Grant Manager (Local Innovation Programme Fund)

University of Plymouth; Devon and Torbay; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Plymouth is seeking a Grant Manager to administer grants under the Local Innovation Partnership Fund, part of the £20m UKRI-funded Global Autonomy Cluster programme. Reporting to the LIPF Programme Manager, you will handle the grant lifecycle across funding schemes, ensuring compliant and transparent administration.

Key duties include coordinating assessments, due diligence, offer letters and agreements, and monitoring milestones and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in grant administration and due diligence processes.
• Coordination of assessment and moderation with auditable records.
• Familiarity with grant offers, funding agreements and milestone monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating application assessment and moderation processes, maintaining transparent and auditable records
• Undertaking eligibility checks and due diligence processes
• Preparing grant offer letters, award documentation and funding agreements
• Monitoring funded projects against agreed milestones, outputs and outcomes

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Job description

Grant Manager (Local Innovation Programme Fund)

We are seeking an individual with exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail to play a key role in administering grants to businesses as part of the University's £20m UKRI funded Global Autonomy Cluster programme

About the role

Reporting to the LIPF Programme Manager, you will be responsible for the administration, assessment, contracting, monitoring and reporting of third-party funding distributed through the Global Autonomy Cluster, a £20m UKRI funded programme through the Local Innovation Partnership Fund (LIPF).

You will manage the grant lifecycle across the programme's funding schemes, including the Ecosystem Enhancement Fund and Challenge Cohorts, ensuring that funding is administered effectively, transparently and in accordance with programme and University requirements.

You will be responsible for the grant application and award process, including: ensuring applications, assessments and awards are managed effective and in line with programme requirements.

You will be:

• Coordinating application assessment and moderation processes, maintaining transparent and auditable records
• Undertaking eligibility checks and due diligence processes
• Preparing grant offer letters, award documentation and funding agreements
• Monitoring funded projects against agreed milestones, outputs and outcomes

For this role, you will need to be on site 1 day a week. Although we can accommodate working from home for this role, flexibility to be on-site will be expected due to business needs.

For an informal discussion to find out more about the role then please contact Adrian Dawson: by email at [e-mail]