Job Description
Are you an efficient, proactive manager with community development experience looking for a new and different challenge? Thanks to National Lottery players, Sussex Community Development Association has received more than £440,000 from The National Lottery Community Fund for You Decide. The funding will be used to create a community funding programme that lets local people participate in deciding how grants are awarded. The aim will be distributing small grants to grassroots voluntary and community groups using participant-led, decision making panels and an asset-based community development approach. You will take responsibility for recruiting, training and supporting the participant decision makers and oversee the compliance and regulations around distribution of Lottery funds, ensuring that monies are awarded correctly. Working closely with SCDA''s finance team and management, you will ensure that reporting, monitoring and accuracy is observed which satisfies Lottery and SCDA procedures. Ideally, you will have an understanding and ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds, helping enable and support them to overcome barriers and develop the necessary skills for good adjudication. Organised and with great management and communication skills, you will be able to supervise the participants with confidence, clarity and adaptability. We are looking for people to join our team who have the qualities and skills we feel would most benefit our service users; ..... full job details .....