Our London, South-East & East Region has a new opportunity for an Executive Officer. You will be responsible for supporting effective grant-making across the region, helping us to distribute over £130m to good causes throughout the region.

As an Executive Officer, you'll be part of a driven and passionate team, led by a Senior Head of Regional Funding. Within the team there are 2 Senior Grant Making Managers, 10 Funding Managers, 40 Funding Officers as well as 1 other Executive Officer. You will report into a Funding Manager and work both remotely and be based for some of the time in the London Office (located near King's Cross Station). There will be some occasional travel to other locations across the region throughout the year. 

Organising will be at the heart of your role and you will be in regular contact with the team across the region. The key duties of the role include:

• Supporting the Senior Head of Regional Funding, managers and their teams.
• Administration of our grant making database using Salesforce.
• Diary management for Senior Head of Regional Funding and Senior Managers.
• Organising, supporting and minuting a range of regular online and meetings face to face.
• Responding to customer enquiries made to the region.
• Supporting teams with stakeholder engagement.
• General administrative and facilities support.

The role is London based and there will be an expectation that Executive Officers will be based in the office around 2 days a week.

Interview Date: Week commencing 9th June - Virtual, one stage process

Location: Hybrid, flexible working, London based, Office - circa 2 days per week

If you would like an informal conversation about the role specifically, please contact: samantha.gardiner@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk 

Any questions about the recruitment process, please email: [email protected]

On application, please align your supporting statement to the criteria below

Essential:

• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail with the ability to plan and proactively manage competing demands.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience of working in a customer facing role and working in a team.
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office.
• Ability to collate information to produce accurate meeting minutes.

Desirable:

• Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and sensitivity.
• Previous voluntary or work experience in the charitable sector.
• Diary management experience

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion 

Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone - therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed. 

We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That's why the National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)

We recognise that keeping our people happy and healthy enables us to be a more effective organisation and makes The National Lottery Community Fund a better place to work. Benefits include:

• Generous Civil Service Pension scheme
• Flexible working
• Enhanced paid maternity/paternity leave
• Paid volunteering leave
• Season ticket loan

Job contact :

• Name : Samantha Gardiner
• Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

• Email : [email protected]