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Grants Officer

Blue Light Card Foundation

Leicester, Leicestershire (On-site)

£24,570 per year

Part-time

Permanent

Actively Interviewing

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Job description

Here for the Blue Light community 

The Role and the Team

Blue Light Card Foundation is seeking a detail-oriented and organised Grants Officer on a part-time basis for 20 hours per week. This role will play a key part in supporting the Foundation’s grant-making processes, ensuring funding is distributed effectively and making a real impact on the Blue Light community.

As Grants Officer, you’ll play a key role in supporting the Foundation’s grant-making processes, ensuring funding is distributed effectively and making a real impact on the Blue Light community. You’ll be responsible for managing applications, monitoring grants, and ensuring compliance, working closely with colleagues across the organisation to drive positive outcomes.

The Blue Light Card Foundation gives a lifeline to those who give so much to keep us safe and healthy. We fund and deliver mental health and wellbeing support for the issues we know the community needs help with most – because as former police officers, military professionals and more, we've been on or supported the frontline. We understand.

What You’ll Do

Assess grant funding applications using assessment frameworks and due diligence processes

Monitor, manage, and evaluate grant delivery by reviewing reports, data, and assessing impact and performance

Use Salesforce to track and manage grants effectively

Support applicants, guiding them through the application process

Assist the Finance team in processing grant payments

Build and maintain relationships with funded organisations, and collaborate with the Marketing team to share impact stories

Prepare reports and present findings to the Board

Coordinate grants panels, trustee meetings, and ensure compliance with funding criteria

What You’ll Bring

Strong understanding of the charity sector, particularly initiatives focused on alleviating mental health and wellbeing issues

Experience of managing grant administration, including due diligence and financial understanding

Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation frameworks, including the ability to analyse data, measure impact, and report on outcomes

Proficient in Microsoft Office and CRM systems, ideally with Salesforce

Excellent organisational and time management skills

Experience in meeting coordination, diary management, and stakeholder presentations

Our Culture

Blue Light Card Foundation culture is built around our members, who are at the heart of everything we do. Our people are integral to helping deliver life-enhancing local and national projects, through grants, to support the wellbeing of the incredible Blue Light community.

Blue Light Card Foundation allows us to go further in helping our members. We’re committed; we’re supportive; we empower, and we understand. Our values underpin our vision; working towards a future where every member of the Blue Light community, both past and present, feels empowered, supported and heard.

We work as a team and try to have a bit of fun while we do it, and we recognise the importance of culture and the positive impact it can have on performance for you, the team, our organisation and our members. We believe in attracting the best talent no matter where you are. We promote hybrid working, but we value in-person collaboration so encourage time in our offices. How regular and in which office location depends on the role and team. We don't offer remote-only roles.

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