Grants Officer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 23 Chwefror 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £16.55 yr awr |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 23 Mawrth 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Woking, Surrey |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 2 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | Blue Octopus Recruitment Limited |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | FOTE199981 |
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Position Type: Permanent
Work Pattern: 25-30 hours per week, split over 4-5 days (days and times to be agreed).
Friends of the Elderly (FotE) is a not-for-profit charity dedicated to providing excellent care with a family feel, we have been supporting older people for over 120 years. The charity provides care home and day care services for older people, as well as grants for older people in financial difficulty.
The Grants team is a fast paced and changing service, managing applications and enquiries about grants for older people from professionals, from individuals, their families and loved ones.
The team is responsible for the delivery of this service from initial enquiries and signposting through to preparing grants for authorisation, making grants payments, monitoring, evaluation and service development.
As our Grants Officer, you will provide efficient administration for our grants service for people over state pension age. You will be ensuring grants are processed quickly and accurately, meaning older people are getting the support they need. This includes assessing applications, obtaining missing information, setting up payments of grants, liaising both directly with the applicant and with professional referring agents, responding to enquiries, signposting to other grant makers/support services, and administrating monitoring and evaluation of the grants programme.
We are looking for someone with proven relevant administration experience and of dealing with a range of clients and referrers by email and by telephone. You will have previously used customer relationship management (CRM) systems for data inputting, processing and management and have experience of Microsoft Office.
Experience working in grants administration with knowledge of the grant lifecycle including quality assurance, monitoring and evaluation would be preferable along with previously working with older people and an understating of the issues they may face.
This isn’t just a job; it’s about making a difference to older people’s lives every day.
Rewards and Recognition
We really value the hard work and commitment of all of our staff, and offer:
Learning, development, and career progression.
Wellbeing support through various initiatives including an employee assistance programme offering up to 10 counselling, 4 life, 4 leadership, 3 financial coaching sessions per person, per issue, per year.
Retail discount schemes to make your salary go further.
Monthly prize draw, with 3 prizes to be won.
Access to loans at affordable rates, saving directly from salary and advance pay already earnt.
Health cash plans for you and your family.
Cycle to work scheme.
Long service awards, that increase with length of service.
Refer a friend to work for us and receive a £200 bonus.
Group Pension Plan, with a 6% contribution from us.
Free parking at our homes and day clubs.
Evening, weekend, and bank holiday enhancements to pay, as well as overtime premiums for care staff.
Uniforms are provided.
Paid breaks in our care homes and day care services for care staff.
Free DBS checks.
Safeguarding:
Keeping everyone safe is one of the charity’s core values, and is central to everything we do at Friends of the Elderly. All staff follow our Safeguarding Policy & Procedures and, if they see or suspect abuse, we expect staff to report it straight away.
Criminal record checks:
As this role involves a dealing with vulnerable adults, successful applicants will undertake an enhanced DBS check, and any offer of employment will be dependent on a satisfactory outcome.
Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar a person from working for us, this will depend on the circumstances and background of any record.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion:
Friends of the Elderly strives to treat all staff equally and be a diverse and inclusive workplace, where everyone can be themselves and everyone accepts each other’s differences. A charity where everyone is equal but definitely not the same!
Our ambition is to ensure equality and celebrate diversity, all working together to create an inclusive workplace, which attracts and retains the best people. People that care and can make a difference.
We currently do not provide sponsorship but we welcome applications from those who have a right work in the UK.
Don’t delay in sending your application as we may need to close the vacancy early if we manage to appoint before the advertising closing date. We interview applicants as they apply.
Please refer to the job description upon submitting your application.
Work Pattern: 25-30 hours per week, split over 4-5 days (days and times to be agreed).
Friends of the Elderly (FotE) is a not-for-profit charity dedicated to providing excellent care with a family feel, we have been supporting older people for over 120 years. The charity provides care home and day care services for older people, as well as grants for older people in financial difficulty.
The Grants team is a fast paced and changing service, managing applications and enquiries about grants for older people from professionals, from individuals, their families and loved ones.
The team is responsible for the delivery of this service from initial enquiries and signposting through to preparing grants for authorisation, making grants payments, monitoring, evaluation and service development.
As our Grants Officer, you will provide efficient administration for our grants service for people over state pension age. You will be ensuring grants are processed quickly and accurately, meaning older people are getting the support they need. This includes assessing applications, obtaining missing information, setting up payments of grants, liaising both directly with the applicant and with professional referring agents, responding to enquiries, signposting to other grant makers/support services, and administrating monitoring and evaluation of the grants programme.
We are looking for someone with proven relevant administration experience and of dealing with a range of clients and referrers by email and by telephone. You will have previously used customer relationship management (CRM) systems for data inputting, processing and management and have experience of Microsoft Office.
Experience working in grants administration with knowledge of the grant lifecycle including quality assurance, monitoring and evaluation would be preferable along with previously working with older people and an understating of the issues they may face.
This isn’t just a job; it’s about making a difference to older people’s lives every day.
Rewards and Recognition
We really value the hard work and commitment of all of our staff, and offer:
Learning, development, and career progression.
Wellbeing support through various initiatives including an employee assistance programme offering up to 10 counselling, 4 life, 4 leadership, 3 financial coaching sessions per person, per issue, per year.
Retail discount schemes to make your salary go further.
Monthly prize draw, with 3 prizes to be won.
Access to loans at affordable rates, saving directly from salary and advance pay already earnt.
Health cash plans for you and your family.
Cycle to work scheme.
Long service awards, that increase with length of service.
Refer a friend to work for us and receive a £200 bonus.
Group Pension Plan, with a 6% contribution from us.
Free parking at our homes and day clubs.
Evening, weekend, and bank holiday enhancements to pay, as well as overtime premiums for care staff.
Uniforms are provided.
Paid breaks in our care homes and day care services for care staff.
Free DBS checks.
Safeguarding:
Keeping everyone safe is one of the charity’s core values, and is central to everything we do at Friends of the Elderly. All staff follow our Safeguarding Policy & Procedures and, if they see or suspect abuse, we expect staff to report it straight away.
Criminal record checks:
As this role involves a dealing with vulnerable adults, successful applicants will undertake an enhanced DBS check, and any offer of employment will be dependent on a satisfactory outcome.
Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar a person from working for us, this will depend on the circumstances and background of any record.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion:
Friends of the Elderly strives to treat all staff equally and be a diverse and inclusive workplace, where everyone can be themselves and everyone accepts each other’s differences. A charity where everyone is equal but definitely not the same!
Our ambition is to ensure equality and celebrate diversity, all working together to create an inclusive workplace, which attracts and retains the best people. People that care and can make a difference.
We currently do not provide sponsorship but we welcome applications from those who have a right work in the UK.
Don’t delay in sending your application as we may need to close the vacancy early if we manage to appoint before the advertising closing date. We interview applicants as they apply.
Please refer to the job description upon submitting your application.