Grants Officer

This is an exciting and varied role to
support the management and delivery of the Rufford Small Grants Programme, ensuring that grantees
have support during implementation of their Rufford-funded projects and can potentially scale up
their work through applications for further funding. 

The Grants Officer will dedicate most of their
time working within a small team to review applications, provide feedback to unsuccessful
applicants, and assess progress and project delivery of successful grantees. Mostly, this will
entail checking that applicants and their proposals fit our guidelines and then forwarding
applications for technical review by external experts. 

Through internal discussions, the Grants
Officer will also provide input into project review with other members of our conservation team.
The assessment of Rufford Small Grants requires day-to-day administration, which is an essential
part of this role. The Grants Officer will also identify and support grantees to deliver in-person
learning events, funded by The Rufford Foundation, to build the capacities of participants. The
Grants Officer will be encouraged to bring new ideas to enhance the foundation’s small grants and
grantee development work. 

The Grants Officer will be involved in key events in the UK and
potentially overseas (e.g., the Student Conference on Conservation Science and the International
Congress for Conservation Biology) to conduct outreach on Rufford Small Grants, deliver workshops,
discuss funding opportunities with new applicants and meet with existing and former grantees.

Applicants will have at least 5 years’ experience of working within an environmental or
biodiversity conservation NGO or have relevant knowledge of conservation from working in
academia, philanthropy or other sectors.

Application Deadline 08/09/2024