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About the Role

Lead critical workstreams to foster community relations, drive social cohesion, and oversee targeted UK Government grant programmes supporting grassroots, voluntary, and community sector groups across Northern Ireland. You will lead the end-to-end administration, governance, and evaluation of community funding funds, ensuring public funds are managed robustly while delivering measurable impact. Develop deep working relationships with grassroots organisations, civil society, local authorities, and central government counterparts, and provide high-quality ministerial advice.

Responsibilities

Lead the day-to-day delivery, monitoring, and performance oversight of community grant programmes.
Ensure rigorous financial stewardship, risk management, and governance standards across all grant allocations.
Monitor spend, scrutinize grant claims, and conduct post-project evaluations.
Build trusted, credible working relationships with grassroots leaders, the voluntary/community sector, local councils, and delivery partners.
Understand emerging local needs and test intervention models.
Draft ministerial submissions, briefings, answers to Parliamentary Questions, and correspondence on community funding allocations, impact, and political sensitivities.
Collaborate with other NIO policy teams, Cabinet Office, and external grant recipients to ensure UK Government community investments complement wider socio-economic and peacebuilding initiatives.

Requirements

Strong partnering and relationship-building skills, with demonstrable credibility when engaging diverse, sensitive, or hard-to-reach grassroots community organisations and senior stakeholders.
Sound judgement and analytical aptitude; ability to assess funding proposals, evaluate social impact data, and provide evidence-based recommendations under political scrutiny.
Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to convey complex funding positions, risks, and community dynamics concisely to Ministers and senior leaders.
Highly self-motivated with the ability to deal with ambiguity, manage multiple competing priorities, prioritise delivery, and uphold meticulous attention to detail.
Demonstrable experience in grants governance, grant agreement design, and public sector financial management.
Practical understanding of the voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) landscape and community relations dynamics in Northern Ireland.
Experience in measuring social impact or conducting post-award programme evaluation.
Must be an existing Civil Servant employee or employee of an accredited non-departmental public body (NDPB).
Must have been present in the UK continuously for the past 5 years for security clearance.
Must have a minimum of 5 years of UK residency.

Skills

Partnering
Influencing
Analytical Judgement
Problem Solving
Communication Skills
Organisation
Delivery
Grants Governance
Grant Agreement Design
Public Sector Financial Management
Community Relations
Social Impact Measurement
Programme Evaluation

Location

Belfast - Erskine House, 20-32 Chichester St, Belfast BT1 4GF
London - 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ

Work Type

Fixed Term Contract/ Loan (24 Months)
Hybrid Working
Flexible working hours
Full Time
Part Time
Job Share

Experience Level

SEO Grade

Salary/Compensations

National starting salary: £42,914
London starting salary: £49,325

Benefits

Access to learning and development
A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension
25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days after five years’ service
Public Holidays
Season Ticket Advance
Opportunity to join employee-run networks
A range of ‘Family Friendly’ policies
Access to flexible benefits such as voluntary benefits, retail vouchers and discounts
Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave
Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens

About the Company

The Northern Ireland Office supports the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in promoting the best interests of Northern Ireland.
We make sure that Northern Ireland interests are represented within the UK Government and that UK government responsibilities are fully and effectively represented in Northern Ireland.
We are the centre of expertise on Northern Ireland issues across Government.
The Northern Ireland Office employs around 170 staff, with offices in Belfast and London.
As a small Department, we adopt a flexible project-based approach to ensure that we have the right people, with the right skills, in the right place to support the delivery of our key objectives.
Due to our structure and size, we are able to offer extensive exposure to Ministers and the opportunity to work on a far wider portfolio of policy and responsibilities than might be the case in a larger department.
This creates an interesting and stimulating work environment.
Our key priorities include supporting greater inclusion, tolerance and openness in Northern Ireland; contributing to a safer Northern Ireland; ensuring responsive, transparent governance; and addressing the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland.

Equal Opportunity

As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities, by making adjustments throughout all elements of the recruitment process and in the workplace.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.
All applications for employment are considered strictly on the basis of merit.