Grant Manager (Maternity Cover)

LEF; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

The Grants Manager (Maternity Cover) at Association of Charitable Foundations is part of a small grants team in Central London with hybrid working and some UK travel. The role covers the full grants cycle, from inquiries to grant management, focusing on building relationships with grantees and supporting lived experience-led organisations.

The post will manage a portfolio of grant partner relationships and oversee our disability justice portfolio, with a start in February 2027 and a fixed-term

Responsibilities

• Oversee a portfolio of grant partner relationships.
• Develop and oversee the disability justice portfolio or other priority areas.

Job description

The Grants Manager is an important role, part of a small, collaborative grants team. Our priorities are to widen our reach to organisations using the law in creative ways, especially those that are lived experience-led, and to develop stronger relationships with our grantees to better support them and to learn more from what we fund. This Grants Manager role is part of a team of six and sits within our wider Grants and Learning team. The Grants Manager is involved in the full spectrum of grants work, from dealing with initial enquiries and assessing applications through to grant management and support. They will manage a portfolio of grant partner relationships and bring specific expertise to oversee and develop our disability justice portfolio (or another of our key priority areas: LEF | Funding). October 2026 7 The post holder will join us at an exciting time as we strengthen the team and develop our processes to ensure we meet LEF's commitments.

Application Deadline

11/16/2026

Job Description

Title: Grant Manager (Maternity Cover)Salary: £46,350 per annumHours: Full-time, 35 per week (Flexibility and part time of 0.8considered).Contract: Fixed term contract, maternity cover from February2027 (up to 12 months). We are open to considering a secondment or consultant application.Holiday: 30 days per year plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time)Location: Central London and remote. Some UK travel will be required as part of the role.The post-holder would need to be based in our London office for two days per week but could choose to work from home for part of the week.Reports to: Head of GrantsPeople with lived experience of social welfare legal issues are underrepresented in our organisation, so we are actively recruiting and prioritising candidates who bring this understanding alongside other skills and expertise. (We do not expect people to describe their personal experience at any stage during this recruitment process or during their work at the Foundation.)We value, welcome and respect all the differences that make us who we are, including age, cultural background, disability and neurodiversity and mental health, ethnicity and race, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, education and socioeconomic background.LEF is a Disability Confident employer.We value, welcome and respect all the differences that make us who we are, including age, cultural background, disability and neurodiversity and mental health, ethnicity and race, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, education and socioeconomic background.

Location

Central London

Working from

Hybrid

Remuneration

Salary: £46,350 per annum

Hours