Trac proudly powers the recruitment for
Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

About
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an award winning NHS Foundation Trust which provides hospital and community health services in North Tyneside, and hospital, community health and adult social care services in Northumberland.
Contact
- Address
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Human Resources Department
- Northumbria House
- 7/8 Silver Fox Way, Cobalt Business Park
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- NE27 0QJ
- Contact Number
- 0191 2031415 Option 2
Grants, Delivery and Impact Officer
Accepting applications until: 02-Sep-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 02-Sep-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Cobalt
- Address
- 7 - 8 Silverfox Way, Cobalt Business Park
- Town
- North Shields
- Postcode
- NE27 0QJ
- Major / Minor Region
- Tyne and Wear
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
Salary
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Grants, Delivery & Impact Officer
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
What the Northumbria Way means for you:
- Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
- Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
- A range of flexible working opportunities
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
- Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
- On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
- Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.
We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy.
If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.
Whilst Northumbria Healthcare are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Grants, Delivery & Impact officer to join Bright Northumbria Charity Team.
This role will support the development of Bright Charity charitable funds, grant processes, liaising and coordinating with departments, managing projects (such as the volunteer service and environment refurbishments) and measuring/demonstrating the impact made by the charity.
Bright Northumbria charity brand was launched in 2012 and over the years has established itself within our communities, gaining traction across the region.
Bright funds those things that the NHS does not, including better facilities for patients and their families and support for our staff allowing them to provide the best care that you need.
Some examples of how Bright makes a difference;
- Enhancing the patient experience through providing additional therapies, services and comforts
- Supporting staff health and wellbeing
- Developing special areas to step away from the busy clinical environment
- Providing state of the art medical equipment
- Investing in staff training and research to improve treatments and care
- Supporting projects in our community to improve health and wellbeing
Advert
Supports the development of Bright Charity charitable funds, grant processes, liaising and coordinating with departments, managing projects (such as the volunteer service and environment refurbishments) and measuring/demonstrating impact made by charitable funding.
Supports the development, organisation and management of voluntary services in the Trust.
Responsible for the recruitment, training and placement of volunteers in hospitals in the Trust.
Responsible for the day to day issues concerning voluntary organisations working on Trust premises.
Responsible for establishing effective policies and procedures relating to Trust volunteers.
Implementing the grants, delivery and impact strategy which aligns with the overarching charity strategy.
Building close links with staff of all levels throughout the organisation and building relationships both internally and externally.
Support the Grants, Delivery and Impact Manager meet agreed fund spending targets and delivering against this.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Working for our organisation
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Supports the development and management of grants, delivery and impact strategies and campaigns in line with the charity’s aims and objectives.
Responsible for the processes of accepting grant applications into the charity from both internal NHS departments and external organisations.
Responsible for day to day management of key projects such as the volunteer service and environment refurbishments.
Management of the volunteer service including line management of volunteer service staff.
To build relationships with teams throughout the trust to develop efficient and appropriate spending plans in support of enhancing healthcare services whilst spending charitable funds appropriately alongside the charities registered purposes.
Implement effective fund stewardship strategies and plan engagement to develop and maintain relationships and loyalty and increase interaction from staff throughout the organization in accessing funds.
To support the establishment processes around due diligence, monitoring and evaluation, financial procedures, recording and monitoring of grants.
Build and develop effective relationships across the Charity and the Trust.
Support and develop events when required.
Develop meaningful engagement with Trust staff, increasing awareness and understanding of the Charity’s aims and objectives.
Support communications in telling compelling and compassionate stories that bring the work of Bright Northumbria Healthcare Charity to life and to a broader audience.
Support the development of professional standards of grants giving, delivering projects and measuring of the charity and volunteer impact across the Bright Charity team.
Undertake conversations with supporters with compassion and sensitivity
Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.
Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.
Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!
Certificate of Sponsorship
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or possess equivalent experience in addition to significant experience of working within the charity field and knowledge of the relevant charity legislation and governance.
- In addition to degree level of knowledge the post holder will have management knowledge and experience.
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools.
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools.
- Knowledge and experience of working within the charity sector
- Knowledge and experience of charitable grant giving
- Knowledge and experience of managing or working within a volunteer service
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Robert Graham
- Job title
- Head of Bright Charity
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07717858890
Start your application
Sign in
Create an account
Create your account and apply for your new job!