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Taking a relational approach to grant-making and acting as a key contact point for internal and external stakeholders: reviewing and assessing grant applications, developing relationships with member NHS Charities, contributing to learning and evaluation activities, and supporting the development of future grant programmes.

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Trustee of a grant giving trust focused on health inequalities in South Yorkshire

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

• Leading the grants team: managing SYCF’s Flood Relief Grants, Covid-19 Response Grants, Community Resilience Grants and Cost of Living Grants during an unprecedented period • Streamlining and simplifying grant application and assessment processes • Line managing a fund manager, two grants officers and a grants administrator, and supporting grant decision making panels and trustees and other volunteers

Leeds, United Kingdom

Leading the grants team at Leeds Community Foundation and GiveBradford: • Managing grants totalling over £4 million per year, distributing over 600 grants through over 30 different grants programmes• Responsibility for the efficient and effective delivery of public and private sector grant making and impact reporting for Leeds Community Foundation and GiveBradford, including liaison with external funders and donors, grants panels, grant applicants, and other partners• Line managing a team of four grants officers and a grants administrator, and overseeing the robust systems, processes and procedures which ensure Leeds Community Foundation retains top ranking in UKCF’s national quality accreditation.

Doncaster, United Kingdom

Doncaster, United Kingdom

• Managing service delivery contracts, including Relate's £2.5m per year contract to deliver relationship support services on behalf of the DWP • Relationship and contract management with funders, subcontractors and partners • Analysing management information across Relate’s services, and developing dashboard and scorecards to present complex information and trends as a glance • Leading and supporting projects within and across the Services and External Affairs Directorate

• Leadership and management of projects and programmes, including Connecting Education and Communities: funding work to engage parents in their children’s learning, sharing effective practice and increasing capacity in the sector, and advocating for public policy to support this• Establishing the annual New Zealand Child Poverty Monitor in partnership with the New Zealand Children’s Commissioner and the University of Otago• Providing policy and strategic advice to the board and supporting the development of the Trust’s strategic direction; supporting the Trust’s learning including through an evaluation framework• Assessing applications for large, multi-year projects, enhancing impact by building relationships and working in partnership with grant recipients, e.g. sourcing mentoring for a small housing provider in the rural far-North or linking a national advocacy organisation with evaluation support• Building external relationships with Government, philanthropy and communities• Maintaining and developing IT systems, including grants database, finance system and website• Coordinating communications, including social media and annual report

• Managing £130 million Grassroots Grants programme – distributing grants to 30,000 volunteer-led community groups across England; coordinating a network of 67 partner organisations• Designing and managing the £1 million Active at 60 programme; coordinating 30 partners• Managing a team of up to nine staff, as well as consultants

• Designing, implementing and ensuring compliance with application, monitoring and reporting systems; managing grant payments totalling over £100 million• Budget management for CDF’s £750k management fee from the Cabinet Office• Liaising with applicants and supporting community groups and volunteers who received grants

Cambridge, United Kingdom

• Managing the busy Cambridge University branch office of UCU• Maintaining membership, financial records and website; developing electronic activists network• Producing and distributing local recruitment and publicity material; answering queries and correspondence from members, and acting as first point of contact for individual casework

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