Job summary
We are looking for an experienced Grants & Programmes Manager, who is passionate about the role the voluntary sector plays in healthcare, committed to partnership working and who values the voices of people with lived experience in the development and delivery of services.
You will enjoy the challenge of working across the healthcare system, bringing together NHS Charities, NHS healthcare and services in the voluntary sector to ensure that people receive the best wrap around care possible, at a time when excellent healthcare has never been more needed.
Adept at building relationships with a range of partners and funders, you will be a problem solver, results driven and passionate about driving things forwards.
The role is based in Heads On, official NHS charity for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, and will manage Heads On's Grant Making function, including the Sussex NHS Charities Community Partnership Grants programme.
To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID
Main duties of the job
The Grants & Programmes Manager will manage Heads On's internal and external grant making function, ensuring our work is targeted, high performing and has a direct impact on our local communities' health and wellbeing.
External grant making programmes include:
- Sussex NHS Charities Community Partnership Grants funded by NHS Charities Together
- Mental Health voluntary sector grant making on behalf of the mental health collaborative of the Sussex Health & Care Partnership
- Sussex Staff in Mind hardship bursaries
Internal grant making programmes include:
- Sussex Partnership service user hardship bursaries
- Restricted & designated charitable funds supporting services across Sussex Partnership
- Annual service improvement grant making programmes
You will manage all aspects of the grant making function, from development and implementation of new programmes through to assessment, decision making processes and monitoring and evaluation.
About us
Heads On is Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust's official NHS charity. Sussex Partnership provides mental health care and learning disability services across Sussex, specialist children's mental health services in Sussex and Hampshire and dementia services across Sussex.
The Covid-19 pandemic has transformed the role of NHS charities, shining a spotlight on the work we do to enhance NHS care. At the same time; we have never been more needed and want to do our very best to support our local communities. Heads On's strategic focus for 2021-2025 is working to address health inequalities faced by people across Sussex, particularly people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and neurodivergent conditions.
In 2020 Heads On took on the role of lead charity in Sussex for the management of Stage 2 NHS Charities Together funding - community partnerships, and in 2022 we will launch a Voluntary Sector grants programme on behalf of the Sussex Health & Care Partnership's Mental Health Collaborative.
Our internal grant making supports projects across SPFT that directly improve patient care across all services, and enhance staff wellbeing - more important now than ever.
This is a unique time to join us, as we build on our strong foundations to make a real difference in how people's health is supported during the pandemic and beyond, across the healthcare system in Sussex.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Grants & Programmes Manager will manage Heads On's internal and external grant making function, ensuring our work is targeted, high performing and has a direct impact on our local communities' health and wellbeing.
Through your work across the healthcare system and voluntary sector, you will build a network of partnerships between the NHS and VCSE across Sussex that will support our local communities throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond, responding to the recommendations of the NHS Long Term Plan and addressing health inequalities across Sussex.
We need an experienced Grants & Programmes Manager who can really hit the ground running, both managing existing awards and developing and implementing new grant making programmes that will make a real difference to local communities.
Responsibilities will include:
- To develop and implement new funding programmes.
- To manage the promotion, assessment and decision making process for grant funding programmes.
- To manage the funding relationships with grant recipients including contracting, cash flowing and monitoring & evaluation.
- To manage the relationships with the academic research partners commissioned to evaluate grants programmes.
- To build a community of practice amongst grant recipients.
- To initiate and develop relationships between funded partners and the healthcare system.
- To manage project reporting to Heads On's external funders of grant programmes.
- To produce reports on the Charity's grant programmes.
- Utilise feedback and evaluation of funded projects to maximise opportunities for future fundraising and grant making.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Grants & Programmes Manager will manage Heads On's internal and external grant making function, ensuring our work is targeted, high performing and has a direct impact on our local communities' health and wellbeing.
Through your work across the healthcare system and voluntary sector, you will build a network of partnerships between the NHS and VCSE across Sussex that will support our local communities throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond, responding to the recommendations of the NHS Long Term Plan and addressing health inequalities across Sussex.
We need an experienced Grants & Programmes Manager who can really hit the ground running, both managing existing awards and developing and implementing new grant making programmes that will make a real difference to local communities.
Responsibilities will include:
- To develop and implement new funding programmes.
- To manage the promotion, assessment and decision making process for grant funding programmes.
- To manage the funding relationships with grant recipients including contracting, cash flowing and monitoring & evaluation.
- To manage the relationships with the academic research partners commissioned to evaluate grants programmes.
- To build a community of practice amongst grant recipients.
- To initiate and develop relationships between funded partners and the healthcare system.
- To manage project reporting to Heads On's external funders of grant programmes.
- To produce reports on the Charity's grant programmes.
- Utilise feedback and evaluation of funded projects to maximise opportunities for future fundraising and grant making.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or with equivalent professional experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Minimum of two years experience in grants or project management.
- Experience of partnership working, particularly across different sectors e.g. healthcare and the third sector.
- Experience of working in the third sector
- Experience of presentations and public speaking
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or with equivalent professional experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Minimum of two years experience in grants or project management.
- Experience of partnership working, particularly across different sectors e.g. healthcare and the third sector.
- Experience of working in the third sector
- Experience of presentations and public speaking
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
