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Impact Officer - Scotland
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JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC Children in Need
LOCATION: Glasgow - Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £29,000 - £36,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge, and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
This is a place-based role where we expect the successful candidate to be based in the region. Interviews are expected to take place on the 1st of October in Glasgow.
We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
Job Purpose
Reporting to the Impact Manager, the Impact Officer manages a portfolio of grants across Scotland, supporting organisations throughout the funding lifecycle from application through to monitoring and learning. The role combines relationship management, assessment, and decision-making, helping ensure BBC Children in Need funding reaches the children and young people who need it most.
Alongside grant-making responsibilities, contribute to the annual BBC CiN Appeal by supporting local fundraising activity, identifying and sharing stories that bring the impact of our funding to life, and working with BBC colleagues, fundraisers, volunteers, and funded organisations at events throughout the year.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
At BBC Children in Need, we fund vital support for children and young people struggling with challenges caused by mental health, poverty, social inequality, and family-related issues. This role supports our mission to focus on funding inspiring ideas that provide effective and sustainable positive change for disadvantaged children and young people in Scotland.
The successful applicant will play a significant role in helping BBC Children in Need achieve its aims across Scotland. Combining grant making, relationship management, and sound judgment, they will work alongside colleagues and sector partners to ensure funding reaches organisations supporting children and young people facing the greatest challenges.
Your Key Responsibilities And Impact
- Grant Making: Support organisations through the funding process, from enquiry to assessment, providing advice and feedback, analysing applications, and using sound judgment to make evidence-based funding recommendations.
- Grant Portfolio Management: Manage a portfolio of funded organisations, monitoring progress, reviewing reporting requirements, identifying risks, and capturing learning to understand and maximise the impact of BBC CiN funding.
- Relationship Building: Build and maintain strong relationships with applicants, funded organisations, and partners, undertaking project visits and applying a relational approach while maintaining an understanding of emerging issues affecting children and young people across Scotland.
- Collaboration and Communication: Work collaboratively within a small Scotland team and across the wider UK charity, contributing to shared continuous improvement, presentations, learning, and decision-making while taking ownership of your own portfolio and priorities.
- Appeal: Alongside grant-making responsibilities, contribute to the annual Appeal by supporting local fundraising activity, sharing stories that demonstrate the impact of our funding, and working with BBC colleagues, volunteers, fundraisers, and funded organisations at events throughout the year.
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Essential Criteria
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Experience of grant making and/or grant management, including assessment, monitoring, and making funding recommendations.
- Strong understanding of Scotland’s third sector, public sector, and funding landscape, particularly in relation to children and young people, with a genuine commitment to improving outcomes for children, young people, and families.
- Excellent analytical, decision-making, and organisational skills, with the ability to assess evidence, identify risks, prioritise competing demands, and work independently to meet deadlines.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with experience building and maintaining effective relationships across a diverse range of organisations, partners, and communities.
- Ability to work collaboratively within a small team and contribute to wider organisational objectives, supported by strong digital skills and proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications and database systems, and alignment with the values of BBC Children in Need.
DESIRABLE
- Experience presenting information or delivering training to a range of audiences.
- Experience using grant management systems, CRM database, or other data management tools.
- Experience of working with children and young people or organisations supporting children and young people.
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This role requires a relevant PVG/DBS check to be undertaken by the BBC at the appropriate level, at the point of offer of a contract of employment. Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.
Disclaimer
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge, and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.
Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.
For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk
We are unable to accept applications via CV and only applications made online will be considered. Please click on the APPLY NOW button to proceed with your application.
Redeployment
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC, and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.
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