Grants Officer

£18.36 per hour | Temporary, approx. 6 months | Central London | Hybrid | ASAP start

Are you a highly organised administrator with excellent attention to detail, looking for an opportunity to develop your experience within grants and funding?

We’re working with a well-established and highly respected non-profit organisation in Central London who are looking for a Grants Officer to join their team on a temporary basis for approximately six months.

This is a great opportunity for someone with strong administrative and coordination experience who enjoys managing detailed processes, working with data and communicating with a range of stakeholders.

The role You’ll provide essential administrative support across the grants process, including:

• Supporting the processing and administration of grant applications and awards
• Responding to enquiries from applicants and grant holders
• Supporting the monitoring of existing grants and processing change requests
• Maintaining accurate records, data and documentation
• Supporting grant closures, final reports and reconciliations
• Helping to coordinate assessment processes and panel members
• Supporting the preparation and set-up of new awards
• Working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure processes run smoothly and efficiently
• Contributing to improvements in administrative processes and ways of working

About you We’re looking for someone who can bring:

• Previous experience in an administrative, coordination or similar role
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Strong attention to detail and accurate record keeping
• Confidence communicating with internal and external stakeholders at different levels
• Strong IT skills, particularly Excel, Teams and SharePoint
• The ability to manage competing priorities and changing workloads
• A proactive, collaborative and positive approach

Experience within grants, funding, research, programme administration or another similar process-led environment would be an advantage, but we also welcome applications from strong administrators with relevant transferable experience.
Key details

• Role: Grants Officer
• Pay: £18.36 per hour
• Contract: Temporary, approximately 6 months
• Start: ASAP
• Hours: 35pw Monday to Frida
• Location: Central London, close to Charing Cross and Piccadilly Circus
• Working arrangements: Hybrid working, 2 days per week on site

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.