Grants Officer, Brussels or The Hague

As Grants Officer, you will be part of the Grants Administration team and report to the ECF Operations Manager. You will support 2-5 programmes, platforms or projects and will ensure consistency of approach and compliance with the internal processes. You will serve as the liaison between the programmatic work and the Finance department.

Key responsibilities

You will support the programmes in their grant-making activities:

• Due diligence on new and existing grantees;
• Creation of grant requests in FLUXX, ECF’s internal grant management system;
• Following-up the grant contracting stage;
• Grant monitoring through review of grant reporting (financial and narrative reporting);
• Grant payment handling in close relation with the Finance department;
• Grant closing activities;
• Other related administrative tasks.

You will support programmes & projects with budget management, in close relation with the Finance department.

Skills and experience

• You have 3-4 years experience in an financial administrative role;
• You have a genuine interest in the ECF mission and values;
• You are computer literate with good knowledge of the MS Office and excellent knowledge of Excel;
• You are comfortable working with new software;
• You have an eye for details;
• You have impeccable ethics;
• You pride yourself in delivering high quality output within ambitous timeframes;
• You like to engage with various stakeholders and you have a custumer-oriented approach;
• You understand the importance and value of teamwork but you are also comfortable working autonomously;
• Above all, you have a friendly and open personality.

Location: Brussels or The Hague.

How to apply

Please send your CV and a short cover letter, in English to the following email address: Apply-GrantsOfficer@europeanclimate.org

Please, indicate ´Recruitment – Grants Officer´ in the Subject line. Candidates need to possess a valid work permit for the locations. All applications will be treated confidentially.

We will store your information in our internal database unless you specifically request otherwise.