Senior Grant & Portfolio Lead, EmpowHER Fund

Soa Aids; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 46,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary scale 11 (€4,095–€6,238)

Hybrid work from office/home

NS business card for transport

Development budget €650/year

Job summary

Aidsfonds – Soa Aids Nederland in Amsterdam is seeking a Senior Project Officer for the EmpowHER Fund, a key strategic and operational role in managing grants portfolio and translating governance into high‑quality grantmaking.

The role partners with the Fund Manager, guides Grant Officers, and ensures learning from portfolio informs strategic development. It is a hybrid, Amsterdam‑based position with a salary scale between €4,095 and €6,238 gross per month for 36 hours.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of international grant and programme management experience.
• Commitment to advancing women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive health and rights.
• Strong feminist principles and leadership experience.
• Experience managing complex grants and partnerships with civil society.
• Strong analytical and organisational skills with risk assessment.
• Experience with PMEL and adaptive programme management.

Responsibilities

• Act as a sparring partner to the Fund Manager on the direction and development of the Fund, bringing insights, emerging trends, risks and opportunities from partners and the grant portfolio into strategic discussion
• Develop and contribute to the Calls for Proposals, funding cycles and grantmaking approaches
• Translate strategic and governance decisions into practical implications for grantmaking
• Oversee the day-to-day management of the grants portfolio, including progress, results, risks and compliance
• Lead the assessment, development, monitoring, renewal, and closure of grants
• Identify opportunities to strengthen the quality and coherence of the portfolio
• Build and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with implementing partners
• Act as a senior sparring partner to partners on programme implementation, organisational development and challenges
• Facilitate learning and collaboration between partners
• Guide and coach Grant Officers and ensure consistent, high-quality grant management
• Support Grant Officers with complex grants, partner relationships and risks
• Work closely with PMEL, finance and other colleagues to ensure grantmaking insights feed into the Fund’s monitoring, evaluation, learning and reporting
• Represent the EmpowHER Fund on grant-making, portfolio and partner-related matters, networks, meetings, and events
• Provide the Fund Manager with portfolio evidence and insights for donor and other external engagements

Skills

Grant management

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Team leadership

PMEL

Communication skills

Gender equality / SRHR

Tools

PMEL systems

Job description

Aidsfonds – Soa Aids Nederland in Amsterdam is seeking a Senior Project Officer for the EmpowHER Fund, a key strategic and operational role in managing grants portfolio and translating governance into high‑quality grantmaking.

The role partners with the Fund Manager, guides Grant Officers, and ensures learning from portfolio informs strategic development. It is a hybrid, Amsterdam‑based position with a salary scale between €4,095 and €6,238 gross per month for 36 hours.