Grants and Community Officer

As Grants and Community Officer, you will manage three of the Wimbledon Foundation's multi-year grant funds alongside some of the Foundation's key charity partnerships. Working closely with community organisations, you'll play a central role in ensuring the Foundation's grants and funder plus support creates lasting impact for our local communities of Merton and Wandsworth.

Managing grant programmes

• Manage grant funds from application to impact reporting for the Health and Wellbeing Fund, Wimbledon Foundation Community Fund and Community Fund Plus, as well as some of the Foundation's key partnerships

• Promote funding opportunities and act as a main point of contact for potential applicants and grant recipients

• Deliver workshops and provide support to charities and community organisations submitting applications

• Conduct due diligence checks and assess funding applications

• Present funding recommendations at grant panels

• Administer grants and manage annual donations

• Monitor funded projects and evaluate impact

• Produce reports for internal and external stakeholders

Charity and community engagement

• Regularly visit organisations and meet charity leaders to build strong and equitable relationships. Build a local network of charitable groups and relevant stakeholders

• Help charities access additional support through the Wimbledon Foundation including workshops, events, donated items and networking opportunities

• Ensure Foundation support reaches organisations and communities efficiently and effectively ensuring that you gather information about the impact of our work

• Act as an external representative of the Foundation including delivering presentations, going on project visits and attending local events. This will require occasional travel, evening and weekend working

• Raise the profile of the Wimbledon Foundation as the charity of the All England Club and The Championships with local charities, residents and other stakeholders

Your role during The Championships

As part of the Wimbledon Foundation team, you'll play an active role during The Championships. You will meet charity partners and guests, deliver engaging activities on site and help showcase the Foundation's work to thousands of visitors every day.

• Support the process of the Foundation's ticket allocation, enabling charity partners to enjoy a day at The Championships

• Coordinate exclusive 'behind the scenes' onsite tours for the Foundation's guests

• Support any other Championships/Foundation related activations, e.g. presence in The Queue, ticket resale, requests for information and back office tasks

• Longer days and shifts will be required, including working at the weekends

Other

• Act as the Foundation's Data Officer and lead on the annual 360
  
  Giving submissions

• Lead the development and optimisation of the Salesforce grants database

• Respond to general enquiries

• Share sector insights and promote best practice in EDI and safeguarding

• Support Foundation engagement activities with AELTC Members and staff

• Deputise for the Grants and Community Manager and provide wider team support as required

Essential

• Experience managing grants and funding programmes, ideally within the charity and community sector

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders, especially voluntary sector organisations

• Highly organised, adaptable and solutions-focused, with the ability to manage competing priorities independently and collaboratively

• Commitment to the Foundation's values and goals

• Confidence using data and evidence to inform decision-making

• Excellent attention to detail and objectivity, with the ability to assess large volumes of information and summarise clearly and concisely

• Ability to facilitate workshops and events

• A good understanding of charitable financial reporting

• Experienced in multi-year, core funding approaches

• Confident managing databases

• The role will require full DBS clearance

Desirable

• Experience of reviewing and developing grant making processes

• Knowledge of impact reporting and evaluation processes

• Familiar with non‑executive/trustee board or similar governance structure

• Working hours are Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm.
• We operate a flexible working pattern with typically Mondays and Fridays working from home and Tuesday to Thursday working in the office. You must be prepared to work occasional evenings or weekend days to meet ad hoc requirements of the role.
• Please note, additional hours/days will be…