Grants & Contracts Manager

Grants & Contracts Manager
Manchester (Hybrid working with at least one day per week in our offices)

About Us
Nationally significant and focused on a fair and equal society, we are the LGBT Foundation, a charity supporting the needs of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans.
Serving over 40,000 people each year, we provide information to a further 200,000 individuals online, making us one of the most significant charities of our kind in the UK. We help all LGBT people achieve their full potential and aim to be ‘here if you need us,’ living by our hashtag #EqualityWins.

We are now looking for a Grants & Contracts Manager to join us on a full-time, permanent basis, working 37 hours per week.

The Benefits
- Salary of £33,816
- Generous leave allowance of 25 days (rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service)
- Sector leading 10% employers’ contributory pension
- Your birthday as a day’s leave
- Staff counselling scheme
- Cycle to Work / Technology Scheme
- Season Ticket Loan
- Office ‘buddy’ scheme for all new starters
- Free annual flu jab
- Free VDU eye care test
- Staff social budget
- Dedicated training budget for each member of staff and support with Personal Development Plans
- Flexible working to support a healthy work/life balance (including time off in lieu and flexi-time)
- Relaxed dress code

This is a brilliant opportunity for a talented fundraising professional with a great leadership style to advance their career with our groundbreaking and essential organisation.
You’ll enjoy a supportive, flexible working environment where your expertise will help make a direct impact on LGBTQ+ communities.

What’s more, you’ll discover fantastic benefits, generous leave and opportunities for professional development, making this the perfect role in which to make a meaningful difference while advancing your career.

The Role
As a Grants & Contracts Manager, you will oversee a range of funding and fundraising activities, as well as ensuring effective contract management.

Specifically, you will be involved in developing and managing funding applications, creating compelling funding bids for statutory, trust and foundation sources.

You will work with the Head of Contract Development, Grants & Contracts Co-ordinator and leadership teams, steward relationships with funders and lead the initial stages of new funding agreements.
You will ensure compliance with funding requirements, track reporting, and monitor processes.

Additionally, you will:

1. Research and submit tenders and funding applications, including budget development
2. Maintain and improve fundraising systems, including CRM management
3. Support the delivery of LGBT Foundation’s annual business planning and budgeting

About You
To be considered as a Grants & Contracts Manager, you will need:

1. Experience of writing and submitting successful funding applications to trusts, foundations, and statutory sources
2. Experience of analysing and preparing financial information and presenting it in accessible formats
3. Previous line management experience
4. Excellent communication skills with the ability to write compelling, clear applications and reports
5. Strong time-management, organisational and IT skills, including the use of Microsoft 365 and CRM systems
6. A commitment to equality, diversity and understanding the issues faced by LGBTQ+ communities

The closing date for this role is 20th January 2025 at 9am.

Other organisations may call this role Fundraising Manager, Grants Manager, Contracts Development Manager, or Trusts and Foundations Manager.

Webrecruit and LGBT Foundation are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business, and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re ready to take on a rewarding and strategic role as a Grants & Contracts Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.