Grants Manager

Grants Manager

Final date to receive applications: 29 June 2026

Department: External Affairs

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Los Angeles

Reporting To: Allie Butkiewicz

Compensation: $85,000 - $92,000 / year

Join Client Earth Americas’ growing team! We are hiring a Grants Manager who will be part of a vibrant and expanding legal and supporting team of 25 that uses multiple leverage points to integrate climate-related risks and externalities into the laws that govern businesses and economic systems. We are looking for someone with the ability to build and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with funders while identifying opportunities to increase funding and secure new sources of income.

Client Earth is an international environmental legal organization that works on the full suite of environmental issues globally. Client Earth Americas is an independent 501(c)(3) organization that works in strategic partnership with Client Earth Group, a UK-headquartered international group of entities.

Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

• Manage a portfolio of grants from key foundations ensuring existing funder relationships are maximized through effective grant management and excellent stewardship. Ensure grantors are aware of project progress, challenges and impact across the full lifecycle, from award through implementation to renewal.
• Produce high quality reports and proposals for existing grantors, coordinating input from Client Earth Americas Program and Finance teams and Client Earth Group Development teams to ensure accuracy and alignment with funding priorities.
• Work closely with the Client Earth Group Global Head of Grants, Grants Management Lead, and wider Group Development Department Leadership on the grantor portfolio to ensure effective, streamlined cultivation of prospects and income generation.

• Significant and demonstrable experience working in a fundraising, grant management or project management role for a non-profit, private or public entity (essential)
• Significant experience managing a large and complex funding portfolio, responding to competing deadlines and managing multiple tasks and priorities (essential)
• Experience leading the development of grant proposals and reports, including effectively obtaining input from relevant internal/external stakeholders (essential)
• Significant experience drafting complex proposals for foundations or other types of philanthropic donors and securing multi-year, six and seven-figure grants (essential)

Note to candidates:
We know that long lists of criteria can be daunting and that some candidates will not apply for a role unless they feel they are 100% qualified. If you feel you meet at least some of the essential criteria, we still encourage you to apply.

Client Earth provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.

Client Earth provides 25 days of accrual-based vacation days per calendar year for full-time employees plus official US federal and state holidays. In addition to vacation days and holidays, we are also closed between Christmas day and New Year’s Day. Our flexible working policy allows our Los Angeles team the choice to decide to work from home up to 60% of the time.

We provide technology to enable home working and reimbursement of up to $300 to cover additional equipment needed to ensure that you have an ergonomically sound work space.