The job: As an assessor you will work from home on a freelance basis assessing grant applications. The role will involve desk-based work, liaison with applicants by telephone and occasionally assessment visits to organisations in Kent. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love The Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust: The Trust makes grants to improve the lives of disadvantaged and marginalised people and also to charities and churches in Kent, backing innovative ideas and visionary individuals.

The job: The role will be to oversee the Trust’s grant-making operation by managing all aspects of the assessment, award and monitoring process. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love The Pilgrim Trust: The Trust annually awards £2m in grants to help preserve and promote Britain’s historical and intellectual assets and to provide assistance to vulnerable members of society.

The job: Seeking an individual with experience within the third sector and have some knowledge and experience of grant-making either through a grant-making organisation or as a fundraiser applying for grants. They will have the ability to build and maintain positive relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love Masonic Charitable Foundation:The Masonic Charitable Foundation builds better lives by encouraging opportunity, promoting independence and improving wellbeing through grants to individuals, families and charities.

The job: Successful candidate will use their understanding of the local voluntary and community sector to assess, monitor and evaluate grants and provide high quality analysis and advice to our donors. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love Community Foundation: The Community Foundation grows giving and philanthropy in the North East, matching generous people with the region’s important community causes.

The job: The board of the Smallwood Trust are seeking to appoint up to three board members who share the Trust’s aims, mission and values and feel able to make a contribution to the Trust’s future. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love The Smallwood Trust: The Smallwood Trust has been helping women on low incomes since 1886 to become financially resilient by equipping them with the skills they need to secure a confident financial future.

The job: Seeking a dynamic Finance Manager to bring energy and enthusiasm to the team, ensuring financial functions are carried out efficiently, effectively, accurately and in a timely way to enable the Foundation to focus on achieving its charitable mission. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love The Somerset Community Foundation: Somerset Community Foundation strengthens communities, tackles disadvantage and transforms people’s lives, offering the modern philanthropist and local companies innovative services to ensure that their giving has the greatest impact.

The job: The main purpose of this role will be the maintenance, update and continuous improvement of the organisation’s key IT business applications. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust: The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is an independent social change organisation working to solve UK poverty.

The job: JRF have made significant investment into improving and modernising the technologies used across the organisation. The main purpose of this role is to manage the team of Service Desk Analysts. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust: The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is an independent social change organisation working to solve UK poverty.

The job: This is an exciting newly created role which will have responsibility for executing JRF’s strategy to support grassroots-led advocacy and campaign work on poverty in the UK. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust: The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is an independent social change organisation working to solve UK poverty.

The job: To effectively manage WLT’s relationships with new and existing Corporate and Trust and Foundation supporters in order to provide sustainable income streams to support the work of the Trust. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love World Land Trust: Through a network of partner organisations around the world, WLT funds the creation of reserves and provides long-term protection for habitats and wildlife.

The job: Seeking a Finance Officer to join our Resources team and assist in providing proactive, efficient and effective financial management of the Foundation’s charitable resources. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love Resolution Foundation: This Foundation is an independent think-tank focused on improving the living standards of those on low-to-middle incomes. We work across a wide range of economic and social policy, combining our core purpose with a commitment to analytical rigour.

The job: Seeking an individual with good analytical and communication skills and an understanding of relevant social policy issues at least three years’ experience of project management at a senior level in the voluntary and community sector. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love Trust for London: This independent charitable foundation aims to tackle poverty and inequality in London by funding voluntary and charity groups. The Trust currently makes grants totalling around £10 million and supports around 300 organisations a year.

The job: Leading on the Foundation’s work and partnership with Islington Council on the IRSS. Successful candidate will also be involved in other elements of grant-making and support to voluntary organisations working for the benefit of local people. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love The Cripplegate Foundation: The Foundation operates in the London Borough of Islington and a small part of the City of London. It is a pioneer of a new place-based giving movement, building on a decade of innovative partnerships and grant programmes. The Foundation makes grants of £1.8m a year from the income from their endowment and on behalf of others.

The job: Working on Trust’s digital marketing activity and fundraising campaigns as well as challenge events. This would include fundraising, brand campaigns and promoting fundraising products and events like Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love The Teenage Cancer Trust: A vital organisation who provide world-class cancer care and support in specialist units, local hospitals and in homes across the UK. 

The job: The role will lead the development of the Challenges Events strategy and manage staff engagement and change throughout this process. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love The Teenage Cancer Trust: A vital organisation who provide world-class cancer care and support in specialist units, local hospitals and in homes across the UK. 

The job: Successful candidate will be accountable for all aspects of strategic and operational management, including development of funding priorities, management of the org’s grant budget, operational excellence, staff support and development and key stakeholder management. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love The National Lottery Community Fund: The National Lottery Community Fund is the UK’s largest community funder and distributes 40% of the good cause money raised by National Lottery players. In 2018, awarded over half a billion pounds (£508.5 million) of National Lottery funding to community projects across the UK.

The job: Funding Officers are responsible for the organisation’s grant-making activity with tasks including pre-application support, assessment, grant management and gathering and sharing learning. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love The National Lottery Community Fund: The National Lottery Community Fund is the UK’s largest community funder and distributes 40% of the good cause money raised by National Lottery players. In 2018, awarded over half a billion pounds (£508.5 million) of National Lottery funding to community projects across the UK.

The job: This org’s solicitor roles are varied, providing legal support across the Fund’s activities. Applicants can be from a public body, an in-house or private practice background, but will ideally have experience in commercial contracts and/or public law and an aptitude and interest in both. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love The National Lottery Community Fund: The National Lottery Community Fund is the UK’s largest community funder and distributes 40% of the good cause money raised by National Lottery players. In 2018, awarded over half a billion pounds (£508.5 million) of National Lottery funding to community projects across the UK.

The job: Funding Officers are responsible for the organisation’s grant-making activity with tasks including pre-application support, assessment, grant management and gathering and sharing learning. Positions available in the following areas:

West Anglia: Details

Northamptonshire: Details

Why We Love The National Lottery Community Fund: The National Lottery Community Fund is the UK’s largest community funder and distributes 40% of the good cause money raised by National Lottery players. In 2018, awarded over half a billion pounds (£508.5 million) of National Lottery funding to community projects across the UK.

The job: Funding Officers are responsible for the organisation’s grant-making activity with tasks including pre-application support, assessment, grant management and gathering and sharing learning. Positions available in the following areas:

West Anglia: Details

London/South/South East: Details

Why We Love The National Lottery Community Fund: The National Lottery Community Fund is the UK’s largest community funder and distributes 40% of the good cause money raised by National Lottery players. In 2018, awarded over half a billion pounds (£508.5 million) of National Lottery funding to community projects across the UK.

The job: Responsible for facilitating the development of knowledge about land, buildings and refurbishment and supporting the delivery of live projects working with Funding Officers across the organisation’s England regional teams. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love The National Lottery Community Fund: The National Lottery Community Fund is the UK’s largest community funder and distributes 40% of the good cause money raised by National Lottery players. In 2018, awarded over half a billion pounds (£508.5 million) of National Lottery funding to community projects across the UK.

The job: The successful candidate will gain knowledge of social justice issues and experience in partnership working, the charity sector, working in a team, supporting programme managers and the work of a busy office. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love Barrow Cadbury Trust: The Trust exists to bridge the divide between local communities and policymakers providing opportunities for grantholders to influence policy makers and also for them to come together and share learning.

The job: Seeking a Temporary Event Assistant to join the team supporting the work of the Supporter Relations team in organising their annual fun day. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love Dogs Trust: This long running Trust is the UK’s largest dog welfare charity and cares for over 15,000 dogs each year through a network of 20 rehoming centres in the UK.

The job: The successful candidate will play a vital role in all aspects of the policy team’s work, from fast-moving reactive work, to longer-term analysis and research. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love The Health Foundation: This independent charity is committed to bringing about better health and health care for people in the UK. This vital organisation spends around £37m a year on improving health and health care.

The job: Leading on CIFF’s communications strategy and activities in China and provide support to China Country Director on government and stakeholder relations, including developing relations with Chinese philanthropies. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation: CIFF is the world’s largest philanthropy that focuses specifically on improving children’s lives. From exploitation and education, to health and climate change, the Foundation awards grants of circa $240m annually to take on the world’s biggest issues, transforming the lives of millions of children.

The job: Successful candidate will have the opportunity work on wide portfolio of climate change mitigation programmes. Role will entail programme management, administrative and research support. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation: CIFF is the world’s largest philanthropy that focuses specifically on improving children’s lives. From exploitation and education, to health and climate change, the Foundation awards grants of circa $240m annually to take on the world’s biggest issues, transforming the lives of millions of children.

The job: This newly developed role will be responsible for developing and delivering a communications plan to help Esmée Fairbairn to support organisations with brilliant ideas. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation: The Foundation is one of the largest independent grant-makers in the UK. In 2018 they awarded grants of £40.5 million towards a wide range of work within the arts, children and young people, the environment and social change.

The job: The post reports directly to the Head of Funding, line manages a Programme Officer and delivers all of our grant programmes in Heritage, Arts and Schools. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love The Wolfson Foundation: The fundamental aim of the Foundation is to improve the civic health of society mainly through education and research. Over £900 million has been awarded in grants to more than 11,000 projects, from all over the UK.

The job: Leading the shaping, development and implementation of the next phase of JRF’s Social Investment strategy, this is a key role and the org is looking for a Head of Social Investment to take that forward. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust: The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is an independent social change organisation working to solve UK poverty.

The job: Seeking an individual with a passion for international development and experience of the sector, ideally in grant-making. Will be tasked with researching into grant areas, supporting organisational strategy as well as the expansion of the charity’s activities and strategic projects. Full details and how to apply here.

Why We Love The Old Dart Foundation: Supporting initiatives which improve health, literacy and education amongst disadvantaged women, children and young people in Chile, Peru, Papa New Guinea and the Philippines.