Strengthen funding pipelines and grant income streams to support ethical, safeguarding-informed youth wellbeing and education programmes across Northern Ireland, South Africa, Sudan and India for an award-winning international youth leadership and wellbeing organisation
What difference will you make?
Your contribution will directly strengthen eduSOIL's sustainability, resilience and credibility across Northern Ireland, South Africa, Sudan, India and global partnerships.
By strengthening ethical, well-managed grant funding systems, you will
Reduce reliance on short-term or reactive funding
Improve the quality, clarity and competitiveness of funding applications
Strengthen compliance, reporting and funder confidence
Enable Programme Directors and delivery teams to focus on youth impact
Support long-term organisational stability across multiple contexts
With a dedicated Fundraising & Grant Writing Assistant, working closely with our Fundraising & Grant Writing Manager, we envision being able to recruit, mentor and support young people who get involved in fundraising and grant writing that helps eduSOIL
Build a clearer, more strategic funding pipeline across countries
Deliver funded programmes responsibly and in line with funder expectations
Strengthen evidence, learning and reporting systems
Better support volunteers and delivery teams through stable funding
Sustain high-quality youth leadership and wellbeing programmes internationally
This role bridges strategy and delivery, ensuring that funding supports — rather than distorts — wellbeing-centred youth leadership practice. Your contribution helps ensure that ethical intent is matched by sustainable resources.
Please download and review the handbooks and frameworks provided for further information about eduSOIL, this role and how you can invest your skills, time and attention in deepening and widening our social impact.
What are we looking for?
We are seeking a committed, values-led individual with significant professional experience in fundraising, grant writing or income generation, who is motivated by youth impact, equity and sustainability.
You should have
At least 3–5 years' professional experience in fundraising, bid writing, income generation or a related field
Strong written communication skills, with the ability to translate delivery work into clear, compelling funding narratives
Experience researching, developing or coordinating funding applications
Understanding of compliance, reporting and funder requirements
Strategic thinking combined with practical, delivery-aware judgement
Confidence working in a collaborative, values-led organisation
An interest in education, youth leadership, wellbeing or social impact
Experience in charities, CICs or social enterprises is highly valued but not essential.
You do not need prior experience with Design for Change. However, you should be open to learning and working within an established global methodology, and committed to engaging respectfully with underserved communities. A background specifically in education or the community sector is not required, provided you bring relevant transferable experience and a strong ethical orientation.
For this role specifically, it is helpful if you have experience in
Trusts and foundations fundraising
Bid development, grant writing or proposal review
Reporting against outcomes and budgets
Working across multiple programmes, stakeholders or geographic contexts
We are particularly interested in applicants who
Are based in Northern Ireland (though this is not essential)
Bring lived experience of migration, cultural transition or integration
Have experience in arts, mindfulness, yoga or wellbeing practice alongside professional expertise
Are motivated by equity, youth voice and ethical leadership
This role suits someone who enjoys strengthening systems, improving quality and enabling others to deliver well, and who is excited by working at both local and international levels.
What will you be doing?
We are seeking a Fundraising & Grant Writing Assistant to work with our Fundraising & Grant Writing Manager to support the sustainability of eduSOIL's education, wellbeing and youth leadership programmes across South Africa, Sudan and Northern Ireland, and through India and global partnerships.
You will strengthen trusts, foundations and grant-based fundraising systems so that Programme Directors and delivery teams can focus on impact with children, young people and educators, while funding activity remains ethical, compliant and aligned to safeguarding and wellbeing standards.
Key responsibilities include
Supporting / co-leading and maintaining a coherent funding pipeline across programmes and countries
Supporting / co-leading the writing, review and submission of high-quality grant applications
Collaborating to strengthen reporting, monitoring and funder compliance systems
Supporting / co-leading alignment between programme delivery, outcomes and funding narratives
Mentoring and coordinating fundraising research or bid-writing volunteers (where assigned)
Working closely with the Founder & CEO and Programme Directors
This strategic and essential role is focused on funding quality, systems clarity and long-term sustainability — not ad hoc applications.
The role builds on confirmed programme funding and established partnerships, with a focus on strengthening coordination across countries and supporting responsible, values-led growth. You will work as part of a peer leadership group alongside Programme Directors and Assistants, helping bridge strategy and delivery and embedding wellbeing-centred youth leadership in practice.