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ClientEarth • London

Grants Officer (0853)

Employment type:  Full time
Salary:  £36,660

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top 3 scores:
93%

Mission

84%

Location flexibility

83%

Hours flexibility

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Job Description

Are you passionate about using your grants experience to make a difference for the planet? Join ClientEarth, a leading environmental law charity, as our Grants Officer. This excellent opportunity places you at the core of our mission, helping to equip our global team with the resources and skills they need to succeed, while contributing to meaningful environmental change.

The Grants Officer will join the Grants Team within the wider Development Department, collaborating with the Grants Manager, Grants Management Lead, and Global Head of Grants. You will be responsible for managing a portfolio of grants that support the organisation’s initiatives.

Meet your Manager

In this role, you will be managed by Jimmy Laycock. Jimmy is a Grants Manager having joined ClientEarth's London office in 2019. Over the past 9 years, Jimmy has worked in grants and programme management for international NGOs across health, environment, and legal themes. On a day-to-day basis you will work closely with Jimmy as part of an established Grants Team that sits within the Development Department at ClientEarth.

Main Duties

  • Have a close and in-depth knowledge of their grants portfolio, including a sound understanding of the philanthropic, institutional and statutory funding mix
  • Process and review grant agreements, to ensure appropriate narrative and financial reporting requirements, and flag any inconsistencies with programmatic, communications and organisational needs

See the job description (below) for a full list of duties for this role.

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

See the job description (below) for a full list of requirements for this role.

Note to candidates: We know that long lists of criteria can be daunting and that some candidates will not apply for a role unless they feel they are 100% qualified. If you feel you meet at least some of the essential criteria, we still encourage you to apply.

Further Information

Have a question about this job? Please visit our Careers site for advice on applying, FAQs, and more.

Flexible working: We are proud to be a Flexa accredited Employer. Visit our Flexa Employer page for more information on our approach to flexible working. Our flexible working policy allows our people the choice to decide to work from home/another location 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.

ClientEarth values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We aim to appoint the most suitable candidate at all times and welcome applications from people from all different backgrounds.

Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in the United Kingdom.

ClientEarth is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or legal services to third parties.

Company benefits

20-26 days annual leave + bank holidays
Work from anywhere scheme – see website for more details
Company shutdown periods – winter shutdown
Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Open to compressed hours
Sabbaticals
Teambuilding days
Compassionate leave
Cycle to work scheme
Buy or sell annual leave – up to 5 additional days
Enhanced maternity leave
Enhanced paternity leave
In office massages
In office yoga classes
Faith rooms
Salary sacrifice
Annual pay rises
L&D budget
Work from home budget
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Dog friendly office

We asked employees of ClientEarth what it's like to work there, and this is what they told us.

Location flexibility
84%
Employees are very happy with their working location freedom
Hours flexibility
83%
Employees are very happy with the flexibility in the hours they work
Benefits
70%
Employees are largely happy with the benefits their company offers
Work-life balance
72%
Employees feel that they can switch off quite easily from work
Role modelling
81%
Employees feel that flexible working is part of the culture
Autonomy
80%
Employees feel that they can mostly manage how they get their own work done

Additional employee ratings
(these do not contribute to the FlexScore®)

Diversity
55%
Employees feel like the diversity is ok and there are some efforts to improve
Inclusion
63%
Employees feel that the culture supports equity and inclusivity well
Culture
72%
Employees enjoy the working environment
Mission
93%
Employees feel very excited about and aligned with the company mission
Salary
68%
Employees feel that their salary is good and matches the value they bring

Working at ClientEarth

Company employees

300

Gender diversity (male:female)

30:70

Currently Hiring Countries

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Japan

United Kingdom

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