Job Opportunity: International Grants Programme Manager, Comic Relief

International Grants Programme Manager

Sport For Change

£35,000pa

Fixed Term Contract until May 2016

Central London

Applications open until 30 June

Comic Relief are focused on bringing about real and lasting change by tackling the root causes of poverty and social injustice. Help do just that by using your experience gained in international development and working with young people at risk to support the development of a portfolio of grants under the Sport for Change remit.

Reporting to the UK Grants Manager you will play a key role in ensuring Comic Relief deliver effective and efficient grant making by assessing, managing and reviewing funded grants. Grant goals will cover Education, Children & Young People at Risk and People Affected by HIV & Aids predominately. Day-to-day you will contribute to the development of our grant making strategy with reference to sport for change approaches, working with other funders, networks and policy makers to inform strategy and to influence others. You will also short list and analyse grant applications as well as report and make recommendations. In addition you will provide feedback, advice and guidance as well as promote learning to ensure grants perform to high standards

This is a high profile role calling for extensive understanding of international development and experience of working with young people at risk and/or the Sport for Change field. Comfortable building strategic relationships you possess excellent project management skills and will have been involved in monitoring and evaluating development programmes in developing countries. You will also have exceptional analytical and decision making abilities. A strategic thinker you will have strong communication and interpersonal skills and the drive to ensure Comic Relief deliver against our mission.

If you have the skills and abilities to deliver effective and efficient grant making Comic Relief would be delighted to receive your application. Please apply online here.

Comic Relief positively welcomes, and seeks to ensure we achieve, diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality. We encourage applications from disabled people and we will guarantee a first stage interview to all disabled applicants who sufficiently demonstrate in their application how they meet the essential criteria for the job as outlined on the person specification of the job description.
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