Senior Grants Officer

Senior Grants Officer 

Salary: £40,720 

Location: Wimbledon, London 

37.5 hours per a week 

Permanent 

Closing date: 8th April 2025 at 9am 

Are you looking for a new career opportunity? If you are passionate about making a real difference through supporting vulnerable people, Our client would love to hear from you! 

The role is based in their central office in South Wimbledon but works across all services. 

There customers come with a range of support needs, such as those associated with mental health, care leaver status, probation, ex-offending, domestic violence, learning disabilities and asylum seeking. 

You will join a lively, supportive, and friendly team to work together to provide fundraising and support to services to enable is us to build our profile and deliver more services to those in need. 

Our client is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including people who have experienced homelessness themselves. Equality, diversity and inclusion are keyobjectives for them, and they reflect this in their recruitment practices, actively seeking applications from all parts of the community regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or disability.    

You will need to have the correct right to work in the UK in place, as they don't have a sponsorship license. 

Please ensure that your answers give a clear outline of how your application meets the criteria for this role using the included job description and person specification.  

You will need to be able to work shifts on a pre-planned rolling rota - 5 /7 days a week including mornings (from 7am), evenings (to 10pm) - these also include mid shifts and weekends. 

In return, they can offer you:  

• Over 6 weeks holiday per annum (rising with service)  

• Ability to buy or sell additional one week holiday per annum  

• Employer paid DBS checks  

• Occupational sick pay   

• Employer contributory pension scheme  

• 4 x Life Assurance  

• Medical Cash Back Plan  

• Yulife Employee Assistance & Rewards Programme  

• Cycle to work scheme  

• Full training and induction programme    

• Blue Light Card  

About them:  

They are a leading homelessness charity in London, providing housing and support to over 1,300 people each year. There aim is to help children, young people and adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to become independent and resilient. They believe in building on people’s strengths, aspirations and goals to help them break the cycle of homelessness. They offer a programme of support tailored to meet people’s individual needs, including housing, employment and skills training, mentoring and counselling. They work with young parents and children at risk of exclusion to build the skills and resilience that can help prevent homelessness. They campaign to end street homelessness. They build affordable homes to help people move on to an independent life.