Youth Trust Manager

Hitchin Youth Trust is a small charity with a big heart. We support local young people (up to the age of 26) through the award of individual grants and bursaries, and we provide grants to local charities and organisations carrying out vital work with young people across our community. We are also home to the Hitchin Charity Youth Hub at our base on Walsworth Road in Hitchin a shared space where several local youth charities work side by side, because we know that collaboration makes everyone stronger. In addition, we provide a meeting space at the Charity Hub. It is offered free of charge to local youth groups and charities, to help them to provide support and a wide range of other opportunities for the young people in our community. As Youth Trust Manager our sole employee you ll work closely with an engaged and forward-thinking Board of Trustees. The role is fabulously varied one day you might be attending an investment meeting in London; the next, liaising sensitively with an individual or organisation enquiring about grant support; the next, checking toilet roll supplies and making sure the building is running smoothly. Your work will span six key areas: • Financial management keeping our accounts accurate, reconciling income and expenditure, liaising with our investment broker and auditors, and producing monthly reports using Sage. • Grant applications receiving and processing applications, supporting applicants, preparing summaries for Trustees, and managing award ..... full job details .....