Responsibilities:

●      Manage designated grants portfolio of institutional, philanthropic, and corporate funders grants

●      Review and negotiate grant agreements in coordination with programme and finance teams

●      Identify and assess funder compliance requirements and potential areas of exposure and reflect these across C40’s grant management systems (including Salesforce) for review and approval

●      Organise grant kick-off and closure meetings with staff from programme, regions, finance, and other teams as relevant

●      Provide reactive and proactive support to programmes teams to ensure efficient and effective grant management and compliance from grant signature and kick-off to reporting and closure

●      Manage assigned sub-grants, including conducting due diligence and risk assessment of sub-grantees

●      Ensure sub-grant processes and procedures are consistently implemented and provide and support to programme teams across the sub-grant management cycle

●      Raise compliance issues proactively with Director of Grants for timely redress and course correction

●      Develop systems, processes, and/or guidance for improved grant management at C40, with other Grants team members

●      Support on restricted grants audits as needed and relevant

●      Strengthen and maintain relevant internal trackers and records for grant management across different platforms (Asana, Salesforce, Google Drive)

●      Ensure quality information management through timely and regular maintenance of all Grants team platforms and files (Salesforce, Asana, G suite tools)

●      Contribute to cross-department collaboration and support within Corporate Services and with other departments (including Fundraising, Programme Management Office, and Programme teams)

●      Respond to C40 and funder requests and queries for grants

●      Other duties in support of the Grants team as directed or necessary.

●      Please note that this position does not currently have any direct reports; however, this may change in the future.

    Person Specification:

●      Significant experience with grant and project management

●      Robust experience with institutional and multilateral funders (UK, EU, Nordics, Germany, UN, US, etc.)

●      Experience with corporate and philanthropic funders

●      Experience in developing and rolling out organizational systems and processes on grant management

●      Experience in supporting teams to understand and comply with funder requirements

●      Experience in working with downstream partners/subgrantees and subgrant management

●      Experience working with a global/international organisations

●      Robust analytical, organisational and planning skills, with excellent attention to detail.

●      Strong problem-solving and strategic thinking capabilities and a delivery-oriented approach

●      Works well independently and thrives without constant support

●      Strong interpersonal skills and proven track record of working collaboratively and effectively with teams of internal and external stakeholders

●      Strong written and verbal communication skills

●      Strong skills with general office applications such as Microsoft Office, G Suite, etc.

●      Experience using Salesforce or other cloud-based grant/award management software