Salary: £58,177  

Working hours: Part time (We are recruiting for several grant making roles during January 2026. If you are interested in a full time role, it may be possible to combine this role to work with another Trust, part of SFCT)

Flexible working options: Potential options include working from home, compressed hours or term time working.  

True Colours is an independent funder working in the UK and Africa. At the heart of True Colours’ work is an ambition to achieve equity, specifically in the fields of palliative care and disability. The Trust’s founding vision is to see a world in which everyone, wherever they live and whatever their age, is able to access good palliative care, and disabled children and young people are able to live their lives to the full. True Colours works in the UK and Africa.

The True Colours Trust is one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts and operates from their shared offices in Victoria.

What you will do:  

·       Manage a portfolio of grants including assessment, award and ongoing monitoring

·       Build strong, supportive relationships with applicants and funded partners

·       Conduct due diligence checks and assess organisational capability and need

·       Prepare clear summaries, papers and recommendations for decision makers

·       Monitor progress, review reports and identify learning and impact

·       Identify opportunities to strengthen projects and support grantees

·       Help improve grant making processes and systems, helping to shape and evolve grant making in the Trust’s priority areas

·       Deputise for the Head of Programmes as needed

What you will bring:

·       Experience of grant making

·       Strong analytical skills and the ability to assess information objectively

·       Excellent relationship building and communication skills

·       Strong judgement, curiosity and the ability to work independently and collaboratively

·       A passion for delivering on the philanthropic ambitions of the Trust and the ability to work empathically with people with lived experience of illness, disability and bereavement.

You can find the full details on the job description and person specification here on our website: Grants-Manager-December-2025-final.docx

Close date: 12pm Tuesday, 20th January   

Interview stages:          

26th, 28th, 29th January – first round interviews, online.

3rd February – second round interviews, in person at our offices in Victoria.

Invitation to discuss reasonable adjustments  

If you need any further information about our recruitment process or to discuss any support or reasonable adjustments that you may require to make an application, please contact the People team at people@sfct.org.uk

 Adjustments could include (but are not limited to)     

 ·       extra time during tasks or video applications  

·       assistance if a test or assessment is on a computer, such as closed captions 

·       option to interview remotely or without the camera on   

·       holding the interview at a specific time of day   

·       a British Sign Language interpreter   

Guaranteed interview scheme for disabled candidates

We are committed to inclusion and accessibility for all. We recognise that people are disabled by barriers in society not by their impairments or conditions. As part of our commitment to removing those barriers and ensure equal opportunities, we offer a guaranteed interview for disabled applicants. If you meet the minimum criteria for the role and tell us you would wish to be considered under the scheme, we will ensure that you are invited to interview. If you would like to apply under this scheme, please contact people@sfct.org.uk

AI statement  

Throughout your application we want to hear from you, in your own voice, about your skills and experience, and how you share our values. Applications are reviewed by members of our team, and the use of AI-generated content in recruitment can sometimes lack depth, authenticity, and creativity, and may result in applications not being progressed. Therefore, whilst AI may be a supplemental tool you choose to use to enhance your application (for example by researching or formatting your application) we encourage you to showcase your skills and experience in an authentic and personal way.   

SFCT benefits 

In 2025 we received an ‘outstanding workplace’ award for our staff survey results – which we believe recognises the hard work, contribution and commitment of all our staff which make SFCT a fantastic place to work. 

Core benefits include a generous pensions scheme (12% employer contribution), life assurance, income protection, private health and dental care, annual health checks and Employee Assistance Programme, along with a range of benefits designed to promote your work/life balance and make your time with us enjoyable and rewarding.  

Learn more about working for SFCT here:   https://www.sfct.org.uk/working-for-us/