Employment Type: Part time, 14 hours per week with flexibility
Location: Hybrid – London, UK (Hybrid working with the requirement for a portion of the week to be worked in the office in Victoria)
Salary: £33,596 (GBP) Salary will be prorated to 0.4 FTE
Seniority: Junior
Job Description
Location: Office based at The Peak, 5 Wilton Road, SW1V 1AP with opportunities to work from home.
Working hours: This role is part‑time, 14 hours per week with flexibility in how the hours are worked. The successful candidate could choose to work over 2 days or spread their hours more flexibly across the week. There is a requirement for a portion of the week to be worked in the office initially.
Flexibility may also be needed to support meetings as required, which may be scheduled on different days. The working pattern can be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate to support both the needs of the Trust and work‑life balance.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to four trusts, part of The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts (SFCT), the operating office of 17 grant‑making trusts established by five generations of the Sainsbury family. You will support the following trusts to achieve their philanthropic ambitions by providing effective administration for grant making.
The Three Guineas Trust funds work in three areas: support for autistic people, disabled people’s access to justice, and trans and non‑binary people’s civil rights and personal safety. Much of the Trust’s grant‑making uses participatory grant‑making methods.
The Staples Trust funds projects in the areas of environment, gender, indigenous peoples, and inequality. It also supports a grants programme for Croatian students who are pursuing postgraduate courses in the UK and internationally.
The Tedworth Charitable Trust funds projects in the areas of parenting, family welfare and child development, and the arts and environment.
The Glass‑House Trust gives long‑term support to a small number of projects concerned with the built environment, child development, social policy and art.
You will be responsible for providing grant administration, using the in‑house grant management system and assisting in the preparation of papers and reports for Trustee meetings. You will also support these meetings and other Trust events and provide wider administration to support the dedicated team of Grantmakers.
About you
With previous experience in an administrative role, you will have a keen eye for detail and a methodical approach to work, ensuring that tasks are completed with precision and consistency. The ideal candidate will have an affinity with the Trusts’ areas of interest, be thorough and diligent, and have the ability to maintain high levels of accuracy and attention to detail when ensuring grant information is inputted into our in‑house management system.
You will be able to write clear concise emails and other short documents and communicate clearly with colleagues, applicants and grant holders over the phone, online or in person.
You will have an in‑depth knowledge of Microsoft Office packages and be able to grasp unfamiliar IT/Digital systems quickly and support the team to embrace new technologies.
You will be a team player, willing to help other members of the team and be able to work flexibly across different Trusts as required, prioritising and planning your deadlines.
Application and timeline
Close date: 24 November 2025 at 9 AM
Initial online interviews will take place w/c 8th December. Interviews will be face‑to‑face at our offices in Victoria and will include a short skills assessment task.
You may upload either a CV or a summary of your relevant experience and education that demonstrates how you meet the tasks and skills outlined in the job description. Our recruitment platform anonymises your responses and focuses on the skills that are relevant to this role. This benefits you by giving you a greater chance of expressing your skills in this objective selection process.
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) we encourage you to showcase your skills and experience in an authentic, honest, and personal way.
We want everyone who works for us to feel welcomed, respected, supported and valued. We believe everyone should be treated with equity, and that diversity of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences helps us achieve better things in our work.
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 people@sfct.org.uk
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
Our Benefits
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.
Please note that we may close this vacancy earlier if we receive a high volume of applications.
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