Grants and Impact Manager

Job description and person specification

Contract type: Part time, permanent.

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Starting salary range: Band E: £34,460 - £37,810 FTE, dependent on experience

Expected start date: ASAP

Reports to: Head of Trusts and Foundations

Location: Hybrid working: 3 Pritchard Street, Bristol, BS2 8RH (at least two to three day per week office working)

Conditions: Employment is on the condition of a satisfactory Enhanced DBS Check (organised by us) and employment references.

Some of the benefits we offer:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with 3 years' service
• Flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced 5% pension contribution
• Company sick pay
• Individual learning & development budget
• Group Reflective Practice
   

Who we are

Caring in Bristol’s mission is to unite our city against homelessness. We work in innovative ways with people experiencing housing insecurity to help them navigate the barriers they face. We engage with the public and community partners to bring about lasting change in Bristol and beyond.   

Our services aim to reach people where they are, targeting under-served communities and proactively designing our services to be accessible and inclusive. We maximise our impact through committed and creative outreach to key groups who would not otherwise receive support. 

Our vision: No one is homeless in our city.

Our mission: Uniting Bristol to end homelessness.

Our Values

Tackling homelessness requires systemic and societal change. Person-centred support helps people achieve better outcomes. Evidence and learning guide better decisions. When communities have a voice and take action, we can build stronger futures together.

Curiosity guides us to listen and understand the context, community needs and political environment.

Creativity drives us to remain open-minded and tailor solutions with fresh thinking.

Collaboration is key; we build relationships to strengthen our mission.

Tenacity ensures that we pursue lasting change with determination and patience.

Job Summary

As Grants and Impact Manager you will be stewarding small and large Trust and Foundation donors, researching new prospects, and writing compelling applications using detailed case studies compiled by the team. You will also coordinate the development of a new Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) programme, strengthening our ability to measure, understand, and communicate the impact of our work. A key part of this will be focusing on evidencing and enhancing the positive change created by Caring in Bristol, ensuring that funders and stakeholders can clearly see the difference their support makes.  

About You

As our Grants and Impact Manager, you will play a pivotal role in sustaining and growing Caring in Bristol’s income from Trusts, Foundations and statutory grants, by acquiring and managing high-value funder relationships. Alongside this, you will take the lead in developing and embedding a clear, organisation-wide Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) programme. This new focus will enable us to set measurable goals, track progress, and capture the real-world impact of our work - ensuring we can tell a compelling, evidence-based story to funders, partners, and the wider community.

You will identify and lead the creation of high-quality trust and foundation applications and proposals, working closely with the Head of Trusts and Foundations, and take responsibility for a portfolio of funders, building strong, long-term relationships, improving funder satisfaction and securing continued or increased investment in our mission.

Beyond managing relationships, you will help transform the way we demonstrate impact. By collaborating with service delivery staff to develop our impact monitoring practices you will ensure we can report back to funders with clarity, consistency, and confidence - showing exactly how their support translates into tangible outcomes for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Bristol.

You will also be instrumental in delivering a best-practice funder engagement programme, finding innovative ways to create value for funders through tailored reports, webinars, site visits, and other forms of involvement. Acting as an ambassador for Caring in Bristol, you will represent us to funders and stakeholders with credibility and passion, using your insight to strengthen our reputation and influence.

Finally, you will act as a voice of the funder within the charity, ensuring their perspective shapes our project design, monitoring, and communications. Working collaboratively with colleagues across service delivery, income generation, and finance, you will help embed practices that not only improve funder relationships today but also make Caring in Bristol more strategically and sustainably fundable for the future.
 

Key responsibilities

Income Generation & relationship management

• Act as the key point of contact for a portfolio of significant grant funders, managing and documenting relationships to ensure funding continuity and alignment with their interests.
• Proactively secure new funding through research and high-quality, compelling applications, supporting growth in line with service goals and income targets.
• Work with the Head of Trusts and Foundations on securing large, statutory or multi-partner grants, from initial approach through to final award.
• Monitor the trust and foundation and grant landscape, identifying opportunities and sharing insights with the wider team.
• Help develop strong, fundable projects alongside service delivery teams, creating robust cases for support and encouraging staff involvement in funder relationships.
• Produce engaging reports, webinars, and communications that exceed funder expectations and strengthen partnerships.
• Maintain accurate, timely records on our database Donorfy, undertake necessary administration including thanking and keep up to date reporting systems to support effective income generation and data analysis.
• Support delivery of funder events and initiatives that build Caring in Bristol’s profile and supporter base.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning (MEL) and Impact

• Work with the Co-Director to develop and implement a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) framework that aligns with Caring in Bristol’s strategic goals and funder requirements.
• Establish clear homelessness prevention indicators, outcomes, and success measures for all projects, enabling consistent tracking of progress and impact.
• Work with service delivery teams to collect and analyse data using the Inform database, and gather compelling case studies from service users and staff to illustrate our impact.
• Ensure that impact findings are shared across the organisation where appropriate to drive learning, improve services, and inform decision-making.
• Produce high-quality, evidence-based reports and visual summaries for funders, stakeholders, and public audiences.
• Work with service managers to embed MEL practices into project planning cycles, ensuring future projects are designed with measurable outcomes from the start.
• Identify opportunities to use impact data and personal stories to strengthen funding applications and donor communications.

Organisational relationships & management

• To establish productive relationships with the Fundraising, Operations and Senior Management Team.
• Effectively contribute to the strategic direction of the team and other organisational strategic spaces, as appropriate.
• Develop an effective working relationship with the Head of Trusts and Foundations.
• Support the further development of effective cross-organisational work.
• To attend events as a representative of Caring in Bristol as required.

Organisational Development

• Work closely with the wider charity to develop our research and evaluation capabilities to support trust and foundation relationships
• Working with the Head of Trusts and Foundations, devise expenditure budgets and income targets annually, with regular reforecasting.
• Contribute to developing and implementing a fundraising strategy in line with strategic priorities.

Other Responsibilities

• Promote the aims and objectives of the Charity and present a positive image of it through good public relations, communications with visitors, young people, guests, people who use our services and the local community.
• To actively participate in and attend supervisions, annual appraisal processes and training.
• To actively support our general fundraising, social media and marketing.
• Keeping informed of key developments within the sector.
• Undertaking any other reasonable task as requested.

Personal Specification

We expect you to meet most of these criteria, however, we don’t expect you to meet every point and welcome applications where skills have come from a mix of areas or where transferable skills can be demonstrated.

Essential (minimum requirements)

• A proven track record of securing four and five figure grants and building long-term external partnerships, gained through experience in charity, not-for-profit or social enterprise/startup settings.
• Experience managing funding applications, including researching trusts and foundations, timetabling deadlines, and matching grant givers with organisational projects
• The ability to work under your own steam towards set goals and have a keen eye for funding or other opportunities, with a track record of creating value on your own initiative.
• An excellent communicator both written and verbally with an eye for detail. You will be an adept copywriter with the ability to compel your audience to support the organisation
• The ability to understand and adapt budgets.
• You will have demonstrable organisational skills, able to prioritise and to work to deadlines.
• Empathy with Caring in Bristol’s organisational values
• Adaptable and willing to ‘pitch in’ across the whole team’s work as needed

Desirable (added value)

• A partnership mind-set and relationship development skills, with the ability to achieve beneficial outcomes for all parties. A demonstrable ability to listen well and tailor your approach to create rapport and influence. 
• Experience in the use of a CRM system, preferably Donorfy.
• A passion to change Bristol for the better
   

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Caring in Bristol believes strongly in equity and respect for every individual. We know there are some demographics under-represented in our workforce, and we are actively seeking ways to create accessible opportunities that expand the diversity of our staff and volunteers.

We welcome applications from everyone who meets the requirements of the Person Specification. Due to the nature of our work, we especially encourage applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.  

Caring in Bristol is an inclusive workplace that offers flexible working options wherever possible.  We are committed to actively supporting the wellbeing of our staff and encourage a healthy work/life balance.

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please do let us know in your application form or send any queries to recruitment@caringinbristol.org.uk.

How to apply

To apply, please submit a completed application form to recruitment@caringinbristol.org.uk with the subject line: Your Name –Grants and Impact Manager.

Deadline for applications:  11 October 2026