Grants Officer (Access)
| Posting date: | 11 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £29,366 to £34,548 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 July 2025 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Fully remote |
| Company: | The Duke of Edinburgh's Award |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
This position will be home based with occasional UK-wide travel when required.
We help young people to build life-long belief in themselves, supporting them to take on their own challenges, follow their own passions and discover talents they never knew they had. Because when you prove to yourself that you’re ready for anything, nothing can hold you back.
Do you want to be part of that?
Our access-focused grant-making plays a vital role in enabling the charity to achieve its strategic ambition to make DofE more accessible than ever before. To date, our access grants have supported over 590 new organisations to begin running the DofE and enabled over 37,000 young people to start their Award.
Working within the UK Strategic Programmes (UKSP) directorate, this role will support our access-focused grant-making, working closely with the wider UKSP and UK Operations teams. This strand of our grant-making provides pump-prime grant funding to newly Licensed Organisations supporting them to start offering DofE to the young people they work with.
The UKSP team lead the DofE’s grant-making, sector innovation and business development, helping translate ideas into income and tangible impact.
What we are looking for:
You will be an effective Grants Officer with a passion for supporting young people and giving them the best opportunities in life. You will have exemplary stakeholder management skills and the ability to support multiple grant programmes simultaneously.
You will have excellent attention to detail, experience developing and managing monitoring processes, with a track record of successfully managing competing deadlines.
Extensive expertise in overseeing Microsoft and CRM data to facilitate informed decision-making processes and shape decision outcomes effectively.
You will work in a dynamic and driven team, supporting the design, development, and implementation of significant grant-making funds, increasing access, and giving more young people the opportunity to benefit from the DofE.
You will be an enthusiastic, collaborative individual who thrives working in a fast-paced environment and can drive large-scale grant programmes forward.
How to apply and interview dates
If you feel excited by this role and believe you have the necessary skills and experience to become a valued team member, please go to our website and apply.
The deadline for applying for this role is: 28th July
1st interviews will take place on: WC: 4th August to be held via MS Teams
2nd interviews will take place on: WC: 11th August - to be held in the London office
If you would like to access the application form in a different format or if you would like any assistance that might help improve your experience while completing the application, please contact us by email: recruitment@dofe.org
Benefits
We offer excellent staff benefits including a generous pension contribution, an employee assistance programme, healthcare cash plan and volunteer leave. Also, 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays and an additional 3 days paid leave between Christmas and the New Year. Buy additional annual leave, benefits discount website, death in service benefit 4 x salary, incapacity benefit, generous family leave and sick leave.
The DofE are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. All successful applicants will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. (e.g. DBS/PVG or similar), including references covering any gaps of employment/education, confirm eligibility to work in the UK and complete a health check.
**The geographical allowance is based on a member of staff having a home or office-based postcode within 30 miles (as the crow flies) from Charing Cross, WC2N 5HS. The allowance is 7% capped at £4,000 per annum.
We help young people to build life-long belief in themselves, supporting them to take on their own challenges, follow their own passions and discover talents they never knew they had. Because when you prove to yourself that you’re ready for anything, nothing can hold you back.
Do you want to be part of that?
Our access-focused grant-making plays a vital role in enabling the charity to achieve its strategic ambition to make DofE more accessible than ever before. To date, our access grants have supported over 590 new organisations to begin running the DofE and enabled over 37,000 young people to start their Award.
Working within the UK Strategic Programmes (UKSP) directorate, this role will support our access-focused grant-making, working closely with the wider UKSP and UK Operations teams. This strand of our grant-making provides pump-prime grant funding to newly Licensed Organisations supporting them to start offering DofE to the young people they work with.
The UKSP team lead the DofE’s grant-making, sector innovation and business development, helping translate ideas into income and tangible impact.
What we are looking for:
You will be an effective Grants Officer with a passion for supporting young people and giving them the best opportunities in life. You will have exemplary stakeholder management skills and the ability to support multiple grant programmes simultaneously.
You will have excellent attention to detail, experience developing and managing monitoring processes, with a track record of successfully managing competing deadlines.
Extensive expertise in overseeing Microsoft and CRM data to facilitate informed decision-making processes and shape decision outcomes effectively.
You will work in a dynamic and driven team, supporting the design, development, and implementation of significant grant-making funds, increasing access, and giving more young people the opportunity to benefit from the DofE.
You will be an enthusiastic, collaborative individual who thrives working in a fast-paced environment and can drive large-scale grant programmes forward.
How to apply and interview dates
If you feel excited by this role and believe you have the necessary skills and experience to become a valued team member, please go to our website and apply.
The deadline for applying for this role is: 28th July
1st interviews will take place on: WC: 4th August to be held via MS Teams
2nd interviews will take place on: WC: 11th August - to be held in the London office
If you would like to access the application form in a different format or if you would like any assistance that might help improve your experience while completing the application, please contact us by email: recruitment@dofe.org
Benefits
We offer excellent staff benefits including a generous pension contribution, an employee assistance programme, healthcare cash plan and volunteer leave. Also, 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays and an additional 3 days paid leave between Christmas and the New Year. Buy additional annual leave, benefits discount website, death in service benefit 4 x salary, incapacity benefit, generous family leave and sick leave.
The DofE are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. All successful applicants will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. (e.g. DBS/PVG or similar), including references covering any gaps of employment/education, confirm eligibility to work in the UK and complete a health check.
**The geographical allowance is based on a member of staff having a home or office-based postcode within 30 miles (as the crow flies) from Charing Cross, WC2N 5HS. The allowance is 7% capped at £4,000 per annum.
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