Programme Officer (Grants)
Location: GW London Offices and project sites
Contract: One year fixed term contract, with a view to extend
Salary: Circa £28,000 per annum, depending on experience
Hours: 37.5-22.5 hours per week
Groundwork London is responsible for managing a number of pan-London grant schemes with environmental and social regeneration themes, including Walking & Cycling Grants London funded by Transport for London and the London Marathon Foundation, and Shared Endeavour Fund funded by MOPAC.
Groundwork London are working with the NHS South East London Integrated Care Board to manage the NHS Greenwich Charitable Funds through the Greenwich Healthier Communities Fund, which aims to tackle health inequalities in the London borough of Greenwich. Groundwork London are seeking a Programme Officer to coordinate and deliver this programme alongside support on the wider Groundwork London grants programme portfolio.
The role will focus on communicating effectively with applicants, grant recipients, the funder and other stakeholders in. The post holder will lead on community consultation, responding to grant application queries, application processing, project monitoring and creating reports within contractually agreed timeframes. The Officer will be the key contact for the NHS Greenwich Charitable Funds and provide training to both prospective grant applicants and funded groups.
The post holder will have proven experience of the health sector and/or communities in Greenwich. Awareness of current key health and wellbeing issues, contextual factors that can lead to poor health and wellbeing, and how to reduce current inequality in health outcomes is desired for the role. Attention to detail, excellent written and verbal communication, organisation and time-management skills and strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office will be essential in the role. Previous experience in grants administration/management is desired.
About us
Groundwork London is a leading environmental and community regeneration organisation working with people living in some of London’s most economically deprived areas. The Trust works to empower, enable and enhance communities through our community engagement activities, which aim to improve social cohesion, engage people in local decision making, and facilitate social action to improve people’s lives and engender civic pride.
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Download a Groundwork London Careers Prospectus, Application Form, and Job Description & Person Specification.
Job description & person specification
Please send your application form, quoting reference ‘1278/POG’ to londonjobs@groundwork.org.uk
Closing date for applications: 9am Monday 20th October 2025
Interview date: w/c 27th October 2025
For further information and to discuss the role, please contact Martin Petry at Groundwork London on 07540 126 707 or martin.petry@groundwork.org.uk
Groundwork is committed to being an equal opportunities employer, and our expectations go beyond purely complying with legislation. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) are at the core of who we are and who we choose to be.
Groundwork London is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all members of the community.