# Grants and Impact Manager - Indicative banding - Band 6 > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/grants-and-impact-manager-indicative-banding-band-6/c7aa4d06-8446-46cf-8fcc-18a0fb6e6d1f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/grants-and-impact-manager-indicative-banding-band-6/c7aa4d06-8446-46cf-8fcc-18a0fb6e6d1f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Dudley - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 18 months (n/a) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-11T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-28T14:13:15.821Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Dudley/The_Dudley_Group_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Charitable_Funds/Charitable_Funds-v7985179 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7985179?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.dudleygroup.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This role is currently subject to NHS Banding. This is an exciting opportunity to join Dudley Group NHS Charity in a newly created role during a period of growth. The Grants and Impact Manager will lead on securing significant grant income from trusts, foundations and statutory funders, managing relationships and delivering high‑quality funding applications, with a focus on six‑figure awards. The postholder will also lead the development and delivery of the charity’s impact and evaluation framework, ensuring robust monitoring, reporting and evidence of impact across all funded projects. Working closely with colleagues across the Trust, the role will play a key part in developing new charity projects, strengthening funder relationships, and supporting the charity’s wider growth ambitions to enhance care for patients, staff and the local community. ### Main duties of the job - Secure grant income by researching, writing and managing high‑quality funding applications to trusts, foundations and statutory funders. - Build and steward strong relationships with funders, ensuring excellent communication, reporting and compliance. - Lead the development and delivery of the charity’s monitoring, evaluation and impact framework, producing clear impact reports. - Work collaboratively with colleagues across the Trust to develop new charitable projects and compelling cases for support. - Maintain accurate records, forecasts and reports to support income targets and strategic growth. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Main duties and responsibilities - Research, develop and submit high‑quality grant applications to trusts, foundations and statutory funders to secure significant income. - Manage and steward funder relationships, ensuring effective communication, reporting and grant compliance. - Lead the development and delivery of the charity’s monitoring, evaluation and impact framework, producing clear impact and progress reports. - Work with clinical and operational teams across the Trust to develop new charitable projects and compelling cases for support. - Maintain accurate records, forecasts and reports to support income targets and strategic planning. Key relationships - Head of Charity and the wider Charity Team. - Trust clinical, operational and finance teams. - External funders including trusts, foundations, statutory bodies and partner organisations. Please attached job description for further information. ## Job Details This role is currently subject to NHS Banding. This is an exciting opportunity to join Dudley Group NHS Charity in a newly created role during a period of growth. The Grants and Impact Manager will lead on securing significant grant income from trusts, foundations and statutory funders, managing relationships and delivering high‑quality funding applications, with a focus on six‑figure awards. The postholder will also lead the development and delivery of the charity’s impact and evaluation framework, ensuring robust monitoring, reporting and evidence of impact across all funded projects. Working closely with colleagues across the Trust, the role will play a key part in developing new charity projects, strengthening funder relationships, and supporting the charity’s wider growth ambitions to enhance care for patients, staff and the local community. ## Job Description Secure grant income by researching, writing and managing high‑quality funding applications to trusts, foundations and statutory funders. Build and steward strong relationships with funders, ensuring excellent communication, reporting and compliance. Lead the development and delivery of the charity’s monitoring, evaluation and impact framework, producing clear impact reports. Work collaboratively with colleagues across the Trust to develop new charitable projects and compelling cases for support. Maintain accurate records, forecasts and reports to support income targets and strategic growth. ## Responsibilities Main duties and responsibilities Research, develop and submit high‑quality grant applications to trusts, foundations and statutory funders to secure significant income. Manage and steward funder relationships, ensuring effective communication, reporting and grant compliance. Lead the development and delivery of the charity’s monitoring, evaluation and impact framework, producing clear impact and progress reports. Work with clinical and operational teams across the Trust to develop new charitable projects and compelling cases for support. Maintain accurate records, forecasts and reports to support income targets and strategic planning. Key relationships Head of Charity and the wider Charity Team. Trust clinical, operational and finance teams. External funders including trusts, foundations, statutory bodies and partner organisations. Please attached job description for further information. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of preparation and submission of complex, successful, funding applications, including large (£100k+) awards from trusts, foundations, or statutory funders. - Experience of securing and managing small, medium, and large grants from trusts, foundations, or statutory funders via diverse approaches. - Experience of managing or developing strategic relationships from identification all the way through to securing a gift or grant. - Experience of analysing and reporting information/data. - Significant experience or developing impact frameworks to record and report on impact of work against strategic objectives. ### Physical Skills **Essential** - Willing and able to travel independently across the communities and geographical areas that the Trust services, or for networking purposes. - Ability to act as the sole representative of the charity in a range of stakeholder engagement settings, utilising impact, passion and integrity. - Ability to manoeuvre fundraising materials/equipment on a regular basis ### Knowledge and Training **Essential** - Understanding of the importance of grant funding relationships in the charitable sector. - Demonstrable evidence of successful trusts and foundation charity fundraising. - Evidence of networking and relationship building in the fundraising sector. - Knowledge of the UK Trusts and Foundations sector and trends. - Understanding of a charity’s reserves policy and the requirements of funders. **Desirable** - Knowledge of the local area and funding environment in West Midlands. - Knowledge of NHS environment fundraising. ### Qualifications & Education **Essential** - Educated to degree / diploma level or equivalent experience in a related area (charity, grant giving) - Excellent standard of English - written, spoken and grammar - Continued professional development **Desirable** - Project management qualification - Member of Institute of Fundraising or equivalent professional body ### Analytical & Judgement Skills **Essential** - Good numeracy skills and comfortable working with and reporting on data and budgets. - Ability to analyse a wide range of information and statistics relating to impact and evaluation. - Experience of working with databases (Harlequin at DGNHS). ### Planning & Organisational Skills **Essential** - Ability to plan complex charity projects, with an aptitude for organisational detail including developing comprehensive action and project plans for areas of responsibility. - Ability to develop comprehensive funding proposals, with budgets, costings and timetables. - Ability and confidence to work under own initiative / motivation and able to time-manage and prioritise workloads in busy and demanding circumstances with tight timescales. - May be required to work evenings and weekends, as required. **Desirable** - Organisation of funder cultivation events. ### Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Trust Values **Essential** - Able to provide safe, caring, and effective services - Values and behaviours that reflect the Trust values of Care, Respect and Responsibility - Commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that is free from discrimination and where people feel they belong, and their contribution is valued ## Documents - [our vision (png, 101.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1862) - [useful links (pdf, 193.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1861) - [culture statement (pdf, 1.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1991) - [job description (pdf, 368.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10268842) - [dudley people plan (pdf, 6.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2026) - [employee benefits (pdf, 440.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1858) - [our leadership way (pdf, 173.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2413) - [gdpr privacy notice (pdf, 248.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1859) - [person specification (pdf, 211.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10268843) - [what is a disability? 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