Lottery Funding Specialist

Introduction

Do you have experience writing grant applications from the National Lottery Community Fund (previously The Big Lottery Fund) Awards for All, Reaching Communities, Partnerships, #iwil Fund, The UK Fund, and the Climate Action Fund in the UK? You will be responsible for the overall administration and management support of the Lottery-funded projects and actively contribute to preparing new Lottery project proposals.

Duties and Responsibilities

 Proposal Writing

• Mapping of the Lottery Fund and international funding opportunities and private investors funding.
• Conducting research, analysis and documentation.
• Conceptualisation, visualisation and iterative challenging of new project ideas.
• Design the Lottery Fund and international projects.
• Consortium-building, introduction to relevant consortia, and partners’ recruitment for the Lottery funding applications.
• Writing the Lottery fund project proposals including scientific excellence, societal impact and project implementation, budget, deliverables, and planning.
• Submission of the Lottery Fund project application forms and proposals.

Budget Management

• Be responsible for designated project budgets, including allocating expenditures against budget lines and ensuring funds are appropriately allocated to meet project objectives.

Degree

• Academic background in a relevant field with a Bachelor’s or/and preferably a Master’s degree.
• Those without a degree, but with a vast amount of experience are welcome to apply. We will discuss this with individual candidates.

Required Skills and Experience

• Extensive knowledge and understanding of the Lottery Fund policy and decisions about health, education, climate change, social issues, human rights, democracy, technology, environment, territorial cooperation etc.
• Responsibility, consistency, and adherence to strict deadlines.
• Proven track records in drafting and implementing Lottery-funded projects.
• Administrative, organisational, and communication skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail and a can-do attitude.
• Intercultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Good problem solver, enjoying the variety and delivering efficient, scalable, and project-focused solutions.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritise and work on own initiative.
• A drive to achieve quality in all aspects of the role

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English (both written and oral).

Technological Awareness:

• Fluency in office software, email, web-based applications, and databases.
• Command of social media.
• Actively seeks to apply technology to appropriate tasks.

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Those who perform above par, winning grants will be offered jobs. We will provide sponsorship to live and work in the UK, or any one of the countries we operate such as the US, Canada, Australia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Namibia, etc.

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