Grants Manager

Role Overview

Space for Giants is an international conservation organization working to protect Africa's landscapes and iconic species, and to support the communities and economies that depend on them.

The Grants Manager is responsible for managing Space for Giants UK's full portfolio of government, bilateral, multilateral and institutional grant funding, in support of the organization’s conservation, human-wildlife coexistence, wildlife crime and green economy programmes across Africa.

Working closely with the Director of Conservation and Head of Fundraising & Partnerships, Country Directors, programme teams and Finance, the post-holder leads on donor prospecting, proposal development, grant negotiation, award management, compliance and reporting for all government and institutional income.

The role is offered on a part-time, fixed-term contract basis and may be based remotely from South Africa or Kenya , reflecting Space for Giants' distributed, Africa-facing team structure and the benefit of proximity to regional programme teams and time zones.

Scope of the Role

In Scope

Identifying and researching new government, bilateral, multilateral and institutional grant opportunities aligned to Space for Giants' strategic priorities

Leading the development, drafting, costing and submission of grant proposals, concept notes and budgets, in collaboration with programme and technical teams

Negotiating grant agreements, memoranda of understanding and sub-award terms with government and institutional donors

Managing the full grants lifecycle: award set-up, compliance monitoring, financial and narrative reporting, amendments, and close-out

Maintaining an up-to-date grants pipeline, tracker and income forecast for institutional funding

Ensuring compliance with donor-specific rules, regulations and reporting formats (for example, requirements typical of FCDO, USAID, EU, GIZ/BMZ, GEF, or Darwin Initiative-type funders -to be confirmed against Space for Giants' actual donor base)

Coordinating with the Finance team to ensure accurate grant budgeting, expenditure tracking and financial reporting to donors

Supporting donor due diligence exercises, audits and assessments as required

Building and maintaining strong working relationships with institutional donor programme officers and representatives

Briefing the Director of Fundraising & Partnerships and CEO on grants pipeline status, risks and upcoming deadlines

Out of Scope / Boundaries

Major individual donor and philanthropic (high-net-worth) fundraising, which is managed by the Philanthropy team

Corporate partnerships and sponsorship, which are managed by the Partnerships team

Direct field or programme implementation, which is led by Country Programme teams

Processing of financial transactions, payments and statutory accounts, which is managed by the Finance team

Line management of programme delivery staff based in African country offices

Minimum qualifications

BA/BSc/HND

How to apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Space for Giants on spaceforgiants.bamboohr.com to apply

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