Grants Lead Officer

Help employers create better working environments

Society Matters CIC is looking for an organised, proactive and values-driven Grants Lead Officer to create and coordinate the day-to-day delivery of our Good Work Grants programme.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in a programme that enables employers to make sustainable improvements to working conditions and help reduce in-work poverty.

This is a hands-on role where you'll take projects from application through to measuring impact. Supporting employers, coordinating assessments and decision panels, managing grant agreements, monitoring delivery and helping demonstrate what difference the funding makes.

What you'll be doing:

You'll be at the heart of the programme, including:

• Promoting funding opportunities and building a strong pipeline of applicants.
• Supporting employers to develop clear, realistic funding proposals.
• Coordinating application rounds, eligibility checks and due diligence.
• Preparing grant panel papers and coordinating decisions.
• Managing grant agreements, payments and financial records.
• Monitoring funded activity, expenditure, milestones and outcomes.
• Producing accurate records, reports, case studies and learning to demonstrate programme impact.

What we are looking for:

You'll bring strong project management, organisation and problem-solving skills, along with the ability to manage detail while building positive relationships. Experience of ether applying for, or administering grants programmes.

* Full-time and Part-time hours will be considered

* Fixed term contract for 18 months based on Full-Time hours (37 per week) , fixed term contract for 36 months based on Part-time hours (18.5 hours)

* Please note that the role will require some flexibility including the occasional early start and late finish and occasional weekend working