• Are you a confident communicator who enjoys working with people?
• Do you see the potential in ideas as well as the challenges?
• Are you passionate about the power of communities to change things for the better?
We have six Funding Officer opportunities in our Scotland Directorate.
One permanent and five fixed term contract opportunities. Please state what is of interest in your statement, this
can be all.
You’ll be part of a team of Funding Officers, led by a Funding Manager, responsible for our grant-making activity in
a geographical area. There are eight Funding teams in Scotland each covering a different geographical region
with between 4 and 8 Funding Officers in each team.
Funding Officers usually work on grant-making activity within one local authority area and are the main point of
contact for all grant-holders and applicants in that area.
Role Responsibilities include:
• You will provide advice to prospective applicants, assess applications and will be in regular contact with
grant-holders as they progress with their projects. Your recommendations will guide decisions on awarding grants
and how we support grant-holders.
• You will contribute to learning and evaluation of our work, outreach and stakeholder engagement in your area. You
will ensure that our funding responds to the local context and our commitment to equity and inclusion. You will
be expected to challenge yourself and colleagues to continually improve the way we work.
• You will be responsible for understanding how an organisation’s ideas align with our funding priorities and making
good judgements about when to take an application further or when to signpost to alternative opportunities. You
will be able to communicate clearly and concisely your recommendations about who and what we fund. Your natural
curiosity combined with a genuine interest in people and projects in your area will enable you to try new
approaches and develop your understanding of what works.
During your first few weeks with the Fund, in person training will be delivered in Glasgow, you can expect to be
office based on most working days. After the initial training period work patterns are more flexible. In a
typical week most full-time Funding Officers would be likely to spend one day in our Glasgow office, one or two
days out for meetings and project visits in their assigned area, and will work from home on other days. There
can be occasional weekend and evening working, but most of our work takes place on week days in normal working
hours.
About You
We are looking for talented people from a wide range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences who share our values
and are passionate about making a difference through our funding. Whether through lived or gained experience you
will really understand the communities we work with.
We are very open to flexible working both full time and part time applications, minimum 2 days a week.