Responsibilities

We are looking for a Programmes Officer to join our team to help us make sure that generously donated funds get right to the heart of our community, where they are most needed and can do the maximum amount of good.

This is a multi-faceted role, working collaboratively with our other Programmes Officers to deliver grant and loans programmes throughout the year. You will have your own programmes to lead on, and will be involved at all stages of the process, right from early development, through promotion of funds to groups, due diligence and assessment of the applications, supporting our volunteer independent decision makers and following up with groups at the end of their funding period.

You will need excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the role also calls for good technical skills as you will be involved in the development of systems to enable efficient administration of the applications.

We are happy to offer a hybrid working pattern, with some time in the office and some home working each week, with more time in the office whilst you are learning the role.

Application Process

Please take a minute to read our Job Description and Person Specification before applying. Then submit your CV and a covering letter outlining how your knowledge and skills are a good fit for this role. Please consider each element of the person specification with reference to your experience, skill, and knowledge gained in employment, voluntary work, studying, or a personal setting.

Heart of Bucks is a Disability Confident Employer, committed to equality of opportunity and celebration of diversity. We are signatories to the Mindful Employer Charter and are a Living Wage Employer. We take great care to ensure that our actions as an employer reflect our values. We promote equality of opportunity and welcome applications from a wide range of candidates. We select candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience and will ask about any reasonable adjustments you may require when inviting candidates to interview.

Applicants with “unspent” convictions are asked to disclose this as a separate appendix to your covering letter so we can work with you to assess what impact (if any) this may have on your potential employment with us. There is more information about this here: https://www.gov.uk/tell-employer-or-college-about- criminal-record/what-information-you-need-to-give

Closing date for applications is 11th January 2026. Interviews for short-listed candidates will take place week commencing 19th January 2026. 

Person Specification

Essential:

• Financially literate
• Ability to interpret and analyse applications
• Strong IT skills, particularly MS Office
• Tactful, clear communication skills, including a good command of written English
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills, able to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Self-motivated, flexible and responds positively to opportunities
• Confident addressing/presenting to groups of people on work-related subjects
• Able to work collaboratively
• Ability and willingness to identify when to seek support and when to use initiative
• Able to identify and articulate own development needs
• Comfortable with and able to undertake lone working
• Access to independent travel

Desirable:

• 4 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C), level 2 NVQs or equivalent
• Previous experience in a similar role
• Knowledge of GDPR and the need for confidentiality and discretion with sensitive information
• Salesforce (or similar CRM system)
• Not-for-profit sector governance
• Not-for-profit sector funding
• Not-for-profit sector in Buckinghamshire 
• Ability to occasionally work out of hours (time off in lieu)