Funding Officer

You will join our friendly team and work alongside our Funding team in Wales and across the UK. Depending on your location and preference, you can work from home or a combination of home working and office working in our Newtown or Cardiff offices. 

As a funding officer serving our North region, (Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Flintshire, Denbighshire Wrexham and North Powys) you will assess requests for funding and manage grants using local knowledge, best practice, thematic expertise, and the experience of customers and stakeholders to improve our grant making and inform our decision making. By working closely with people and communities, you will understand what matters to them and where our funding can make the biggest difference. 

You will be responsible for supporting local people and communities in Anglesey, and have a strong understanding of our vision, being able to adapt your approach to the wishes of the people you are working with. You’ll also need to support our stakeholders, helping them to make connections that will help them achieve their goals. 

You will be responsible for the pipeline of projects in Anglesey, understanding and responding to the different needs of our customers by providing advice and considered feedback, and be willing to have challenging but constructive conversations. Funding Officers will ensure our grant management and assessment play an effective part in contributing to the Fund’s knowledge and learning as a grant maker. You will manage your own caseload, liaise with grant recipients, undertake project visits, identify and manage risk, supporting organisations to deliver their projects and measure their impact. 

The ability to communicate in Welsh fluently and confidently is essential for this role.  
This is a permanent, full-time post (open to a conversation on flexible working and job share) 

Interview Date: W/C 29/07/2024
Location: Remote working in the Anglesey area of Wales with access to our offices in Cardiff and Newtown

On application, please align your supporting statement to the criteria below

Essential criteria

1) The ability to communicate in Welsh fluently (spoken and written).
2) Ability to analyse information, including financial data and project plans in order to make written funding recommendations to decision-makers.
3) Understanding of strengths-based approaches to working with people and communities in Angelsey.
4) Remain calm under pressure and handle multiple and competing priorities, supporting others when needed.

Desirable criteria

1) Understanding of great customer service. 
2) Knowledge of the wider funding context 
3) Ability to learn from our funded projects and share that learning for the benefit of the wider organisation.
4) Confident in presenting to external audiences.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion  

Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.  

We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages. 

As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)