Erasmus+ Grants Lead – Global Education Programs (Hybrid)

British Council; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Disability Confident Employer

Job summary

The British Council in London-Stratford is recruiting a Grants Manager to lead the full grant lifecycle, ensuring compliance, quality and customer experience. Reporting to a Senior Grants Manager, you will oversee a team delivering grant activities and collaborate with Compliance, Digital, Marketing and Sector teams.

You will apply programme rules and eligibility criteria, manage risks, and contribute to continuous improvement while fostering a high-performing, client-focused culture.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering grants or similar regulated funding programmes.
• Experience supervising or leading staff within a customer-facing or operational delivery environment.
• Experience working with compliance, risk, audit or assurance processes.
• Experience building and maintaining relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Strong operational grants management experience.
• Ability to interpret and apply complex programme guidance, funding rules and eligibility criteria.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities effectively.
• Experience working in public sector or government-funded programmes.
• Experience working in international environments or across multiple cultures.
• Experience within education, youth, skills, sport or cultural engagement sectors.
• Programme, project management or grants-related qualification.

Responsibilities

• Leading the delivery of grants management activity across the full grant lifecycle, from application and assessment through to award, monitoring, change control and closure.
• Ensuring grant-making activity is delivered in line with programme rules, European Commission requirements, British Council standards and agreed KPIs.
• Allocating and managing workloads across the team to support efficient delivery of the annual work programme.
• Ensuring grant assessments, funding decisions and programme records are accurate, consistent and audit-ready.
• Monitoring performance, management information and assurance activity to identify risks and support operational decision-making.
• Line managing Grants Officers, providing coaching, guidance and day-to-day operational leadership.
• Supporting performance management, development planning and capability building across the team.
• Fostering a high-performing, customer-focused and accountable team culture.
• Applying quality assurance frameworks and supporting actions arising from audits, reviews and assurance activity.
• Identifying and managing operational risks, escalating issues appropriately where required.
• Ensuring compliance with safeguarding, data protection and information governance requirements.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues across Compliance, Customer Experience, Digital, Marketing and Sector teams to resolve delivery issues and improve processes.
• Supporting implementation of programme updates, guidance changes and system improvements.
• Contributing to lessons learned activities and continuous improvement initiatives across the grants function.

Skills

Grants management

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Regulatory compliance

Process improvement

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent

Job description

The British Council in London-Stratford is recruiting a Grants Manager to lead the full grant lifecycle, ensuring compliance, quality and customer experience. Reporting to a Senior Grants Manager, you will oversee a team delivering grant activities and collaborate with Compliance, Digital, Marketing and Sector teams.

You will apply programme rules and eligibility criteria, manage risks, and contribute to continuous improvement while fostering a high-performing, client-focused culture.