Grants Manager

Grants Manager, Global Greengrants Fund

Application Closing Date: September 29, 2024 at 23:00 MT

Location: Remote/Global

Term: full time - 40 hours a week (exempt)

Organization: Global Greengrants Fund

Salary: Salaries at Global Greengrants Fund are dependent on applicable salary scales, and internal pay policies including equity considerations and budget. Due to the ways in which salary negotiations perpetuate existing structural inequities, GGF has moved away from salary negotiation processes for any candidate. We will make our best offer, and it will be the same regardless of the candidate. The gross annual salary for this position for someone based in the US as per workband SP is a minimum of $95,000.

Benefits: Group medical and life insurances. Paid time off (10 vacation days in the first year, 12 sick days, four personal days, and up to 11 paid public holidays). Contribution to retirement savings. Remote work and flexible work arrangements.

About Global Greengrants Fund:

Global Greengrants Fund (GGF) supports grassroots activists and civil society organizations around the world working to address environmental and social justice in over 160 countries. GGF applies a participatory and decentralized model in making grants to grassroots groups through regional and thematic boards of advisors, global partner networks, and independent funds, to support grassroots environmental and social justice action. Global Greengrants Fund believes solutions to environmental harm and social injustice come from people whose lives are most impacted. Every day, our global network of people on the frontlines and donors comes together to support communities to protect their ways of life and our planet. Because when local people have a say in the health of their food, water, and resources, they are forces for change.

Global Greengrants Fund comprises two organizations located in the USA, Global Greengrants Fund Inc (established in 1993), and Global Greengrants Fund UK (established in 2012). The two organizations work closely together with a shared grantmaking program and strategic collaboration at the senior leadership level.

In 2024, Global Greengrants Fund is amid a strategic journey in which we collectively center our values, including diversity, equity and inclusion, and organizational care in our work, and to rediscover our identity and potential after 30 years of work. We have experienced tremendous growth over the past two years and we are thoughtfully, yet rapidly, growing our annual grantmaking, our philanthropic advocacy, and our global partnerships and collaborations to new levels. This includes creating a globally networked learning organization and transforming our organizational culture to be more collaborative and self-steering – we call this our transformational journey. The Grants Manager needs to understand the challenges and opportunities that come with these transformations and is able to remain flexible, steady, and adaptable.   

The role

Global Greengrants Fund is looking to hire an energetic and passionate individual who will play a key role in collaborating across teams and our network to carry out GGF’s grantmaking. The Grants Manager is responsible for ensuring Global Greengrants’ grant-making program is legally compliant, efficient, and not overly burdensome on our advisory network. The Grants Manager is responsible for leading on grants management strategy, optimization, and collaboration across the organization – including within our shared grantmaking program with Global Greengrants Fund UK.

The Grants Manager will maintain and update policies, procedures, and processes to ensure compliance with US and UK regulations as well as local regulations for our grantees. They will be lead administrators for our grants management system, SmartSimple, providing oversight to ensure the integrity of data, strengthen processes within the system, and build the understanding and use of information for other departments in the organization. The Grants Manager will be a resource for the Grants Associates by addressing acute issues with particular grants, providing guidance on approaching challenges, and identifying common issues to address for the entire team.       

In the present accountability structures, the Grants Manager is line managed by the Director of Operations. The Grants Manager will be part of a three-person team (Director of Operations and 2 Grants Managers) leading the global Grants Management function. The Grants Managers will each hold leadership roles within the Global Grants Management Team, holding distinct portfolios of work with a deeper focus on meeting the needs of the team, the organization, and the wider Global Greengrants community.

The candidate profile.

The successful applicant will have significant relevant experience in a similar role in a charitable, environmental, development, social justice, feminist, gender, human rights organizations, and/or grant-making organization. They demonstrate extensive knowledge and experience in charity/nonprofit grant accounting/financial matters and analysis and are informed and knowledgeable of international grantmaking regulations. They have significant experience and knowledge regarding compliance and due diligence in grantmaking, with a strong understanding of IRS regulations under the US and HMRC and Charity Commission regulations in the UK. They are skilled in grant-making analysis, research, and reporting. They have expertise with grants management databases (e.g. SmartSimple) and are able to manage the architecture, design, and optimization of such tools. They demonstrate excellent administrative and organizational skills, and the ability to ensure accuracy of work and demonstrate precise attention to detail. They will have skills to give, receive and work with feedback constructively. They will demonstrate abilities to create a values-aligned environment of trust, equity, and accountability to our work and mission. They also thrive in a virtual environment, motivated to take on challenges and collaboratively find innovative and creative solutions. Multiple language skills (French, Spanish or Arabic) would be ideal, while English fluency is a must.

The right candidate will understand GGF’s core values and be committed to the guiding principles and mission of GGF and ensure they uphold them in the way they take up the responsibilities of the role. Familiarity with social and environmental justice movements and relevant frameworks would be an advantage.

How to apply:

Please submit in English, a current CV, along with a cover letter explaining how why you want to work for Global Greengrants Fund and how you meet the requirements of the role. Please include “Grants Manager'' in the subject line of the email and submit to careers@greengrants.org by September 29th, 2024 at 23:00 MT. Please see the detailed Job Description by clicking here. If you’re intrigued by this position, but feel like you don’t fit the profile precisely, please still do apply. You can ask questions or seek further information to feel able to apply by writing to careers@greengrants.org .

We thank all those who apply, but only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. To learn more about Global Greengrants Fund, please visit our website at https://www.greengrants.org/

Women; trans, non-binary and intersex persons; persons with disabilities and other candidates from historically oppressed groups, of all ages, are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.

Global Greengrants Fund is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Global Greengrants Fund are based on organizational needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, health, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression.