About this role
JOIN US IN CREATING A BETTER WORLD FOR ANIMALS We are looking for a Grants Advisor to help ensure World Animal Protection's grants are effectively coordinated, governed and administered throughout their lifecycle. You will bring specialist grants knowledge to support a global portfolio of incoming, outgoing, pass-through and affiliate-funded grants, helping colleagues navigate grant requirements, compliance, reporting, monitoring and close-out. Working across internal teams and with funders, grant recipients and delivery partners, you will help ensure obligations, risks and reporting requirements across a wide range of grants are understood and effectively managed.
This is an opportunity to combine your grants expertise, attention to detail and collaborative approach to strengthen consistent and effective grant management across a global organisation. You will also contribute to improving our grant processes, guidance and ways of working.
- Coordinate assigned grants throughout their lifecycle, ensuring obligations, milestones, conditions and reporting deadlines are effectively managed.
- Interpret grant agreements and requirements, helping ensure grant-funded activity aligns with organisational policies and donor expectations.
- Coordinate grant set-up, implementation, monitoring, reporting and close-out, maintaining accurate and accessible grant information.
- Work with colleagues, funders, grant recipients and other external stakeholders to coordinate grant delivery, reporting and compliance requirements.
- Monitor risks, dependencies and compliance obligations, identifying issues early and recommending appropriate action.
- Support grant governance and integrate grant management with planning, finance, performance reporting and wider delivery processes.
- Provide specialist advice to colleagues and help improve grant management processes, guidance, templates and ways of working.