LIVE Trust: Grants & Impact Manager 

Hours: Full Time (37.5 hours per week)
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 p/a
Location: UK-based (remote, with UK travel)
Closing Date: Monday 19th October, 5pm
First Round Interviews: From Monday 2 November

About LIVE Trust

LIVE Trust protects, expands and supports the grassroots music ecosystem across the UK.

With a simple mechanism of a £1 contribution from tickets sold at events over 5000 capacity, LIVE Trust has already distributed over £1.5 million across the UK in grants, in its first 18 months.

www.livetrust.org

About This Role

Reporting to the Senior Programmes Manager, we’re looking for an experienced Grants and Impact Manager to join our small team, building on our work and shaping our future grant-making strategies.

Key Responsibilities

Managing the end to end delivery of funding distribution to grassroots music organisations across the UK, the role includes but is not limited to:

• Managing LIVE Trust grant programmes (including designing application processes, funding set-up, guidance for applicants, monitoring and reporting)
• Working with an external pool of assessors, providing briefing materials for decision-makers on funding applications
• Ensuring due diligence across grant-making activity
• Acting as a key liaison between LIVE Trust, applicants and grantees, responding to queries and supporting with applications and reporting processes
• Working closely with our finance and operations team to maintain records of applications, decisions and payments
• Ensuring reporting data is accurately collected and analysed, preparing impact reports and summaries of outcomes of funding rounds
• Working with a range of stakeholders to map grassroots music organisations as well as deliver regular ‘Community Roundtables’ across the UK

About You

We’re looking for someone with:

• Relevant experience working in grant making, funding management or a related role in the charity sector
• A passion for, and strong knowledge of, the grassroots music sector across the UK
• The ability to communicate well (both written and verbal) with a range of stakeholders
• Experience working collaboratively and proactively with others internally and externally
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office / Google Business Suite / Plinth (Grant Management System) / Zoom / Canva

How To Apply

To apply for this role, fill out this form

This form contains the following questions and will ask you to upload a copy of your most recent CV.

• Do you have relevant experience in grant making, funding management or related roles in the charity sector?
• What do you think is the biggest challenge for grassroots music right now?
• Cover Letter: Please give us an overview of how your work experience matches the key responsibilities in the job specification
• Please upload your CV

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. We’re especially keen to hear from people who are currently under-represented in the music industry, if you need this form in a different format please contact the team: admin@livetrust.org

Key Dates

• Deadline for applications: Monday 19th October, 5pm
• Invited to interview / outcomes: on or before Friday 30th October
• First round interviews: From Monday 2 November