Grants Manager leading all aspects of grant management lifecycle at FILE. Focusing on climate change legal strategies while collaborating with various internal and external teams.
Responsibilities
Lead all aspects of the grant management lifecycle across selected portfolios, working closely with the relevant Strategy Leads.
Serve as the key point of contact for all grants related matters for its portfolio(s), both internally and externally.
Help safeguard funds, manage risk, monitor progress, ensure compliance, strengthen partners’ organisational effectiveness, support partnerships, and enable impact for both FILE and grantees.
Coordinate closely with colleagues across FILE’s Finance, Research, Impact and Learning, and Philanthropic Partnerships teams, as well as with grantee partners.
Manage grantmaking processes across the full grant lifecycle: due diligence, proposal, approval, contracting, monitoring, evaluation and closure.
Advise the Strategy team, and wider organisation on best practice approaches in grantmaking.
Requirements
Experience in grant management, impact evaluation, financial reporting, compliance and risk management required.
Experience in legal strategy, advocacy, climate-related programmes or global land use/energy sectors desirable.
Experience developing or strengthening grant management policies and practices desirable.
Communicates clearly and confidently, both in writing and verbally, with partners and internal teams across different cultures.
Builds trusted, equitable relationships and aligns diverse stakeholders to deliver a strong partner experience while maintaining governance, compliance, and risk standards.
Manages multiple grants and deadlines end to end, prioritising effectively and keeping processes on track through clear planning, tracking, and follow through.
Works proactively with minimal supervision, identifies risks and opportunities early, and takes ownership to drive solutions and continuous improvement.
Adapts easily across portfolios, shifting between portfolio leadership and surge support and adjusting priorities to meet changing needs across teams and portfolios.
Benefits
Private healthcare
Enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
Enhanced sick leave
Flexibility working remotely and also abroad
A matching contribution to a pension scheme
Generous annual leave policy and additional time-off to support wellbeing
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