Person Specification

Key Skills and Experience

Essential

1. Strong experience in civil society including operational grant-making.
2. An understanding of systems-change and experience of applying this to programme design, delivery and evaluation.
3. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Experience of building trusting, equitable relationships with diverse stakeholders and translating complex social justice issues into accessible insights.
4. Ability to manage projects, people, and resources efficiently and effectively.
5. Ability to manage budgets, contracts, and external suppliers.
6. A deep commitment to anti-oppressive practice and social justice, with personal alignment with Quaker values.
7. An entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to seek new partnerships for the Trust that help to achieve our mission.
8. Ability to adapt to changing priorities and navigate complex environments, demonstrating flexibility in approach and willingness to learn and evolve.
9. Ability to oversee design and implementation of evaluation and learning activities for complex social change programmes.

Desirable

1. Experience of public policy influencing.
2. Ability to use IT-based management systems to manage relationships with grant partners or service users (e.g. salesforce).