding Officer
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Job Description
We are looking for a Funding Officer to join the enthusiastic friendly Liverpool City Region team in the North West Region primarily focussed on North Liverpool.
This opportunity is a fixed term contract starting September 2025 for 14 months (November 2026)
You will play a major role in ensuring our funding supports a wide variety of communities and places across North Liverpool Liverpool City Region and the North West region.
As a member of the funding team you will assess applications for funding and manage grants from our Reaching Communities and Partnerships programmes. You will use your local knowledge and experience and the experience of our grant holders and local stakeholders to ensure we are making the best decisions on the grants we make. By working closely with people and communities from a defined geographical area you will understand what matters to them and where our funding can make the biggest difference.
In your role you will work within the Funds policies and procedures and the necessary legislation in line with our vision and principles. You will gain an understanding of our vision our commitment to equity and inclusion and our funding programmes.
The role is varied and will require you to:
- Be responsible for your own caseload: visiting projects liaising with grant recipients identify and manage risks and supporting organisations to delivery their projects and measure their impact.
- Understand and respond to the different needs of our applicants and grant holders by providing advice and feedback and be willing to have challenging but constructive conversations.
- Represent the Fund within your local area at funding fairs and external meetings and create opportunities for people to come together.
- Share learning from your conversations events grant holder reports and evaluations to support the Fund in maximising our impact as a grant maker.
Working from home and community locations with occasional travel to Manchester and elsewhere in the North West. The successful candidate will live in Liverpool City Region and will be part of the local team led by a Funding Manager and comprised of several other Funding Officers. Travel across the region will be required.
Interview Date: In person interviews Liverpool city centre 9th July 2025
Location: Liverpool City Region - Mobile working Flexible and hybrid working Home office and community based.
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
- Communication skills: Strong listening written and verbal communication with an emphasis on written communication for assessment purposes.
- Relational skills: Ability to nurture develop and promote effective relationships and communication with colleagues community organisations and other external agencies with a strong commitment to equity and inclusion.
- Analytical skills: Ability to assess a high volume of applications make good judgements challenge when appropriate and manage risk.
- Knowledge of Liverpool and Liverpool City Region and its charity sectors.
Desirable criteria
- Experience working with under-represented communities across Liverpool City Region.
- Understanding of financial planning and business plans ability to analyse accounts and numerical data.
- Demonstrable IT skills and the ability to learn detailed processes quickly and accurately.
- An ability to manage your own workload with minimal supervision.
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 socio-economic 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
