- 1 year fixed term contract, £24,000-£27,000 p.a.
- Monday – Friday 10.00 – 18.00
- Based in Streatham, South London
- Flexible/hybrid working model – remote working mixed with a staggered return to our Streatham Office (subject to Covid-19 restrictions to working in the office being lifted)
- Application deadline: Monday 28th June 2021 at 10.00am.
- Interviews will be held on Monday 5th July 2021.
PRS Foundation are looking to recruit a Grants Co-ordinator to co-ordinate the Foundation’s applications and assessment process across all the Foundation’s schemes, providing floating grant support, maintaining user-friendly systems and coordinating the application, decision-making and grant-giving process.
The post holder will be an articulate, organised and musically knowledgeable person, with at least 2 years professional experience and an active interest in a broad range of musical genres including pop, rock, electronic, classical, jazz, folk, and Black Music genres. They should have an understanding of talent development, arts funding, grant-making and its importance to a wide range of talented music creators across the UK.
They will have a broad and up-to date knowledge of new music and the challenges that not- for-profit organisations and music creators are facing in the current climate.
Experience
- Experience of co-ordinating complex projects effectively and efficiently
- Experience of working either within the charity or not-for-profit sector or the music industry
- Understanding of the music industry and talent development
- Understanding of equal opportunities practice
- Understanding of the work of PRS for Music.
Skills
- Project management and administration, including planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluating
- Ability to work, prioritise and pay attention to detail within a busy, multi-task environment
- Effective and positive team player
- Ability to assess and compare information effectively in a fair and transparent manner
- Excellent interpersonal skills including tact and patience when dealing with applicants
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- IT skills in Word, Excel, databases and web-based communications
- Ability to collate, analyse and interpret data; experience of presenting results and infographics is desirable.