BBC Children in Need are currently looking for an Impact Officer to support with grant making and management activity within the charity. This is a 12 month, contract based in London.

The successful applicant will play a significant role in London to meet the aims of the charity. You will be managing a geographical area and grant portfolio, working with local and national stakeholders to facilitate the development and delivery of solutions for change for children and young people.

BBC Children in Need exists to make a positive difference to the lives of disadvantaged children and young people across the UK. This role supports our mission to focus on funding inspiring ideas that provide effective and sustainable positive change for disadvantaged children and young people in the UK.

Reporting into the Impact Manager, the Impact Officer will be the first point of contact for existing and newly funded organisations and will manage a grant portfolio and geographical patch in Greater London

You will be integral to the grant making process and will provide support for these processes within the wider Impact Team. Alongside this you will play a key part in supporting the BBC Children in Need Appeal and this includes acting as a point of contact across the voluntary and community sector and for key stakeholders throughout the BBC, across the BBC Children in Need fundraising community and beyond.

The successful candidate will have recent experience in grant making, working within the voluntary sector, or children and young people spheres. You will have an understanding of the current voluntary and statutory sectors, preferably across Greater London.

Your excellent relationship building and interpersonal skills will allow you to communicate appropriately with people of all types and at all levels. The ability to organise a large workload and to work quickly but calmly to tight deadlines is critical.

We are particularly interested to hear from candidates who can demonstrate one or more of the following:

• Experience of grant making
• Knowledge of the children and young people’s sector and the issues facing children and young people today.
• Experience of consulting and engaging with children and young people, either through the delivery of frontline services or grant making
• Experience of monitoring and evaluation and understanding the role of data in decision making.

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Band: C
Contract type: FTC - 12 months
Location: London

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

• Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits- We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.