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Grants Officer, CHARITY PEOPLE
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Grants Officer
Location: London (hybrid: 2 days in office, remainder flexible)
Salary: £33,728 FTE
Contract: Full-time, permanent (4 days contract considered)
About the Organisation: Charity People is proud to be partnering with a social justice foundation committed to strengthening the voice of communities to shape legal systems for systemic change. At an exciting juncture with a new five-year strategy, the organisation supports initiatives that bridge legal frameworks with real-world social justice in the UK. Their funding prioritises organisations breaking down root inequities through community-led justice solutions.
Ideal for professionals passionate about relationship-driven grants, organisational learning, and justice-focused impact—that could be your next step.
About The Role
As Grants Officer, you’ll drive a collaborative and inclusive grant-making approach to deepen community connections with legal systems. You’ll work with a small, supportive team across the full grant lifecycle:
- Early candidate engagement
- Proposal assessment and decision-making
- Trusted relationship management
- Portfolio monitoring and strategic reflection
This role fosters idea-sharing and tactical innovation to enhance engagement with partners, driving the organisation’s mission through adaptive grant practices.
Key Responsibilities:
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Relationship building
- Cultivate a strong pipeline of grant applications
- Develop and sustain thoughtful, reciprocal partnerships with applicants
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Application management
- Review proposals and assess financial health/organisational alignment with funding criteria
- Foster external collaboration on grant policies and practices
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Portfolio governance
- Oversee awarded grants through implementation cycles
- Support grantees with guidance and feedback directly tied to organisational learning
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Learning culture
- Document lessons from the grant-making process
- Contribute to the team’s continuous improvement in programming
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Strategic thinking
- Participate in broader discussions on social justice, grant design, and external partnerships
About You
We seek someone whose values and experience reflect our mission’s core: equity, power dynamics in funding, and transformative change.
Preferred Qualifications/Experience:
- Proven track record in blocked: grants or social sector funding relationships (e.g. programme/partnership management)
- Strategic experience in stakeholder relationship development with diverse groups
- Hands-on background in either grants management, community fundraising, or programmes—volunteer or paid
- Demonstrated ability to:
- Act as a trusted advisor grounded in sensitivity and flexibility in diverse contexts
- Uphold safe and transparent communication (written/verbal)
- Maintain organised systems under competing demands
- A collaborative mindset and openness to organizational discovery
- Alignment with (but not prerequisite for) the UK social justice sector or lived expertise around legal systems
Ideas of fit matter more than ticking every box.
Value Adders (bonus):
- Familiarity with charity/legal funding ecosystems in England
- Career background directly linked to the organisation’s focus areas
Why This Role?
Be part of a funder actively challenging traditional power structures in grant-making, embedded in community-driven movements leading systemic change. Alongside a committed colleague group, develop skills in:
✅ cutting-edge values-led grant management ✅ inclusive design of funding processes ✅ strategic impact measurement through learning
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This is a Power and Inclusion-first environment:
- Collaborative decision-making primarily journeys with affected communities
- Accountability is eye-opening: Will grant-making constrict or catalyse systemic progress?
- Curiosity as practice: Redefining social contraction models through organic reflection.
Applicant Support:
We welcome responsive, transparent approaches to recruitment. If applicants’ pathways or identifications draw from social welfare injustices, we’d particularly value hearing your perspective.
Logistics
Location and Flexibility:
- 2 in-office days per week in central London
- More flexible schedule for remote days
- Flat operations approach: Hybrid model to suit workload needs
Access and Inclusion:
- Workplace adjustments for all: Access to resources to ensure participation
- Guaranteed interviews for disabled candidates who meet core criteria (see job pack)
Application Process:
- Due: July 14th, 20XX, 9 AM
- No traditional CVs: Outline application requires written responses to Qualifying Questions to be empathetic on LinkedIn
Timeline:
- Wed/Thu 22/23 July: Online Interviews
- Mon/Tue 27/28 July: On-site interviews
Next Steps:
To crack more actively, contact:
- Abi Blank at Charity People for informal chats (email abi@charitypeople.co.uk)
- Job pack with confidential details (including need-to-know role specifics): [Job pack]
- Send: CV and written answers to abi@charitypeople.co.uk (due July 14, 9AM)
Committed to Equity: Charity People fivetiers resources to match charities with diverse voices, enterprises and environments. Inclusivity beside Steveonomic: Age, ability, gender identity, belief, race, etc. We rationalize diversity mirrors organisational strength.
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