Are you passionate about empowering the Voluntary and Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCSFE) Sector through fair, transparent, and impactful grant-making? BVSC is seeking a Head of Grants and Partnerships to lead our grants and contracts management function, driving programme development, delivery, and partnership building to support our mission. If you have a proven track record in developing robust monitoring systems within complex organisations, a keen eye for detail, we would like to hear from you.
Job Title: Head of Grants and Partnerships
Salary: SCP 50 £48,313
Responsible to: Deputy CEO
Location: Working hours divided between BVSC Offices (Latham House, 33 – 34 Paradise Street, Birmingham, B1 2AJ) and home address, as agreed by BVSC
Hours of work: 35 per week
Contract: Permanent
Role Overview
The Head of Grants and Partnerships will be responsible for leading BVSC’s grants and contracts management function, including program development, delivery, partnership building, process improvement, and ensuring fair, transparent, and impactful grant-making to support the Voluntary and Community Sector.
Key Responsibilities
1. Responsible for the overall grant and contract management function.
2. Develop and maintain grant and contract management approaches that reflect the ethos of a CVS.
3. Secure ongoing opportunities and create new opportunities in line with the needs of the sector.
4. Develop relationships with key partners across all sectors to support the development and delivery of the grant-making function.
5. Responsible for the end-to-end management of each grant program, including but not limited to: bidding guidance, eligibility criteria, launch and advertising.
6. Manage and understand the outcomes and outputs we are contracted to deliver and ensure data is collected in a robust and timely manner for internal management purposes, ensuring information is reliable and reconciled to the measures used by the funders.
7. Monitor the quality and quantity of information of grant-making programmes to support the monitoring and reporting process.
8. Ensure that all the reporting criteria for each grant program is met.
9. Manage contract variations when required and manage the risk associated with each program.
10. Line manage staff as required.
11. Organise and attend project meetings as and when required.
12. Respond positively and constructively to internal performance management processes and contribute to the ethos of continuous improvement within the Corporate Services & Finance directorate and BVSC.
What We’re Looking For
1. Experience: Proven experience of excellent attention to detail, accuracy, numeracy, and financial analysis experience.
2. Skill: Ability to work on own initiative, good communication and presentation skills, and the ability to work effectively within a team.
3. Attitudes/Behaviour: Understanding and commitment to the ethos of BVSC, empathy with the values of the voluntary sector, and a creative, enthusiastic, positive, and solution-focused attitude.
4. Values: Commitment to BVSC’s ethos, equal opportunities, and values.
What We Offer
1. A supportive and inclusive work environment.
2. A chance to make a tangible impact within the voluntary sector.
3. Flexible working arrangements (where applicable).
Working for BVSC
Our organisation’s culture is underpinned by our 4 core values – Commitment, Collaboration, Inclusion, and Integrity. These values are demonstrated in the work of our staff team, who are integral to the achievement of our mission to support and advocate for a vibrant, resilient voluntary sector in Birmingham.
Please visit our website for more information about working with BVSC: BVSC Website.
We encourage applicants to think creatively about how they can meet the requirements of the role and person specification if there are essential criteria you do not meet, so please describe this in your application. We are looking for talented individuals who align with our values and support our mission – there are no barriers to how you demonstrate this.
We are a Second Chance Charter employer, committed to ensuring that people with convictions can access employment. DBS checks will be conducted once a job offer has been made and accepted. This role is subject to a basic DBS check.
Ready to Apply?
If you are ready to bring your expertise to a role where you can make a real difference, we’d love to hear from you! Please send us a CV, a covering letter, and an equal opportunities monitoring form to recruitment@bvsc.org detailing how your experience matches what we’re looking for.
At BVSC, we believe that diversity drives creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality, fairness, and inclusivity, creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We particularly encourage applications from candidates who are underrepresented within BVSC Research, including individuals from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities, and those identifying as LGBTQIA+.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your applications as early as possible.
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