Fundraising and Grants Officer at Blue Ventures

Skills and experience
Required

• Postgraduate/graduate degree (or equivalent) in relevant field and/or proven experience in rural development or environmental conservation
• Demonstrable practical experience working in community-based conservation or development in a low-income country
• Proven experience in financial planning and control, and budget preparation and management
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to convey complex messages clearly in presentations, meetings and written form, and to connect with people of all seniority levels and cultural backgrounds
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Proven experience in grant management and writing
• Excellent organisational skills, an ability to marshall resources, and continually improve systems and processes
• Capacity to undertake research and development work independently as well as part of a team
• Strong technical reporting skills, and experience of preparing project reports for funders
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office, Google Apps, and social media tools (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Google plus) We would also love to see
• Experience of the small-scale fisheries, marine conservation or rural development sectors, working with institutional partners, conservation and development sectors.
• Competency in French
• Experience in scientific report writing and preparation of research papers for publication

Responsibilities
Grant Management

• Supporting the Senior Officer in the Fundraising team with administrative tasks, including organising meetings and reviewing proposals
• Taking ownership of the grant reporting process by collating and reviewing content for all reports and liaising with the finance team on information for reporting to funders
• Working with the UK Grants Manager to support with institutional grant administration and grant management
• Keeping the grant management system up to date, including being responsible for all grant documentation is stored and updated in relevant systems
• Taking ownership of the grant lifecycle from start to finish, including at check in meetings, kick off and close out meetings
• Working with field teams to lead content creation for, and present the relevant grant processes at, grant kick off and close out meetings
• Being responsible for grant report deadlines, making sure they are up to date in the system, and ensuring they are promptly communicated to staff and templates are sent on time
• Working closely with the Fundraising team to ensure clear set up of grants once they are signed
• Managing our supporter engagement work, including managing data, gift acknowledgements and support with answering donor questions, queries and due diligence