Grants & Funding Manager

Grants and Funding Manager

Location: Love, Amelia - Sunderland

Salary: £31,000- £35,000 per annum (dependent upon experience)

Hours: Fulltime – 37.5 hours per week - with flexibility to consider a four-day working week – open to discussing working patterns that support both individual and organisational needs

Reporting to : Chief Executive

Love, Amelia:

We are a registered Charitable Incorporated organisation (CIO) supporting babies, children and families experiencing poverty and hardship across the Northeast. Launched in 2019 we work to ensure children aged from birth to 16 years have access to essential items they need to be safe, happy and able to thrive. Through a network of professional referral partners, we provide practical support including clothing, beds, bedding, baby equipment, toiletries, toys, books and other essential items. Our work is underpinned by a commitment to dignity, respect and reducing waste, with new and preloved donations reused and redistributed wherever possible.

The families we support are often facing deeply challenging circumstances, including financial hardship, homelessness, domestic abuse, unemployment and exploration. Alongside meeting immediate practical needs, we work collaboratively with organisations across the region to address the wider causes and impacts of poverty, connect families with longer term support and improve outcomes from children.

We are entering an exciting period of growth and development as we shape our strategy and priorities for the next three years. Sustainable income will be central to those ambitions, enabling us to strengthen our services, respond to increasing need and continue making a meaningful different to children and families across the Northeast.

The role of the Grants & Funding Manager:

This is a key role in securing sustainable income to support Love, Amelia’s work with children and families across the Northeast.

Working as part of the wider fundraising team, you will be responsible for identifying and securing funding from a range of sources, with a practical focus on charitable trusts and foundations, grant-making organisations and corporate funding programmes. You will manage funding applications from initial research and approach through to reporting and stewardship, building strong relationships with funders and developing compelling applications and demonstrate the need for and impact of our work.

The role will also support the development of new and emerging income streams, including legacy giving, helping to diversify our income and strengthen the organisation’s long term financial sustainability.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced fundraiser who can combine strong research and writing skills with relationship building attention to detail and a genuine commitment to improving outcomes for babies, children and families.

Key responsibilities:

Grants & Trusts Fundraising – Research and identify appropriate funding opportunities from charitable trusts foundations, grant-making bodies, corporate funding programmes and other relevant sources. Develop high-quality, compelling applications for both core and project-specific funding, clearly demonstrating need, outcomes and impact

Funding Pipeline & Income Targets – Develop and maintain a strong pipeline of prospective and existing funders, planning applications and renewals to support agreed income targets. Monitor progress against targets and provide regular updates on applications, outcomes and future opportunities

Funder Relationships & Stewardship – Build and maintain positive relationships with existing and prospective funders, ensuring appropriate communication, updates and stewardship. Identify opportunities to strengthen relationships, secure renewed or increased support and develop longer term funding relationships

Legacy Giving – Support the development and growth of legacy giving as an income stream for Love, Amelia, helping to establish appropriate processes, communications and opportunities for supporters considering leaving a gift in their Will

Grant Management, Reporting & Compliance – Manage funding requirements from award through to completion, ensuring conditions, deadlines and reporting requirements are understood and met. Produce accurate and timely reports that demonstrate the use, outcomes and impact of fundings and maintain oversight of any restrictions or specific requirements

Monitoring & Reporting – Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of funding applications, swards, funder relationships, deadlines and outcomes, ensuring information is recorded consistently to support effective pipeline management, forecasting and future finding activity. Provide regular income and progress reports for the Chief Executive and contribute appropriate updates for the Board of Trustees

Collaboration – Work closely with colleagues across Love, Amelia to gather financial. Operational and impact information for funding applications and reports. Work collaboratively with the wider fundraising team to ensure funding activity compliments other income generation activity and organisational priorities.

External Representation - Represent Love, Amelia professionally at relevant funder meetings, networking opportunities and events, developing relationships and identifying opportunities that could support the organisation’s work

Our Mission:

Relieve poverty and hardship in babies, children and those who care for them by providing essential items, equipment and support to partner organisations and those in need

Our Vision:

Every child has the opportunity, to be happy, safe and to thrive.

Our Values:

To be respectful, Compassionate, & Non-judgemental

 

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