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Interim Grants Manager **Part-time (2-3 days per week)
9-Month Interim Contract
Hybrid Working (minimum one day per week in the central London office)** The Organisation OUr client is a values-led grant-making foundation dedicated to creating positive social change through strategic funding, collaboration and learning. As the foundation embeds a newly focused and proactive approach to grant-making, it is seeking an experienced Interim Grants Manager to provide additional capacity and continuity across a nine-month assignment.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the work of a respected philanthropic organisation committed to supporting older people and their carers, refugees and asylum seekers, and community asset initiatives across the UK.
The Role As Interim Grants Manager, you will manage a portfolio of approximately 60 grants, maintaining strong relationships with funded organisations and ensuring effective monitoring and stewardship throughout the grant lifecycle. Key responsibilities will include assessing narrative and financial reports, maintaining accurate CRM records, contributing to board reporting, and capturing learning from funded projects.
Working closely with the Deputy Director and wider grants team, you will support the development and assessment of targeted funding programmes and help refine the foundation's grant-making practice. You will engage with grantees, applicants, trustees and sector partners, with occasional travel to visit funded organisations and attend events.
The Person You will bring at least three years' experience in grant management within the charitable or philanthropic sector, with a strong understanding of grant monitoring, assessment and relationship management. Highly organised and proactive, you will be confident managing competing priorities while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.
Confident working with financial and narrative information, you will possess excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, together with experience of using databases and Microsoft Office applications. Experience of CRM systems is essential, and knowledge of Sage CRM would be advantageous.
Most importantly, you will be motivated by social impact and share the foundation's values of being Trusting, Collaborative, Creative and Rigorous , bringing a thoughtful, flexible and professional approach to your work.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced grants professional to steward a significant portfolio, support mission-led funding for communities across the UK, and help shape grant-making practice at a pivotal stage in the foundation's development.
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