Public Sector Funding Manager

Post Outline

This is a permanent post supporting the development of our income streams to enable growth, allowing us to deliver incredible change on the ground, where we can have greatest impact in supporting all children with disability and their families. We need partnerships to help us better understand problems and find solutions to tackle obstacles at key transition points in a child’s life; to raise our voice, raise our profile and increase our relevance and presence within educational, health & social care and corporate professions and environments. Essentially, partnerships will help us grow scalable and sustainable support for our mission.

About Caudwell Children

Established in 2000, Caudwell Children is a national charity which works to transform the lives of disabled children and their families, enabling them to challenge the barriers they face throughout childhood by providing practical and emotional support. The Charity is going through an exciting period of growth having recently opened a new state-of-the-art facility for multi-disciplinary therapy programmes for childhood disability and research of neurodevelopmental conditions, including autism, within the grounds of Keele University. It provides a state-of-the-art base for the Charity’s therapies and an environment where ground-breaking research can be undertaken, potentially changing the way some disabilities are treated, affecting millions of people around the world. This is a fantastic and exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and fast moving Charity at a time when it will attract national and international attention. The services of Caudwell Children enrich the lives of our children and families through the delivery of high quality person centred care and support services that promote independence and achieve valued outcomes. We seek to create a safe, homely and supportive environment that enhances the lives of children with autism and associated conditions.

Duties and responsibilities

Main duties

• Manage the pipeline for tender opportunities and management of the tender portals.
• Build a first class knowledge of the Charity’s Services to enable this to be conveyed in bids and tenders, and to understand the relevance of opportunities.
• Analyse opportunities and present proposals to the Senior Leadership Team to demonstrate alignment with current services, or to present how they may complement current services.
• Undertake the bid-writing and tendering process from end-to-end, using influencing skills to ensure that the relevant stakeholders are engaged and supportive, creating high quality submissions that increase the strength and depth of bids, resulting in successful outcomes.
• Liaise with Finance, Marketing and Communications Teams ensuring that proposals/tenders are affordable, practical and achievable to deliver.
• From award, manage the administrational processes and oversee the implementation of new arrangements and Services alongside the Service Delivery Teams to ensure compliance.
• Monitor and report on progress and outcomes, both internally and externally, ensuring that there is clear understanding of Key Performance Indicators and contractual requirements.
• Take ownership of the review and reporting cycle and milestones for each contract including revenue and spend, ensuring that all stakeholders are aware of performance against expectations, and that actions are carried out to maximise these.
• Ensure that the pipeline of opportunities is sufficient to exceed the financial targets, understanding the likelihood of conversion, and therefore the expected return.
• Build and develop strong relationships with Local Authority and NHS partners, with the aim of creating a collaborative partnership that demonstrates mutual benefits.
• Utilise networking and influencing skills to grow the Charity’s network of Local Authority and Government partners.
• Work with staff across the charity as well as other stakeholders, volunteers and external contacts in delivering our strategic objectives.
• Identify and take up opportunities to influence partner priorities, through proactive relationship cultivation and internal and external peer to peer introductions.

This Job Description indicates only the main duties and responsibilities of the post and is not intended as an exhaustive list. The post holder may be asked to carry out other duties from time to time. The Charity reserves the right to amend this Job Description from time to time, according to business needs.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria:

• Excellent knowledge of Local Authority and Government funding streams.
• High level negotiator with the ability to influence and channel thinking in groups and one to one.
• Skilled and experienced bid-writer, with proven success rate.
• Network of contacts within relevant settings.
• Passionate about delivering excellence.
• Credible and authoritative in presentation and negotiation with the highest ethical standards.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, and able to relate to a wide range of people.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal with experience of making presentations to diverse, high calibre audiences.
• Demonstrable experience of generating income through partnerships in funding (public and private) and with delivery organisations (e.g. FE Colleges or other voluntary sector organisations)
• High level account manager, able to increase support from key relationships and designated accounts to achieve defined income targets
• Highly motivated self-starter with at least 3 years’ experience in a relevant fundraising, charity or sales and marketing environment
• Excellent organisational and analytical skills, as well as close attention to detail.

Disclosure and barring service checks

The Charity is committed to safeguarding children and young people and therefore adopts a safer recruitment approach through a robust recruitment and selection process. All posts within the Charity are subject to DBS checks, in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974). This role is eligible for an Enhanced with barred lists DBS check.

Competitive

Permanent, full-time (37.5 hours per week)

Job description and full specification:

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Equal opportunities

Caudwell Children is a Disability Confident employer committed to offering an interview to all applicants who meet the minimum criteria and declare they have a disability. We are committed to creating a diverse environment and will not discriminate for any reason against any person because of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex or sexual orientation. We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background and other underrepresented groups.

Competitive

Permanent, 37.5 hours per week