Grants Manager

Grants Manager
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 per annum
Location: Hybrid - London EC1Y/Home

Join this charity and help transform mental health research.

Our client champions and funds world-class research to transform the lives of everyone affected by mental illness. By connecting scientists with supporters, together they strive to understand mental health, improve treatments and prevent mental illness.

They are now hiring a Grants Manager, who will play a key role in the delivery and development of the organisation's research funding programmes. Working under the direction of the Programme lead, you will take day-to-day ownership of capacity building initiatives and funding programmes, managing activity across the full grants lifecycle from funding call design through to award completion, learning, and reporting.

The role combines hands-on programme coordination with increasing responsibility for project planning, stakeholder engagement, decision-making support, and continuous improvement. The right person will be passionate about tackling mental health, and driven to ensure that all projects happen to the highest possible standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Programme & Grant Management - Develop and maintain project and programme plans, including objectives, timelines, stakeholders, and monitoring. Coordinate the delivery of assigned funding programmes and projects across the full grants lifecycle.
• Partnership Management - Support new research initiatives, working with consortium partners to ensure high-quality execution and learning.
• Relationship Management - Act as a primary point of contact for applicants, awardees, and external collaborators. Support post-award grant management, including monitoring progress, reviewing reports, flagging risks, and preparing award letters and official communications to grant recipients.
• Impact Management & Reporting - Support impact tracking, monitoring, and reporting across funded programmes, including coordinating and reviewing Research.
• Grant Calls, Peer Review & Committees - Support the planning and delivery of funding calls, including documentation, timelines, and assessment processes.
• Financial, Systems & Process Support - Support award contracting and work with Finance to coordinate payments and monitor grant spend. Use and maintain the grants management system (Flexi Grant), ensuring accurate records and reporting.
• Engagement & Learning - Support the delivery of launch events, workshops, and conferences and engagement with lived experience experts across programmes. Also, prepare engagement letters and supporting materials for lived experience experts, ensuring expectations and commitments are clearly communicated.

Person Specification

They are looking for someone with:

• Experience in grants management, programme coordination, research funding, or a related role.
• Experience managing projects or programmes with multiple stakeholders and deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including report writing and presenting to diverse audiences.
• Understanding of academic research processes and experience engaging with universities, research institutions, or research charities.
• Good organisational skills, with attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Financial awareness, with experience supporting budgets, invoices, or grant spend.
• Confidence using digital systems, databases, and grants management or CRM platforms (or ability to learn quickly).
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively and escalating issues appropriately.
• A proactive, collaborative approach and commitment to high-quality delivery.
• Interest in mental health research and inclusive engagement, including working with lived experience communities.

Why Join this charity?

They offer a great working experience within a friendly team. Hybrid working (in the London office Mondays and Tuesdays, with the remaining days from home). They are located near Barbican Tube.

Plus, they offer lots of generous benefits and training opportunities.

This charity is a Sunday Times Top Company to work for.

Benefits

• Flexible working:
  As a mental health charity, staff wellbeing is of paramount importance. They operate a core hours policy (10-4) to encourage flexible working and staff are mainly home based with the requirement to come into the office two days per week. A standard full-time working week is 35 hours, plus an hour for lunch breaks.
• Holidays:
  Annual holiday entitlement of 31 days (inc. office closure between Xmas and New Year) plus bank holidays.
• Wellbeing Allowance:
  This employer provides an allowance of up to £1200 per annum for each employee to spend on activities that increase their wellbeing. This is paid through payroll and is taxable.
• Virtual GP & Other wellbeing services - Get quick GP appointments and support with cancer and caring responsibilities through the Zurich benefits scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme:
  An interest-free loan is available to enable employees to purchase a bike and…