CLOSED: Grants Programme Coordinator, Longleigh Foundation

Title: Grants Programme Coordinator
Salary: £27,000–£33,000 (pro rata for 4 days)
Location: Home-based, preferably working from London with regular travel to Reading

Why join us?

Would you like to play a key role in the early years of building and developing a charitable foundation that is working with passion and vision to assist vulnerable people against a backdrop of government Budget cuts and Welfare Reform?

Comprising a small, dedicated and ambitious team of staff and trustees, the Longleigh Foundation provides grants to residents of social housing to enable them to make changes to their lives. We are committed to using the resources we have, and to developing new resources, in order to expand this work and create innovative responses to the challenges faced by local communities.

The role of Grants Programme Coordinator

The role offers the opportunity for someone to play a key role at the Foundation. The team is very small so it is an opportunity to get involved and contribute at a strategic and organisational level, as well as being involved in the development and delivery of the Foundation’s work. Longleigh is a supportive environment in which to develop and grow a career and this is a rare opportunity to gain valuable experience of a Foundation during an exciting phase of its development. Although having grant-making experience will be an advantage, we are open to applications from candidates with different backgrounds that can demonstrate a lot of potential, dedication and the ability to grow into the role quickly. The attractions, opportunities and challenges include:

Working closely with the Director and being a key person in the growth and development a new and small grant maker.
Listening to the people we support, and ensuring that the grants we offer are widely known.
Getting out and about and working alongside others as an advocate of our work.
Acting as a bridge between Longleigh and our major funder, Stonewater, frequently being a presence in their Reading office.
Ensuring that Longleigh as an organisation and its grant-making processes are effectively administered.
Streamlining our systems and processes to be light touch but effective, so that we can focus on what really matters.
Working with others on a communications strategy to really put Longleigh on the map.
Joining an organisation that has a supportive team of a Director and Trustees who are passionate and energetic about our work.

About you

For the right person, this is an exciting and career-enhancing role. Your motivations might be many and varied – from wanting to develop your career in grant making, to being passionate about securing better lives for people, to thriving on building strong relationships. Whatever your motivations we want to hear about them and we want to hear from you, particularly if you have:

The ability to help Longleigh build its grants programme and increase its impact.
A passion for working with others to develop a small organisation so that it can support more people to reach their potential.
Diplomacy and tact, able to work closely with our biggest funder, Stonewater, whilst maintaining our independence.
A trusting, collegiate and collaborative approach to building relationships with colleagues, Trustees, applicants and grantees etc.

If you’d like to discuss this role further please contact Allyson Davies, our selection advisor, for an initial conversation via longleigh@allysondavies-consultant.com or call 020 7828 3855 or 0796 855 6164.