Grants Officer

Pyramid8 are working with a national charity that support families within Yorkshire. Their main goal is to provide help, advice, support and access to social activities, events and services and ensure within local communities that these are known about and are accessible.  They are recruiting 2 experienced Grants Officers who can be based at their Head Office in Rotherham or their office in Cardiff.  This role responsible for generating income for the charity and other relevant organisations which they support, from across a variety of funders including trusts, foundations, and government grants. Working with support from the team this role carries the responsibility for identifying funding opportunities, developing, writing and submitting high quality applications to secure funding for projects and services.

The role is to secure income through funding applications to a range of large- and small-scale funders and work with internal and external stakeholders to develop applications for funding.  You would also need to Identify and obtain any support and advice required for the preparation, planning and management of the funding applications whilst building and maintaining relationships with funders to develop an understanding of the charity’s work.

It would be of great benefit if you have experience of writing high quality funding applications to secure income from a range of funders, some to include: National Lottery, Sport England, central government and local authorities as well as smaller grants and trusts.