Funding & Impact Officer in Kent

Migrant Help have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Funding & Impact Officer to join our team!

Location: Homebased

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 20 hours per week

Salary: £34,682 (pro rata)

About us: Migrant Help is a leading charity that was established in 1963 and delivers a range of support and advice services to people affected by displacement and exploitation across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable people, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential. We foster a culture in which equality, diversity and inclusion are recognised, valued and encouraged. We welcome applications from candidates regardless of their age, religion or belief, race, gender reassignment, disability, sexual orientation, sex, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

The Funding & Impact Officer role: Part of the Income and Partnerships team, the Funding and Impact Officer is a new and exciting role at Migrant Help. You will collate and analyse our programme monitoring and evaluation, and support income generation. You will be responsible for ensuring that the growth in fundraised, restricted and unrestricted income is managed effectively, complies with charity law, delivers robust financial reporting, and works across both support and frontline teams to guarantee that essential items and support reaches those most in need. If you have demonstrable experience collating and analysing data with excellent project management skills and are looking for an exciting role that makes a difference, we'd love to hear from you!

Key responsibilities of our Funding & Impact Officer:

• Working with the Head of Income & Partnerships, the Deputy Director of Finance and wider income team to maintain and document restricted income generated.
• To coordinate and monitor incoming Zakat funds and coordination of the restricted income working group.
• To manage the distribution, and maintaining accurate financial records, of the internal funding pots supporting our front line services teams.
• Maintain sight of all restricted grants/income and internal funding pot spend, preparing regular reporting of financial records.
• Support Income & Partnership colleagues to analyse and manage grant financial data.
• Work proactively to identify and mitigate financial risk at all levels and report to the Finance team when needed.
• Provide financial analysis as needed in relation to grant spend.
• Prepare financial reports in collaboration with Finance, Income & Partnerships and operational colleagues for submission to donors.
• Work closely with the Finance team to ensure financial reporting and accounting is completed effectively and on time.
• Support the Finance team with grant / donor audit processes.
• Follow up with Finance team, and any grant partners, on previous audit recommendations, including any policies and procedures requiring revision.
• Work with any partners receiving grant funds to co-ordinate and provide assistance as required to ensure that their reporting and forecasting are accurate and that all appropriate documentation is captured.
• Act as operational finance point of contact for all partners, providing the support needed so that partners' financial management is accurate and follows donor requirements.
• Track financial reports submissions, prepare and review all financial reports submitted by partners and check sample supporting documents.

The experience and skills you need as our Funding & Impact Officer:

• Ability to create effective donation impact reporting systems.
• Demonstrable experience of working successfully both as part of a team, and taking initiative to organise own workload.
• Some knowledge of different types of fundraising, and the related development and research methods.
• Demonstrable ability to use initiative and work with minimal instruction.
• Some knowledge and understanding of financial systems.
• Confident in creating financial reports and managing multi year funding.

Migrant Help is committed to safeguarding those we provide a service to, applicants will have to undergo strict vetting procedures throughout different stages of the recruitment process therefore this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Applicants must be able to provide documents to show their right to work in the UK (such as Passport, work visa, settled status document, certificate of registration, naturalisation as a British citizen, Biometric Residence Permit etc.) and provide full employment history for the previous 3 years and/or suitable documentation to cover any gaps in employment.

Closing Date: 13 July 2026

If you are interested in becoming our new Funding & Impact Officer, please click 'APPLY' today. We look forward to hearing from you! Please note this vacancy may close early depending on applications received.

As part of your role, it is important you operate within Migrant Help's values: Protection, Diversity, Equality, Partnership, Innovation and Excellence. Migrant Help is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.