Interim Head of Funding (6 month FTC)

Summary

The Interim Head of Funding will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of the funding strategy of our three charities (Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity, Guy’s Cancer Charity and Evelina London Children’s Charity). The postholder will play a leading role in enabling the successful delivery of funding and impact across our NHS Charities in line with our strategy, covering activities across the full breadth of our funding cycle, from development of proposals, review of applications in line with our governance and overseeing delivery and monitoring of funded programmes. We are looking for an individual with funding experience from the health sector with strong line management experience to support the work of the funding team. The post is being offered on a six-month basis in a covering capacity.

About Us

Guy’s & St Thomas’ Charity, Guy’s Cancer Charity and Evelina London Children’s Charity are part of Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation. Our collective mission is to build the foundations of a healthier society.

As part of our team, you will work alongside talented people from a mix of personal and professional backgrounds. We are a Living Wage employer and support flexible working, part-time roles and job shares. Though our ambitions are serious, this is a friendly place to work with lots of opportunities to meet and socialise with colleagues. We believe there is immense power in diversity and aim to recruit and nurture talent who think and act differently.

There is more information about working with us on our website, where you can read about:

• how we approach recruitment

• our team, culture and values

• the benefits of working with us

• and our approach to diversity, equity & inclusion, health & wellbeing, and learning & development

Key responsibilities:

Funding

• Responsible for overseeing the end-to-end funding process from development of applications to decisions and monitoring of funded programmes.
• Overseeing ongoing delivery of the funding strategy by working with Funding Managers to effectively deliver and manage funding portfolios.
• Co-chairing of funding committees as required, supporting delivery in line with our governance structures.
• Oversee effective management of our Special Purpose Funds (SPFs)
• Working with finance teams and Funding Managers to ensure appropriate financial reporting and information is available across our funding portfolio.
• Supporting on financial and operational planning in-year, at mid-year review and in planning for future years, in line with our strategy.
• Supporting Funding Managers to maintain strong relationships with the Trust leads, to enable a partnership approach
• Working closely with the Head of Evaluation & Learning to ensure evaluation and learning are embedded at every stage of the funding cycle
• Leading on cross-team programmes of work such as embedding health equity into our funding, deliver effective patient and public engagement (working with the Patient and Public Engagement Manager) across our decision-making and deliver improvements to our grant-making.
• Supporting the iteration of the funding strategy.

Other

• Provide line management to the Funding Managers and Patient and Public Engagement Manager as well as supporting the overall work of the wider team.
• As a key senior leader of the Funding and Impact Team, contribute and support the wider work of the team.
• Support the Director of Funding and Impact and Executive Director of Charities with other tasks relating to planning and development as required.
• Build and sustain strong relationships with the Fundraising, Marketing and Engagement teams within NHS Charities to enable collaborative working and sharing of information on our funding portfolio.
• Strong people management skills, being able to confidently navigate and support a team through change.
• Strong inter-personal communication skills, directly supporting line-reports and confident in manging relationships with different internal stakeholders.
• Able to manage, analyse and present complex narrative and financial information.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to share information in a concise manner.
• Able to grasp complex situations quickly, navigate complicated structures and offer pragmatic solutions.
• Empathy and patience.
• Comfortable managing and prioritising a varied workload and multiple stakeholders.

Role responsibilities are not exhaustive, and you would be reasonably expected to take on wider tasks that are commensurate with the level of your role.

Working Environment:

The post holder should expect to:

• Work in a hybrid hot desk environment, generally working 2 days a week in the London office and three from home.

• Be responsible for the input and maintenance of databases and files relevant to the post requirements.

• Will occasionally be required to attend events in the evening and at weekends.

Person Specification

Skills, abilities, and attributes:

Knowledge, experience, and qualifications:

• Significant experience within a major grant giving body in the health sector and managing a varied funding portfolio.
• Line management experience and supporting teams through change management.
• Experience of analysing complex financial information for grants budgets.
• Experience and/or understanding managing relationships with key internal stakeholders, such as Fundraising and Marketing and Engagement.
• Understanding of strategy design, delivery and implementation

Benefits

• Up to 12% employer pension contributions
• Annual personal development budget
• Annual health and wellbeing personal allowance
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and parental leave pay accessible without length of service requirements.
• Health and wellbeing programme that offers optional free yearly health check-ups.
• Support for healthy eating via fruit bowls and onsite lunch facilities.
• Agile working, flexible hours, and supportive IT kit.
• Shower facilities and bike lock area.
• Generous annual leave (27 days + bank holidays)
• Subsidies for glasses
• Employee Assistance Programme