Full-Time Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme Grant Officer
Job Description
Full Time, Fixed Term until 31st March 2025.
We are looking for a Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme Grant Officer to help support delivery of our fantastic Bristol HAF programme. With the aims of the programme, we work to improve food equality and increase access to activity during the school holidays. This is a great opportunity to join an area of Bristol City Council which work directly with key stakeholders in the city and can make a positive impact with our work each delivery period.
The HAF programme is a Department for Education funded programme which has been made available from March 2021- March 2025 across England. For more detail on the programme and its aims please see the link below – Holiday activities and food programme 2023 – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
We partner with over 60 local organisations, each delivering exciting activity and nutritious meals to 1000’s of young people in receipt of free school meals, across the city each holiday. Your role would be to support these providers through the grants process and ensure that each provider is reaching their full potential with the funding.
Due to the high levels of data generated through the programme, we are looking for someone with experience using excel and can analyse and manipulate data into presentable formats. In addition to this, the role has scope for creativity as we develop the online support available through the programme website (www.yourholidayhub.co.uk). You would have ownership of the website and would be able to develop materials and content as required to suit the programme needs.
The team is made up of the Grant Coordinator and the Grant Officer, which creates a unique opportunity to experience all aspects of project management. This role is perfect for an ambitious Grant Officer or similar role, who is looking for further experience in supporting larger programmes.
Please note that this role is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check. Please note if you are selected for an interview, references will be requested at this time.
Why Bristol City Council?
At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice – mixing both home and office working.
Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.
How do I apply?
If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey, please select the apply button below.
To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.
For permanent Bristol City Council employees, this post will be a secondment.
For employees who are currently on a fixed term contract with Bristol City Council, the secondment must not extend beyond the end of the fixed term period to ensure there is a substantive post to return to.
If you are currently a casual worker or a member of an employment agency (currently working with Bristol City Council) this post will be a fixed term contract.
If you have any further queries after reading the job advert along with the attached Job Description and Person Specification, then please contact Florence Greenland HAF Grant Coordinator on Fl****************@br*****.uk
At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.
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