Head of Grants and Impact

Location: Holborn and Leicester Square, London, UK

Salary: £60,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a media and entertainment organisation whose Make Some Noise initiative supports small local charities across the UK through fundraising, awareness, grants, and organisational development.

What you will do

• Lead the development and delivery of Make Some Noise’s grants and impact strategy.
• Oversee an active grants portfolio of approximately £6 million and the distribution of more than £3 million annually.
• Manage the full grant-making lifecycle, including applications, due diligence, assessment, awards, monitoring, and closure.
• Lead impact measurement, evaluation, learning, and continuous improvement across the charity portfolio.
• Develop the Grants Plus programme through learning, mentoring, training, professional expertise, and organisational development.
• Build relationships with funders, trusts, foundations, charity leaders, and hirify.global stakeholders while contributing to the annual Make Some Noise Appeal.

Requirements

• Significant senior-level experience leading grant-making strategy and programmes.
• Strong experience across the full grants lifecycle, including programme design, due diligence, decision-making, grant management, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Experience managing significant grants portfolios with strong financial literacy, governance, and risk management.
• Strong experience in impact measurement, outcome frameworks, evaluation, data analysis, and evidence-based decision-making.
• Proven experience leading, motivating, and developing high-performing teams.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and knowledge of the UK voluntary and community sector.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting small charities or designing charity learning and development programmes.
• Experience with trusts, foundations, co-funding, or collaborative grant-making.
• Experience in media, broadcasting, entertainment, social impact, or charitable giving.
• Experience using Salesforce or a similar CRM.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to shape the future of grant-making, impact, and charity development programmes.
• Autonomy to improve processes and lead a significant grants portfolio.
• Collaborative work across funding, expertise, media reach, partnerships, and community support.
• Inclusive workplace with reasonable adjustments available throughout the recruitment process and at work.

Hiring process

• Applications are accepted until 13 November 2026.
• Reasonable adjustments can be requested during the recruitment process.