Contract: Fixed Term, 12 months, Full Time (35 hours per week)

Salary: £33,000 - £38,000 per annum depending on experience

Reports to: Finance Manager

Location: ScreenSkills London/Hybrid (Min 2 day a week in the office)

ScreenSkills is the industry-led skills body for the UK’s screen industries – film, television (high-end, children’s, unscripted), VFX, animation and games. We are supporting economic recovery and future innovation and growth across the whole of the UK by investing in the skilled and inclusive workforce who are critical to the global success of the screen sector.

We are funded by industry contributions to our Skills Funds and with National Lottery funds awarded by the BFI as part of its BFI Bursaries Programme to help people get into the industry and progress within it.

Overview

The Senior Grants Officer will support the Finance Manager in maintaining the smooth running of grants and bursaries processing. The Senior Grants Officer will also be responsible for the processing of ScreenSkills’ grants and bursaries ensuring that projects fall within budget, are contracted in a timely manner and subsequently monitored. They will work collaboratively across the wider organisation to ensure that funders’ requirements are met.

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Responsibilities

• Support the Finance Manager in maintaining the smooth running of grants and bursaries processing.
• Process ScreenSkills’ grants and bursaries ensuring projects fall within budget and are contracted in a timely manner.
• Monitor funded projects and ensure funders’ requirements are met.
• Collaborate across the wider organisation to ensure compliance with funders’ requirements.

Qualifications

Essential:

• 3-5 years work-related experience
• Proven experience in a similar role within a finance department
• Excellent IT skills including intermediate Excel
• Proven experience of data analysis and manipulation
• Experience of managing and leading system implementations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience of setting up processes to ensure master templates and contracts are reviewed
• Excellent organisational skills; ability to manage varied tasks with competing priorities with minimum supervision
• Attention to detail and ability to produce accurate work

Preferred:

• Previous working experience of Blackbaud Grantmaking, SUN accounting system using Q&A

Other skills and attributes

• Excellent teamwork
• Innovative thinking
• Customer focus
• Commitment to excellence
• Flexibility
• Commercial awareness

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• EAP - Access to financial, physical and mental wellbeing support
• Season Ticket Loan
• Eye Care scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to Reward Gateway – popular retailer discounts
• Life Assurance

We encourage early applications as we will review them throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early. If you require any support or personalisation during the application and selection process, please contact us at jobs@screenskills.com as part of our reasonable adjustments approach.

We’re happy to discuss any support or personalisation you may need during our application & selection process. Please get in touch with us if you require anything, at jobs@screenskills.com.