Grants Officer

Could you bring the work of the Wildlife Trust to life in compelling and persuasive funding applications? We’re looking for someone with excellent writing skills, attention to detail, and confidence in managing relationships with funders to do just this!

Contact details

Enquiries about the role: Andrew Hunter, andrew.hunter@wildlifebcn.org

Applications to: recruitment@wildlifebcn.org

Reporting to the Grants Manager, the main objective of the Grants Officer is to secure income for the Wildlife Trust by initiating, managing and developing a portfolio of bids and applications to a variety of funders. Responsibilities will include:

Crafting well-written persuasive applications to grant-making trusts and foundations, local authorities, community foundations and wind and solar farm funds to secure core income for the Trust
Research and identify new sources of grant funding, mapping out funder criteria, guidelines and potential to fund Trust work
Develop relationships with new and existing funders to encourage increased support by sending regular reports, updates and invitations to events
Working closely with administration and finance teams to ensure accurate recording of income received
Recording all correspondence with funders on our database (Charity CRM), for which training will be provided