ClientEarth is seeking a Senior Grants Officer to join our Business Development team, focusing on securing new grant income to support our environmental mission. In this role, you will research and build relationships with trusts, foundations, and institutional donors, crafting detailed funding proposals that align with ClientEarth’s innovative systems-change strategy.
This position offers the chance to work closely with a collaborative team, contributing to projects that have a direct impact on global environmental challenges. You will play a vital role in identifying opportunities, managing donor relationships, and ensuring our ambitious plans are supported by sustainable funding.
Meet your Manager
In this role, you will be line managed by the Business Development Manager (Lucy Pilcher) as part of the seven-person Business Development Team that sits alongside the Events, Grants and Philanthropy Teams in the wider Development Department. Lucy has been fundraising for NGOs for over a decade and has been at ClientEarth since July 2023, where she started in the Senior Business Development Officer role.
Main Duties
* Prospect research and pipeline development: Proactively undertake research to identify, qualify and prioritise new funding prospects/opportunities to support the build of a pipeline of high-quality leads to guide future fundraising efforts.
* Business Development and Income generation: Meet with funder contact points to understand their interests/priorities, present proposals and provide insight into ClientEarth’s work.
* Systems and processes: Provide timely and accurate information to the Business Development Manager on funding opportunities in their portfolio and progress with workplan, as requested, to enable accurate monitoring and reporting.
* Understanding of ClientEarth’s programmes and funding needs: Proactively seek information about programmatic activity on a continual basis.
Role requirements
* Experience of working in a fundraising or business development role for a charity, NGO, private or public entity.
* Experience of drafting compelling and successful proposals for trusts, foundations and statutory institutions and securing multi-year grants, ideally at the six-figure level and above.
* Experience of coordinating the engagement of a variety of internal and external stakeholders during complex, multi-stage proposal development processes.
* Experience of supporting the relationship development process with a new donor, from prospect research through to ask.
ClientEarth values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We aim to appoint the most suitable candidate at all times and welcome applications from people from all different backgrounds.
Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in the UK.
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