Grant Manager (Local Innovation Programme Fund)

University of Plymouth; United States; Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Plymouth is seeking a grant administration professional to support the LIPF Programme Manager in managing third-party funding from the Global Autonomy Cluster. You will oversee the grant lifecycle, including the Ecosystem Enhancement Fund and Challenge Cohorts, ensuring transparent, compliant processes across the programme.

You will coordinate applications, assessments, offers and funding agreements, perform eligibility checks, and monitor milestones and outcomes to deliver value

Qualifications

• Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Experience administering grants or public funding.
• Ability to manage complex processes and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate grant assessment and moderation processes with auditable records.
• Undertake eligibility checks and due diligence.
• Prepare grant offers, award documentation and funding agreements.
• Monitor funded projects against milestones, outputs and outcomes.
• Ensure grant administration complies with programme and University requirements.

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Grant administration experience

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

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 effectively 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.

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