Grants Associate

Grants Associate, Global Greengrants Fund

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

Location: Remote/Global

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

Organisation: Global Greengrants Fund

Salary: Salaries at Global Greengrants Fund are dependent on applicable salary scales, 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 minimum salary for this position for someone in the US as per workband A is $55,000 per annum.

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 organisations around the world working to address environmental and social justice in over 160 countries. GGF applies a participatory and decentralised 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 organisations located in the USA, Global Greengrants Fund Inc (established in 1993), and Global Greengrants Fund UK (established in 2012). The two organisations work closely together with a shared grantmaking programme and strategic collaboration at the senior leadership level.

In 2024, Global Greengrants Fund is amid a strategic journey in which we collectively centre our values, including diversity, equity and inclusion, and organisational 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 organisation and transforming our organisational culture to be more collaborative and self-steering – we call this our transformational journey. The Grants Associate 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. They work to get funding to grantee groups quickly, while administering and maintaining the processes that ensure that grantmaking is legally compliant, efficient, and timely. They will be assigned specific regional and thematic Advisory Boards, and will oversee the processing, administration, and due diligence of grants, the tracking of budgets and restrictions, and communication with coordinators, administrators, advisors, and grantees. They are responsible for accurately recording and tracking grant information, grantee data, and grant reports, as well as analysing that data, identifying trends, providing research, and sharing information with other Greengrants staff.

The successful candidate will join a Grants Management function currently staffed by 6 members located in North America. In the present accountability structures the Grants Associate is line managed by the Director of Operations while building and working in more self-organized and collaborative ways.

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 organisations, and/or grant-making organisation. They demonstrate knowledge and experience in charity/nonprofit grant accounting/financial matters and analysis and are informed and knowledgeable of international grantmaking regulations. They demonstrate excellent administrative and organisational 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 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.

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 Associate'' 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 organisational 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.

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

Location: Remote/Global

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

Organisation: Global Greengrants Fund

Salary: Salaries at Global Greengrants Fund are dependent on applicable salary scales, 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 minimum salary for this position for someone in the US as per workband A is $55,000 per annum.

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.