Programme Coordinator

Small grants programme delivery:

Support the planning and coordination of all small grants funding rounds, ensuring activities, deadlines and key milestones are effectively managed.

Act as a consistent point of contact for applicant, reviewer and grant holder enquiries, providing clear and timely responses and escalating issues where appropriate.

Support the application and assessment process, including reviewer set-up, reviewer guidance, scoring processes, moderation preparation and decision-making support.

Work closely with the Grants Team to ensure application records, approvals, grant set-up, contracting information and Salesforce records are accurate and up to date.

Support the production and maintenance of guidance notes, FAQs, application materials and web content, working closely with the Communications Team so the scheme remains accessible and easy to navigate.

Coordinate internal meetings, decisions and follow-up actions relating to the small grant s programme, ensuring responsibilities and deadlines are clearly recorded.

Support practical improvements to the programme’s processes, guidance and delivery based on operational learning and stakeholder feedback.

Maintain programme documentation, records and handover materials to support continuity and knowledge management during the maternity cover period.

Partner for Purpose:

Support the continued development, promotion and delivery of Partner for Purpose, a recently reintroduced employee engagement and internal funding initiative that enables employees to support non-profit organisations aligned with the Foundation’s mission and priorities. This will include coordinating funding rounds and employee engagement activities, while building awareness, participation and impact across the organisation.

Coordinate enquiries, applications and applicant guidance, liaising with employees, applicants and grant holders to provide clear and consistent support.

Support grant assessment, communications, reporting and record keeping, working closely with the Senior Programme Manager, Engagement Manager and Grants Team.

NEST - Network to Engineer a Safer Tomorrow:

Support the Senior Programme Manager in maintaining the Foundation’s relationship with the NEST community of students, graduates and early-career professionals.

Identify and coordinate opportunities for future engagement, including links with the Ambassadors Programme where relevant.

Maintain relevant records, contacts and follow-up actions to support continuity and effective internal coordination.

Programme and portfolio support:

Support the Senior Programme Manager with portfolio reporting, briefing notes, presentation materials and programme updates across the relevant areas of work, working with the Communications Team where needed.

Support the capture of learning, outcomes, impact examples and case studies from funded projects, working with the Communications Team to inform reporting, communications and future programme development.

Support information requests, briefing materials, knowledge management and cross-programme learning across the Foundation’s small grants programme and wider skills and education portfolio.

Undertake any other responsibilities commensurate with the grade and nature of the role.

Lloyd’s Register Foundation is an independent global charity with a unique structure and an important mission: engineering a safer world. We reduce risk to people and property and enhance the safety of the critical infrastructure that modern society relies upon. We do this by investing in high-quality research, innovation, education and skills development, and by convening stakeholders to form ambitious partnerships and coalitions. Our unique structure comes from the fact that we own a significant trading company, Lloyd’s Register (LR). We share the same mission and work together to make the world a safer place.

Lloyd’s Register is wholly owned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a politically and financially independent global charity that aims to engineer a safer world by promoting safety and education. For a thriving ocean economy, Lloyd’s Register colleagues and Lloyd’s Register Foundation work together to fund research, foster industry collaboration, and develop action-oriented solutions to make the world a safer place.

We hire people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, women, people identifying as LGBTIQIA+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, careers and other varied groups.

We are committed to making all stages of our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application and we will do everything we possibly can to support you.

This position is available on a full-time basis, however, the Foundation is open to discussing applications for this role with flexible and part time working options.

If you don't tick every box in these ads, please don't rule yourself out. We focus on hiring people who share our goal of working together to make the world a safer place.

If you have further questions about this role, please contact us at careers@lr.org and we will respond to you as soon as possible.

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