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Could you get to grips with the circumstances of applicants in financial hardship? Check their grant eligibility – identify any underlying issues – suggest goods/services/suppliers to improve their situation – and follow through to delivery.
Overview
Salary
£0
Location
Tilehurst and West Reading, RG31 6JH
Expires
Expires at anytime
What will you be doing?
General & Financial Management:
Responsible for managing grant applications and for transactions involving beneficiaries and/or suppliers. Accountable for any money invoiced, received, banked, paid out etc.
Communications & Reporting:
Deal with incoming applications by email (webmail account) or by post (P.O. Box). Keep applicants (and sponsoring care/support workers) informed of progress/decisions. Report to the Trustee Board and contribute to the Annual Report.
Application Processing:
Maintain controls and a register of all applications received. Check the eligibility of all applicants. Check the completeness, coherence and reliability of information supplied, and seek extra information where necessary. Suggest/recommend goods, services, suppliers etc as appropriate, noting associated costs. Participate in Trustee Board meetings which consider applications.
Grant Processing:
Make arrangements for any goods, services & payments to be ordered, delivered & paid. Liaise with the Clerk regarding all financial transactions.
For full details, please refer to the Role Description document (below).
What are we looking for?
Good awareness of state benefits and/or debt management. Interpersonal skills - interacting with applicants and with their sponsors (care/support workers). Business-like approach to dealing with suppliers. Computer literate - email, correspondence, spreadsheet records, reporting. Some experience of managing finances within an organisation. Interested in developing business processes for scaling-up operations.
Useful Skills/Knowledge: General/office management, debt management/advice, bookkeeping, household budgeting, assessing need, sourcing goods and services locally, computer literacy (e.g. email, word-processing, spreadsheets), awareness of state benefits.
What difference will you make?
Fulfil a key role in awarding grants to people in need who live across West Reading, Tilehurst, Southcote, Holybrook, Calcot and Theale. Your efforts will help to make an enormous difference to the lives of those who were running low on resources, stamina and hope. Work in a dedicated team of volunteers, for an organisation that has been assisting local people for over 200 years.
