Statutory and Trusts Bid Manager

Statutory and Trusts Bid Manager

The basics

Location: Agile working

Contract: Permanent, subject to funding

Hours: 32 per week over 4 days

Starting salary: £46,940

The organisation

Our client is a charity working with young people and families who are affected by violence and exploitation.

Who you are

Our client is looking for an experienced Bid Manager to help them improve the lives of young people by growing their grant and contract-funded service portfolio.

You will understand the funding environment for youth charities from government commissioning and Trust funding opportunities, and will be ambitious to manage and drive growth across our client’s high quality and innovative service offer.

You will be someone with social justice at the core of your personal values, someone who places equity and inclusion at the centre of everything you do. Our client is also looking for someone with an understanding of and curiosity to learn about the varied experiences and challenges of young people’s lives.

If you are committed and resilient and believe you have what it takes to help improve the lives of young people and their families, please apply.

What the role involves

- Work effectively with practice teams to identify opportunities and prepare successful funding bids in a competitive environment.

- Develop and maintain a pipeline of prospective funders and scan the external environment to identify new funding opportunities that are aligned to our client’s aims and strategic priorities.

- Develop and write inspirational, accurate, and compelling funding bids with the view of achieving sustainable long-term support for our client’s work.

- Build and maintain relationships with current and prospective funders, including through maximising any relationships held by senior colleagues and trustees.

- Maintain and develop internal income generation systems and processes, including donor records, financial information, funder reports, and internal monitoring to ensure effective stewardship and internal visibility of progress against plans.

Additional Information

Our client is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect anyone who works and volunteers with them to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, our client will request a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) check, as well as references covering the last five years, for the successful candidates.

They value diversity and encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. They know that in order to make a safer place for young people, they need a diverse range of perspectives, experience, and knowledge.

What our client offers

Our client continually reviews its pay and they currently offer the following benefits package to all employees:

- Agile working. This means you will have the flexibility to work in different locations including from home, our client’s office and/or community locations (libraries/co-working spaces) when you are not delivering face to face work in the community.

- Flexible Working: our client’s Flexible Working Policy allows requests to work flexibly from the start of your employment.

- A contributory Pension Scheme.

- Interest-free Season Ticket Loans.

- A Cycle to Work Scheme.

- A Mental Health Helpline.

- Death in Service Benefit.

- Opportunities to develop and progress your career, including an extensive programme of courses and acting up/additional responsibilities roles.

- An initial Annual Leave allowance of 28 days’ holiday, rising to 30 days after 3 years and 33 days after 5 years, plus bank holidays and other statutory holidays; part time employees receive a pro-rata entitlement.

Sound good? Here’s how to apply

To apply please complete the online application form and submit it as soon as possible: our client runs a rolling recruitment process which means that applications are shortlisted and invited for interview within one week of receipt. As soon as a suitable candidate is found no further applications will be considered.

As part of the online application, you will be required to confirm you have read our client’s Privacy and Cookie Policy and Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy.

Please make sure you find the Job Description on the left-hand side of the Webrecruit page after you click ‘Apply Now’ or find it on our client’s Website.

Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process or if you experience any technical issues when trying to access and/or complete the application through the online portal, please contact our client.

Please note that our client does not accept CVs.

Our client is not a sponsoring organisation for foreign nationals and you must be able to show proof that you have permission to live and work in the UK in order to be considered for this role.

Location: London, GB

Posted Date: 6/25/2024