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Head of Individual Grants

Employer
Harris Hill
Location
London
Salary
£41k per year
Closing date
14 Sep 2018

Job Details

A charity are looking for Head of Individual Grants To lead and manage the delivery of individual grants, including overseeing the Charity application process, incoming enquiries and applications, and the delivery of advice and charitable assistance

Key Responsibilities:
-Line Manage the 2 Grants Officers and Officer Post in the Welfare Team.
-Lead on safeguarding and data protection issues within the branch. Investigate and manage complaints,
-Prepare the annual budget for individual grant-giving expenditure, and proactively monitor and manage the budget throughout the year.
-Assessment, approval and processing of grant applications for individuals, through charitable funds.
-Management of applications for benevolence of designated Benevolent Funds on behalf of individuals.
-Management of the Charity Bursaries Scheme.
-Assessment, approval and processing of applications for grants towards Care Home Fees.
-Supervision of all daily grants payments.
-Be the main point of contact with case working organisations in relation to policies and procedures, and the provision of associated charity materials, including the Charity Benevolence Guidelines.
-Lead on Salesforce (Welfare IT system) and the interoperability with
Casework Management System Attend the CMS and Casework Working Groups.
-Production of the proposed allocations and monitoring of the annual individual grants awarded through allocations to specific charities for Grants Sub Committee
-Assessment, approval and processing of applications for individual grants towards other service charity organisations
-Giving presentations on the benevolent work and policies of the Fund.
-Research and production of briefing notes on welfare/benevolence matters as required to support fundraising and or events.
-Advice in response to individual enquiries.
-Monitor the production of potential case studies. 
 
Skills and Experience required:
-Line management experience of staff
-Experience of operating effectively at management level in an organisation
-Experience of effective budget management
-Proven ability to help shape and deliver policy
-Proven ability in welfare casework, including dealing with data protection and safeguarding issues

Company

Harris Hill has been providing the Charity and Not-for-Profit sector with high quality recruitment solutions for over 27 years. In the past year we have worked on more than 3,000 charity vacancies (approximately 2,000 permanent and 1,000 temporary) and are continuing to grow, developing new teams to respond to the strong demand for specialist charity professionals.

Our teams focus on specific functions within charities including Fundraising, Marketing/PR/Digital, Data Management & Business Support, Finance, Human Resources, Temporary and Executive-level roles.

We are committed to delivering a level of excellence to both candidates and clients alike and have an unrivalled reputation for finding talented people their ideal charity jobs within the UK's leading national and international charities and non-profit organisations.

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Company info
Telephone
020 7820 7300
Location
1 - 2 Paris Garden
London
London
SE1 8ND
United Kingdom

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