Foundations Administrator - London, United Kingdom - Prospectus

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Location:
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  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #185424
  • Salary: £33k to £38K


Established in 1958, the Garfield Weston Foundation is a family-founded charitable grant-making trust which gives away over £90 million a year to charities across the UK.

Since it was established, it has donated over £1.5 billion, of which over half has been given away in the past 10 years.

Each year, around 2,000 charities benefit from the grants awarded by the Foundation which supports people in need across the country.


Having established one of the most respected charitable institutions in the UK, the Weston Family Trustees today remain highly active and hands-on.

The Foundation's funding was established with an endowment of shares in the family business - a successful model that still endures today and as the businesses have grown, so too have the charitable donations.


Prospectus is delighted to be working with the Garfield Weston Foundation to recruit a new Foundation Administrator to join its busy and vibrant team.


The role:


This an important and skilled support role and sits within the Planning Function which takes an overview of the whole Foundation's operation and helps support the Directors and Trustees.

The role requires significant experience of proactively managing workflow, overseeing the schedules of senior executives, handling invitations, drafting communications materials and supporting the production of key documents.


This role will support the Foundation in all aspects of administration, from managing the inflow of enquiries and correspondence and ensuring these are handled effectively, to supporting the Director & Deputy Director in administering major grants through arranging calls, chasing up on actions, updating the database, producing meeting packs and papers for Board, and supporting in arranging meetings and coordinating events on behalf of the Foundation.

This person will also keep templates up to date and accessible to the wider team, providing support to the team and covering for colleagues when necessary, There will be a degree of ad-hoc project support, alongside other team members as collaboration is the key to success in this role, in addition to offering broad administrative support throughout the grant-making process from beginning to end.


The person:


This person will be a natural organiser with a positive and pro-active approach and a desire to get on with the job in hand.

Accuracy and systematic attention to detail is crucial as is having a "can do" attitude. Experience in meeting preparation and management will also be important.

This experience could come from the charity or NFP sector, or directly from the corporate sector where there is a desire to move to a role which is more rewarding and with input into processes which enable grass roots charities across the UK to flourish and achieve their objectives.


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