Grant Operations Officer in Salford

The Grant Operations Officer will support all aspects of grant making functions and will play a key role in giving detailed advice to applicants, applying eligibility and due diligence criteria to applications.

If you're an advocate of great customer care and passionate about delivering high quality processes, this is your chance to be part of a team making a positive difference to the lives of children and young people across the UK.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

This is an exciting time to join BBC Children in Need.

With a new grants database now live, you will play a central role in supporting applicants and grantees through our grant making processes.

Our refreshed objectives and activities will ensure the impact we have on children's lives is front and centre of the work the charity undertakes over and above the projects and services we fund.,

• The Grant Operations Officer will provide a high level of service to all applicants and grantees who contact the charity by phone, email and post.
• You will give detailed advice to applicants and provide support throughout the application process, enabling the highest quality applications to reach the charity.
• You will process grant applications for the charity's responsive programmes.
• You will assist in the design and delivery of any new grant making processes.
• Work as part of a team when required to support the charity's Appeal Operations team.
• The successful candidate must have administrative experience in the charity, voluntary or public sector, preferably in a grant making environment.
• You will have experience working under pressure with high volumes of work and, importantly, experience of prioritising workloads effectively.
• You will be an advocate of great customer care with extensive experience of dealing regularly with the public.
• You will be computer literate with strong MS Office skills, extensive experience of using databases and the ability to analyse and manipulate data.
• You will be able to interpret both written and oral information and produce written communications which are clear and persuasive.

DESIRABLE

• Experience of assessing grant applications against specific policies.
• Specific knowledge of children and young people's services would be an advantage.
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• PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £26,000 - £29,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.

The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights., Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy.

This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks.

Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

Disclaimer This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance.

This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks.

Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy.

This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks.

Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

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Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants.

Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

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Life at BBC

Here you will benefit from

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis or on an orchestra conditions contract. Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.

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We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us.

The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

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