
Interim Head of Funding ( 6 month FTC) en Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation
Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation · London, Reino Unido · Hybrid
- Senior
- Oficina en London
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Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for overseeing the end-to-end funding process from development of applications to decisions and monitoring of funded programmes.
- Overseeing ongoing delivery of the funding strategy by working with Funding Managers to effectively deliver and manage funding portfolios.
- Co-chairing of funding committees as required, supporting delivery in line with our governance structures.
- Oversee effective management of our Special Purpose Funds (SPFs)
- Working with finance teams and Funding Managers to ensure appropriate financial reporting and information is available across our funding portfolio.
- Supporting on financial and operational planning in-year, at mid-year review and in planning for future years, in line with our strategy.
- Supporting Funding Managers to maintain strong relationships with the Trust leads, to enable a partnership approach
- Working closely with the Head of Evaluation & Learning to ensure evaluation and learning are embedded at every stage of the funding cycle
- Leading on cross-team programmes of work such as embedding health equity into our funding, deliver effective patient and public engagement (working with the Patient and Public Engagement Manager) across our decision-making and deliver improvements to our grant-making.
- Supporting the iteration of the funding strategy.
- Provide line management to the Funding Managers and Patient and Public Engagement Manager as well as supporting the overall work of the wider team.
- As a key senior leader of the Funding and Impact Team, contribute and support the wider work of the team.
- Support the Director of Funding and Impact and Executive Director of Charities with other tasks relating to planning and development as required.
- Build and sustain strong relationships with the Fundraising, Marketing and Engagement teams within NHS Charities to enable collaborative working and sharing of information on our funding portfolio.
Working Environment:
- Work in a hybrid hot desk environment, generally working 2 days a week in the London office and three from home.
- Be responsible for the input and maintenance of databases and files relevant to the post requirements.
- Will occasionally be required to attend events in the evening and at weekends.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Strong people management skills, being able to confidently navigate and support a team through change.
- Strong inter-personal communication skills, directly supporting line-reports and confident in manging relationships with different internal stakeholders.
- Able to manage, analyse and present complex narrative and financial information.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to share information in a concise manner.
- Able to grasp complex situations quickly, navigate complicated structures and offer pragmatic solutions.
- Empathy and patience.
- Comfortable managing and prioritising a varied workload and multiple stakeholders.
- Significant experience within a major grant giving body in the health sector and managing a varied funding portfolio.
- Line management experience and supporting teams through change management.
- Experience of analysing complex financial information for grants budgets.
- Experience and/or understanding managing relationships with key internal stakeholders, such as Fundraising and Marketing and Engagement.
- Understanding of strategy design, delivery and implementation.
Benefits
- Up to 12% employer pension contributions
- Annual personal development budget
- Annual health and wellbeing personal allowance
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and parental leave pay accessible without length of service requirements.
- Health and wellbeing programme that offers optional free yearly health check-ups.
- Support for healthy eating via fruit bowls and onsite lunch facilities.
- Agile working, flexible hours, and supportive IT kit.
- Shower facilities and bike lock area.
- Generous annual leave (27 days + bank holidays)
- Subsidies for glasses
- Employee Assistance Programme