Grants Officer - London, United Kingdom - Client-Earth

Client-Earth

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

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.