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Grants Case Manager

  • Location:

    Newcastle upon Tyne

  • Sector:

    Admin & Secretarial

  • Job type:

    Temporary

  • Salary:

    Up to £14.29 per hour

  • Contact:

    Newcastle CL

  • Contact email:

    [email protected]

  • Job ref:

    GCMMMO_1721641615

  • Published:

    3 months ago

  • Duration:

    6 months

  • Expiry date:

    21/08/2024

  • Startdate:

    ASAP

Job Description

My client at Marine Management Organisation, is looking for a Grants Case Manager (EO Grade) to join their team as soon as possible. If you feel you have the right experience and skills to join the team then look no further!

Location: Hybrid Working - 2 Days Per Week from Home and 3 Days Per Week from Head Office in Newcastle (Lancaster House - NE47YH)
Rate of Pay: £14.29ph
Hours: Full time 9am to 5pm (can be flexible)
Start Date: ASAP
Contract: 6 months initially with possibility of extension.

Main Duties and Accountabilities:

  • Proactively manage a diverse portfolio of grant projects to ensure they are delivered in line with rules and regulations.
  • Manage own caseload effectively and ensure that all associated systems and spreadsheets are maintained promptly and accurately
  • Ensure knowledge of scheme rules and regulation is up to date and apply this in making robust and consistent decisions on applications for grant funding
  • Deliver important messages ensuring timeframes and key milestones are relayed with project leads.
  • Contribute to the production of reports on commitment and spend across the scheme.
  • Attend meetings and represent the Grants team at stakeholder events.
  • Provide support and offer advice to newer team members
  • Liaise with key stakeholders within MMO and externally including MCA, Defra Policy, and industry representative to build effective working relationships, offering support and guidance to stakeholders through all forms of correspondence
  • Advise applicants and their representatives about relevant regulatory frameworks and project-specific issues.
  • Work with applicants and their representatives to resolve complex issues and ensure that projects remain in line with eligibility criteria.
  • Maintain relationships with industry representatives and develop effective ways of working together.
  • Encourage and invite applications for grant funding across the scheme and in particular areas of the scheme where volume targets are not being met
  • Engage with Maritime and Coastguard Agency and enforcement officers to inform monitoring and compliance activities
  • Manage projects to improve processes and guidance.
  • Contribute to internal policy development and to the design of systems and processes.
  • Highlight areas of potential improvement and contribute to the solution implementation.

Role Criteria:

  • The ability to plan and prioritise your workload to ensure commitment and spend is achieved in line with regulatory targets.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, in writing, over the phone and in group situations.
  • Ability to understand and interpret complex legislation/regulations and apply them to a range of practical situations.
  • Ability to work independently to deliver results within prescribed timescales.
  • Strong analytical skills, to produce business focused resolutions.
  • Strong IT skills with a good working knowledge of all Microsoft packages particularly Excel

Please note:

Full right to work ID documents will be required upon registration. Must also be able to provide evidence of activity for the last 3 years.

Due to the large volumes of applications, we are not able to respond to everyone.

Brook Street are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all candidates who are veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel, and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy.As a Disability Confident Leader, and holder of the Gold Award status from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, Brook Street, as a supplier to the Public Sector Resourcing Framework (PSR), will offer you a guaranteed interview with a PSR Sourcer.Should you identify as a candidate with a disability and/or as a veteran or spouse/partner of military personnel and meet all the essential criteria for the role, we encourage you to reach out to us via the Brook Street website. Here you will find a link to register your interest and state the role that you are interested in. We are committed to engaging with you.In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses/partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, Brook Street will interview the best candidates from within that group.

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