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Contracts and Grants Officer

Contracts and Grants Officer 

  • Location: Lewes, East Sussex with homeworking flexibility
  • Salary: £ 13,198.96 (Pro rata £26,397.92 per annum).
  • 17.5 hours per week 0.5 FTE 

Are you?

  • Organised, efficient and effective with administration.
  • Skilled in producing clear, accurate and timely reports.
  • Excited by the opportunity to support a charity’s work and its financial sustainability.
  • A team player. 

Do you have?

  • A great eye for detail.
  • A successful track record of coordinating activity.
  • A talent for time and task management, working independently and collaboratively as required.
  • Excellent IT competency.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented and engaged Contracts and Grants Officer to join our dynamic and impactful charity and team.

Working alongside the Chief Executive, Head of Services and Service Leads you will coordinate the Charity’s successful Contracts and Grants Schedules and Pipelines. You will ensure these are updated and, collaborating with colleagues, lead activity to meet reporting requirements in an accurate, timely and compelling fashion.

You will be able to demonstrate an excellent track record of administrative accuracy, timeliness and effectiveness. Self-starting with an ability to approach the work systematically and with a transparency and accountability which builds confidence and trust. Self-starting, with a proactive approach to horizon scanning for new funding opportunities as well as coordinating existing activity, you will be a key member of the team focused on successfully attracting and coordinating contract and grants funding for the charity’s services and helping make East Sussex a great place to grow older.

This role offers flexibility and homeworking as well as county-wide travel to attend meetings, and therefore the ability to travel across a wide geographical area is essential.

Please be aware that this role requires a Basic DBS check.

Alternatively you can contact the Recruitment Team by email at recruitment@ageukeastsussex.org.uk.

All fully completed applications must be received no later than Friday 4th July at 12.00pm.  Interviews will take place on Tuesday 8th July at our Eastbourne office.

Registered Charity Number 1139470

Application pack