Grants Management Lead

Guardian Jobs; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian Jobs is seeking a Grants Management Lead to manage ClientEarth's grants portfolio, ensuring effective relationship management with funders and guiding strategy development. The ideal candidate will possess significant experience in grant management, a strong understanding of financial processes, and the ability to lead a team. This position offers a dynamic opportunity to contribute to environmental initiatives while facilitating successful grant delivery within a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Significant experience in grant management and contract oversight with complex funders.
• Good knowledge of foundation and institutional income streams.
• Experience in line management required.

Responsibilities

• Manage existing relationships with major foundations and funders.
• Oversee development of proposals and reports for donors.
• Support Grants Team in annual plans and strategy.

Skills

Grant management

Budget management

Relationship management

Education

Experience in not-for-profit organization

Job description

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We are looking for a Grants Management Lead who will manage part of ClientEarth’s existing grants portfolio and provide strategic direction within the team and across departments to ensure successful grant management delivery and fundraising.

Meet your Manager

In this role, you will be managed by Jamil De Dominicis. Jamil joined ClientEarth in 2019 and is based in London. As Global Head of Grants, he leads the Grants Management team and oversees ClientEarth’s grants income from trusts, foundations and other statutory and institutional funders. Prior to joining ClientEarth, Jamil worked in various policy, research and grant management roles at the international affairs think tank Chatham House and the National Foundation for Youth Music.

Main Duties

• Manage existing relationships with major foundations and other institutional funders to ensure that funders are aware of project performance and receive regular updates in compliance with grants agreements
• Oversee relationships with senior stakeholders from current and new donors; act as a key facilitator and steward of relationships between funder staff and key programme contacts
• Support on developing and executing the Grants Team Annual Plans and strategy
• Oversee the development and production of well researched and comprehensive proposals and reports to existing donors that meet funding priorities and requirements within the submission deadline, in coordination with programme staff
• Line manage their team effectively by ensuring the Managers and Officers have support and are empowered to lead on their funding portfolios
  
  

See the job description (below) for a full list of duties for this role.

Role Requirements

• Significant grant management and contract oversight experience with complex funders (essential).
• Significant experience in budget and financial management for large portfolios of funders (essential)
• Good knowledge of foundation, institutional, and statutory income streams and financial processes (essential)
• Experience of working in a not-for-profit organisation, grant making trust or legal environment (essential)
• Experience in line/team management (essential);
• Ability to represent ClientEarth externally to high value funders and other senior stakeholders
  
  

See the job description (below) for a full list of requirements for this role.

Note to candidates: We know that long lists of criteria can be daunting and that some candidates will not apply for a role unless they feel they are 100% qualified. If you feel you meet at least some of the essential criteria, we still encourage you to apply.

Further Information

Have a question about this job? Please visit our Careers site for advice on applying, FAQs, and more.

Flexible working: We are proud to be a Flexa accredited Employer. Visit our Flexa Employer page for more information on our approach to flexible working. Our flexible working policy allows our people the choice to decide to work from home/another location in the country where their contract of employment is issued for 80% of their month, with the other 20% of their month being office-based See our Benefits page for more.

ClientEarth values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We aim to appoint the most suitable candidate at all times and welcome applications from people from all different backgrounds.

Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in the UK.

ClientEarth is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or legal services to third parties

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