Grants & Monitoring Officer (Seasonal)

About the Role

We’re hiring a Grants & Monitoring Officer to join our Philanthropic Services Team on a temporary seasonal contract during our peak giving season (Sept 2025 - Jan 2025). You’ll be responsible for overseeing the operational delivery of international, high-volume grants. You’ll also drive improvements to our systems and processes, working across teams to ensure grants are executed accurately, efficiently, and with integrity.

Reporting to our Grants Manager (based in Philadelphia), you'll take ownership of grant execution from end to end — ensuring that funding reaches recipient charities around the world on time and in line with compliance standards.

What You’ll Do

Grant Operations

• Manage the full lifecycle of global grant requests, from intake and due diligence to contracts and payment processing
• Adapt your approach based on the complexity of each request, ensuring compliance while maintaining efficiency
• Resolve operational and eligibility challenges in complex or unconventional grant scenarios
• Maintain accurate and auditable records across grantee data, fund balances, and decision documentation
• Monitor compliance through post-grant reporting and tracking
• Contribute to evaluating new recommended charities and maintaining due diligence standards
• Improve and optimize internal systems (e.g. Salesforce workflows, dashboards, process templates)

Cross-Team Collaboration

• Coordinate with member-facing teams to maintain high service standards and timely responses
• Work with the Research team to operationalize thematic giving funds
• Provide the Impact Analytics team with accurate data to measure grant outcomes
• Partner with Finance to confirm payment details, complete reconciliations, and ensure audit readiness
• Act as a reliable and clear point of contact for external grantees
• Contribute a compliance and operational lens to team-wide projects and decision-making
• Stay current on grantmaking regulations and best practices, and share insights internally
• Deliver high-stakes or time-sensitive grants for members with complex philanthropic objectives

About You

You're methodical, pragmatic, and driven by results. You take pride in operational precision and enjoy taking ownership of processes that make meaningful funding possible. You're comfortable navigating systems and working across teams, and you're not afraid to flag issues or suggest better ways of doing things.

What You’ll Need

• Experience in grantmaking, operations, nonprofit compliance, or financial administration
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
• Confidence communicating across functions and with external stakeholders
• Willingness to share your perspective and speak up when something isn’t working
• Comfort using tools like Salesforce, Google Workspace, and shared databases

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with international grantmaking or donor-advised funds
• Experience optimizing operational workflows or implementing new systems
• Ability to navigate complex financial, legal, or compliance-related requirements

We know that no candidate will tick every box. If this role excites you and you believe you could contribute meaningfully, we’d love to hear from you.

WHY WORK WITH US?

You can find more about the benefits we offer here, but what makes us truly special is both our mission and our people. We’re a diverse team, from both charitable and commercial backgrounds, who believe that amazing things can happen when we tackle problems together. We offer a flat structure and an opportunity to help shape the future of philanthropy.

We ask that applicants to this role are based in the UK.

We bring the global team together once per year for a global offsite. This is a week of collaborative learning, ideas generation and socialising. In addition to this, each team has the opportunity to meet together at least once per year.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Founders Pledge. We seek people with different strengths, experiences and backgrounds, who share our drive to understand and solve complex social challenges.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Finding solutions to the world’s most pressing problems requires different perspectives and unique ways of thinking and we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone can do their best work.