Trainee Grants Support Officers
If you’re enthusiastic, open to learning, and ready to take the first step in your career with purpose – we’d love to hear from you
Why This Role?
- You’ll gain hands-on experience in the charity and public funding world.
- You’ll be part of a supportive, mission-driven team that’s invested in your growth.
- You’ll get to work on real-world challenges that help create a fairer, greener, more inclusive Wales.
This is a trainee position, with the potential to move to a permanent role after an initial six months training period.
Welsh Language Category: one Welsh essential position and one Welsh desirable position.
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week, flexibly
Salary: Starting at £22,932 per annum with the opportunity to progress to £27,101 per annum after a successful training period, then rising to £32,323 per annum - with progress through the salary range linked to successful completion of probation period and our performance review process. WCVA also pays a contribution of 9% of your annual salary to WCVA’s approved pension scheme.
Base: Flexible: We have a hybrid and flexible working policy which means you can work some of your time at our offices or remotely (including at home). We are a pan Wales organisation with office hubs in Aberystwyth, Cardiff and Rhyl that you can utilise. There will be a requirement to attend some specific staff events at our offices.
About the role
You will support WCVA to become the leading multi format funder in Wales, innovating to support the sector whilst leveraging our funding relationships to further our impact and delivery.
You will play a key role in making WCVA the leading and most innovative funder in Wales. Your work will help us run an exceptional grants programme, empowering voluntary organisations to make a real and lasting impact in their communities.
Why work at WCVA
Our staff benefit offer includes 25 days paid holiday plus 8 bank holidays and 5 additional discretionary days, Personal Pension Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, enhanced sick pay Scheme, agile working and healthcare cash plan.
We are an organisation that embraces diversity, with excellent work life balance policies, where flexible working is promoted, and our culture is to nurture staff through effective leadership and excellent team working. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.
WCVA invests in its employees and their development. As well as being a Living Wage Employer, committed to paying staff the real living wage, WCVA has been awarded Investors in People accreditation.
Find out more about working for WCVA.
Read the full job description - Welsh Essential.
HOW TO APPLY
To apply please download the application pack below:
Closing date: 01 October 2025 – 10am
Interview date: 14 October 2025
Applications submitted in the medium of Welsh are welcomed and will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Croesawir ceisiadau Cymraeg ac ni fyddant yn cael eu trin yn llai ffafriol na cheisiadau Saesneg.
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