Grants Officer

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Client-Earth Full time

Salary:From £31,500 to £33,000 gross per annum- Location:London- Contract Type:Indefinite- Hours:Full Time- Closing Date:14 March 2023- First Interview Dates:Commencing the week of 20th of March**About the role**:
We are looking for a UK-based Grants Officer to join our Development department. In this role you will be managing a portfolio of grants that fund our vital work, enabling the organisation to deliver its mission - using the power of the law to bring about systemic change that protects the earth for - and with - its inhabitants.

Our Development Department is responsible for raising funds to enable the organisation to deliver its mission. The department is formed of several fundraising strands: a Grants Team and a Business Development Team that manage and secure funding from trusts, foundations, and institutional donors; a Digital Fundraising team raising income from the public; and the Philanthropy team, working with a wide range of individuals and organisations to raise primarily unrestricted gifts to support ClientEarth’s work.

**Meet your Manager**

In this role, you will be managed by Jimmy Laycock. Jimmy is a Senior Grants Officer, having joined ClientEarth's London office in March 2019. Over the past 7 years, Jimmy has worked in grants and programme management for international NGOs across health, environment, and legal themes. Jimmy has also lived and worked abroad in Amsterdam and Rome and is a keen cyclist and climber in his spare time.

Main Duties
- Working with the Grants Team and legal (programme) teams to effectively deliver a work plan comprising a busy reporting and renewal schedule;
- Playing a coordinating role with internal stakeholders including our Finance, Programmes and Communications teams to produce and review the required materials to satisfy grant and funding requirements;
- Maintaining and strategically utilising the Development department’s databases; and
- Representing the Development team and ClientEarth at external meetings with stakeholders, to cultivate and steward new or existing funder relationships.

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

Main role requirements
- Experience of working in a grant management or project management role for a charity, NGO, private or public entity
- Experience of reporting to private foundations including trusts
- Experience drafting proposals and securing funding from foundations and other funding institutions
- Experience and knowledge of budgeting, and organisational (e.g. not for profit/charity) finances
- Ability to work with fundraising databases and internal information management systems (e.g. Raiser’s Edge, SharePoint) (desirable);
- Fluent (CEFR level C2) in English

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

Further Information

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

**Flexible working**: Our flexible working policy allows our people the choice to decide to work from home 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**.

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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