Funding Manager, Directed Activities - Senior level

Salary: 53500

Closing date: Sunday 17 August 2025

Contract type: Permanent

Interview dates: W/C Monday 8 September

The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science leading policy and advocacy campaigns and building partnerships.

We plan to spend 16bn over the next ten years funding new discoveries in life health and wellbeing and taking on three global health challenges: mental health infectious disease and climate and health.

We are looking for a Funding Manager (senior level) to join our Directed Funding & Planning team within Research Funding.

Where in Wellcome will I be working

Research Funding is responsible for the operational management governance and support of all Wellcomes grant funding activities.

This role sits within the Directed Activities team of Directed Funding and Planning section which is in Research Funding. The Directed Funding & Planning team are responsible for the coordinated central planning and implementation of Directed Funding at Wellcome specifically Discretionary Awards Funding Calls and their associated Advisory Committees. We provide dedicated support to Wellcomes Strategic Programmes working collaboratively with Legal and Finance to help operationalise their Directed Funding manage and deliver the end-to-end grant application review and award processes for applications in Mental Health Climate & Health and Infectious Diseases in particular.

You will be in the Directed Activities team within Directed Funding and Planning reporting to the Senior manager of Directed Activities

What will I be doing

As a senior level Funding Manager you will provide key business partner support and expertise to Wellcomes Mental Health Infectious Disease and Climate & Health Strategic Programmes to ensure the coordinated planning and processing of Wellcomes Directed Funding activities. This will involve working collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation to ensure operational excellence and consistency of practice towards helping Wellcome achieve its strategic funding objectives.

With your excellent stakeholder management skills and grant funding expertise you will play an integral part at Wellcome ensuring that world-class research happens.

As a Funding Manager (senior level):

• Provide key business partner support to Wellcomes Strategic Programme teams with a particular focus on the Mental Health team. You will work collaboratively across Wellcome particularly with Legal and Finance teams to help execute the strategic objectives of the Strategic Programme teams by guiding advising and leading Directed Funding processes such as the implementation of one-off discretionary awards and funding calls.

• Co-ordinate the implementation of new schemes and funding calls or changes to established schemes setting timelines and deciding workflow as required. You will manage any committee meetings associated with the scheme or funding call coordinating all aspects of the meeting.

• Build excellent stakeholder relations with teams we interface with enabling clear communication efficient management and implementation of Directed Funding.

• Be an expert in grant processing and our funding policies ensuring good governance and provision of high-quality.

• Manage a portfolio of Directed Funding grants throughout the life cycle including due diligence and expert review of applications provision of written feedback making awards and managing queries on awarded grants.

• Deliver operational projects for Research Funding as needed including planning contributing to research and analysis delivery of outcomes or implementation of recommendations.

Is this job for me

The ideal candidate should have excellent knowledge of funding processes and policies. Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to identify and explore key considerations to produce well-rationalised recommendations for a senior audience. They will have excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to summarise complex information and tailor it for specific audiences.

To apply for this role please submit an update CV and answer 2 application questions to demonstrate that you meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Minimum Criteria:

• Educated to at least degree/equivalent level in a relevant science medical humanities social science or public health subject

• Previous experience as a Funding Manager or similar role and experience of the academic research environment.

• Robust stakeholder management skills ability to quickly build and maintain the trust of internal and external stakeholders at all levels of seniority.

• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and manage large workloads and work to deadlines.

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