Grants Officer

Our partner, a young, growing grant making organisation, who are looking to develop their grants finance function. As part of this, they are looking to recruit a Grants Officer to oversee a substantial grants portfolio, overseeing the financial management of the grants. This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate interested in a career in international development.

Responsibilities

• Support in undertaking due diligence on new and existing grantees, including financial eligibility checks.
• Lead in the financial management of the grants, including reviewing the budgets submitted by grantees, undertaking expenditure verification and other financial management checks, and reviewing their audited financial statements.
• Provide technical assistance and guidance as requested and required, online and on occasion during in-person monitoring visits.

Requirements

• Astute, detail-oriented individual with a deep interest in international development.
• Strong communication and relationship building skills – able to work effectively with different members of the team and organisation, and also externally with grantees.
• Experience of and interest in working on finance, with experience of undertaking due diligence, risk assessment and grants management desirable.
• Able to work flexibly, prioritise a varied and changing workload, take initiative and meet tight deadlines.
• Competent IT user, including intermediate/advanced MsExcel user.
• Bilingual – English & French speaker.

This role is open to candidates with RTW in the UK. This role will require the successful candidate to come in to the office at least 1 day/week.