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Are you passionate about making a real difference through charitable funding? Join Royal Papworth Charity as our new Grants Officer and play a vital role in delivering over £3 million of charitable funding each year to enhance patient care, research, innovation and staff wellbeing at one of the world's leading specialist heart and lung hospitals.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing and ambitious charity at a pivotal stage of its development. You will manage the charity's grant-giving programme from application through to impact reporting, working closely with clinicians, researchers and hospital teams to turn innovative ideas into funded projects that improve lives.
If you're an organised, analytical professional with excellent relationship-building skills and a passion for creating meaningful impact, we'd love to hear from you.
Manage the Grant ProgrammeLead the administration of Royal Papworth Charity's £3 million annual grant programme, overseeing the full grant lifecycle from application to evaluation. Ensure funding is allocated fairly, transparently and in line with strategic priorities.
Main duties of the job
Support Innovation
Work with clinical, research and operational teams to develop high-quality funding applications, providing guidance to support projects that improve patient care, staff wellbeing and research.
Monitor Impact
Build relationships with funded project leads to evaluate outcomes, capture impact and produce reports and case studies that demonstrate the value of charitable funding.
Strengthen Governance
Ensure grant-making complies with charity regulations, NHS governance and best practice. Maintain accurate records, improve processes and support reporting and audit requirements.
Build Partnerships
Develop strong relationships across the hospital, supporting applicants throughout the funding process and working with fundraising colleagues to showcase the impact of funded projects.
Drive Improvement
Help shape the future of the grant programme by improving systems, embedding best practice and promoting innovation, collaboration and measurable impact.
Why Join Royal Papworth Charity?
Charitable funding transforms healthcare by supporting exceptional patient care, pioneering research and staff wellbeing. Join a supportive, ambitious team where your work will make a lasting difference, with opportunities for professional development, flexible working and the chance to shape the future of one of the UK's leading NHS charities.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
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Details
- Date posted: 16 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 5
- Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: 175-2627-BU1889
- Job locations: Royal Papworth Hospital, Papworth Road, Cambridge Bio Medical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0AY, United Kingdom, Kingfisher House, Huntingdon, Kingfisher Way, Hinchingbrooke Business Park, Huntingdon, Cambridge, PE29 6FH, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- *Experience in grant administration, programme management or a related role within a charity, NHS organisation, research environment or public sector body.
- *Experience in developing innovative service delivery programmes for large and complex organisations
- *Experience assessing applications, interpreting budgets and reviewing project plans.
- *Experience producing reports and communicating impact to varied audiences.
- *Experience working with diverse stakeholders, ideally including clinicians, researchers or operational teams.
- *Strong analytical skills with the ability to assess proposals objectively and identify risks.
- *Excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to draft clear guidance, assessments and reports.
- *Innovation and proposition or product development skill set
- *High attention to detail and accuracy in record keeping and data management.
- *Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and competing priorities.
- *Work confidently and independently within agreed professional guidelines, with the insight to recognise when to escalate
- *Confident using digital tools, including grant management systems, CRM platforms and Microsoft Office.
Qualifications
Essential
- *Knowledge acquired through diploma or equivalent experience / training, plus further management knowledge or experience to degree level equivalent
Additional Criteria
Essential
- As well as being able to demonstrate examples of how they work in a way that is consistent with our values of compassion, excellence and collaboration the successful candidate will be able to clearly demonstrate a commitment to driving culture change through equality, diversity and inclusion.
- A commitment to the values of compassion, excellence and collaboration that underpin Royal Papworth Hospital Charity's work.
- Empathy and professionalism when supporting applicants and engaging with hospital teams.
- A proactive, solutions focused approach with the ability to work independently and as part of a small, dedicated team.
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