If you are ready for a new challenge and wanting to take that next step into a new sector whilst engaging with an excellent opportunity for leaderships skills this might be the role for you. The work of the Foundation is exciting – we help create positive change with communities we support.

The Grants and Programmes Officer will support the Grants and Programmes Manager to effectively manage and monitor grants, and provide administrative support. Alongside this we would like you to lead your own project researching and developing approaches to support new entrants to the VCSE sector, emerging and current leaders, community leaders and youth leaders. This role will also take a lead in creating new marketing and communication approaches to improve reach into the VCSE sector to support these two tasks.  You’ll need to be confident talking to lots of different people, eager to understand more about the local voluntary sector and how we can support them, and have a desire to make things better for people living in our area.

We are a small team with big ambitions so we are looking for someone who is happy to be flexible, provide excellent administrative support, but also make their own contribution to helping us shape the work of the Foundation.

This job is made possible by The Rank Foundation and the successful candidate will be expected to take part in their leadership programme offering an amazing opportunity to learn and develop alongside peers in the sector. This will include substantial travel including some overnight stays. There will also be additional and regular travel across the area of benefit with travel expenses paid at HMRC approved mileage rates. It is essential that you have access to your own vehicle.

As per the Rank Foundation’s programme requirements, we can only recruit a candidate who identifies themselves as unemployed or underemployed. More information regarding this can be found within the Guide for Potential Candidates 2026.

If this sparks your curiosity and inspires you to find out more, then we would love to hear from you.

For information and how to apply please download our Candidate Recruitment Pack here

Please also read the Rank Foundation's Time to Shine Guide for Potential Programme Candidates 2026 here

Closing date: 5pm on Monday 2nd February 2026