We are seeking to appoint someone on a 12-month fixed term contract as maternity cover, to join our Grants Team in delivering The Ideas Fund, an exciting programme which looks to connect communities with researchers in order to develop and try out ideas related to mental wellbeing. The Fund is delivered in four areas of the UK – Oldham, Hull, the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, and North West Northern Ireland, although this role can be remote, based anywhere in the UK.
With support from the Head of Grants, we expect that you will have lead responsibility for our work in two of these areas, building strong relationships with our Development Co-ordinators and contributing to the successful delivery of the overall programme. You will oversee the support for grant holders to learn from what is working and feed this learning into our overall approach with the Fund, as well as sharing insights externally. It’s an exciting time for the Fund; you can find more details about our plans here.
You will work with our existing Grants & Learning Manager to ensure that our due diligence and grant reporting requirements are met, responding flexibly and creatively to issues that arise. Importantly, you will consistently focus on how we can continue to be innovative with our grant making, and how our learning can influence long term change in funding and public engagement practice.
Key responsibilities
The main responsibilities of this role are to:
In addition, the post-holder will be expected to:
Our Head Office is based in London, but we have an agile working policy enabling people to work at another UK location up to 4 days/week.
Permanent remote working in the UK is possible and we welcome applications from people based in other parts of the UK. We are happy to consider secondments.
For more information including the person specification and full job description, and for details on how to apply, please visit britishscienceassociation.org/grants-and-learning-manager-maternity-cover