Grants and Trusts Officer

The Trusts and Grants Officer role sits at the heart of our income generation activity, securing vital funding from trusts, foundations and corporate partners. You will play a key role in delivering high-profile projects and campaigns, contributing to major fundraising appeals and helping to grow our brand-newImpact Fund, which is set to transform services across the Trust.

Main duties of the job

The Trusts and Grants Officer role will undertake research, write applications and project manage grants and projects. The role will also support our Corporate Fundraising undertaking targeted research and developing applications for potential partnerships. The role will work closely with multiple teams across the hospital including various clinical teams, Redevelopment and Finance. The post holder will need to be confident and driven to manage multiple projects and stakeholders across the organisation,

Person specification

Experience

Essential

• Have they had paid experience in a charity?
• Have they had a minimum of 2 years experience in a charity?
• Have they worked in a Grants and Trusts role previously?
• Have they secured corporate income previously?
• Do they have 2 years experience in Project Management?

Desirable

• Have they got 5 years experience in Fundraising?
• Have they secured large grants in the past?

Education

Essential

• Are they educated to a degree level or equivalant?
• Do they have a minimum C grade (or numerical equivalant) for English and Maths at GCSE
• Have they fully completed the Education section in the application?

Desirable

• Do they have a Degree in Business Management/Project Management
• Do they have an IOF qualification?

Personal

Essential

• Have they made a compelling supporting statement? (Not AI generated)
• Do they demonstrate professional relationship building indicators?
• Does their work experience match their personal statement?

Desirable

• Have they previously volunteered in a charity/voluntary capacity?

About the employer

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job