Schools Engagement Officer (Grants)

Grants Administrator – Temporary
£20.50 per hour | Central London | Hybrid, 3 days in the office | 35 hours per week | Temporary until February

Do you have hands-on grants administration experience and confidence supporting the day-to-day delivery of grant-funded programmes?

We are recruiting a Grants Administrator to join a busy team delivering grant-funded programmes. This is a hands-on administrative role and we are particularly interested in candidates who have previously worked directly with grants, whether within a charity, education organisation, membership body, funder or similar environment.

You’ll support the administration of grants throughout the programme cycle, maintaining accurate records, liaising with grant holders, updating systems and ensuring information, actions and deadlines are kept on track.
Key responsibilities

• Supporting the day-to-day administration of grants and funded programmes
• Processing grant applications, updates, forms and associated information
• Maintaining accurate grant-holder and stakeholder records
• Updating CRM and grant-management systems
• Liaising directly with grant holders and responding to enquiries
• Coordinating meetings and following up actions
• Supporting grant monitoring, reporting information and programme updates
• Maintaining spreadsheets, grant data and supporting documentation
• Monitoring a shared inbox and managing grant-related enquiries
• Ensuring grant deadlines, records and actions are accurately tracked
• Providing wider administrative support to the grants and programme team

About you Previous hands-on grants administration experience is important for this vacancy.
We are particularly keen to hear from candidates who have experience of:

• Administering grants or grant-funded programmes
• Maintaining grant records and processing grant documentation
• Working with grant holders, applicants or funding recipients
• Using a grant-management system, CRM or similar database
• Tracking deadlines, monitoring information and maintaining accurate records
• Working confidently with Excel and data
• Managing a busy administrative workload with excellent attention to detail
• Communicating professionally with internal and external stakeholders

Experience gained within a charity, grant-making organisation, education setting, membership body, foundation or other funding environment would be particularly relevant.

Job title: Grants Administrator
Rate: £20.50 per hour
Hours: 35 hours per week, full time
Contract: Temporary until February
Location: Central London
Hybrid working: 3 days per week in the office
Start: Within the next few weeks


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