Grants Management Officer @New York, NY (Remote)|Salary Range $75,000 – $110,000

Global Fund for Women Job Summary

• Job Title: Grants Management Officer
• Location: Strategy and Grantmaking – New York, New York (Remote)

Empowering Global Gender Justice Movements: Grants Management Officer Opportunity at Global Fund for Women

Overview

Global Fund for Women envisions a world where movements for gender justice have transformed power and privilege for a few into equity and equality for all.

We fund bold, ambitious, and expansive gender justice movements to create meaningful change that will last beyond our lifetimes.

Job Summary

The Grants Management Officer leads and continuously improves grantmaking operations at Global Fund for Women for their grantmaking portfolios.

This role ensures efficient, compliant, and values-aligned grantmaking by managing systems, processes, and stakeholder engagement across the full grant lifecycle.

The officer is responsible for stewarding and supporting applicants, grantees, and external partners, strengthening tools, systems, and practices that support gender justice movements globally.

Key Responsibilities

End-to-End Grant Management

• Manage assigned grantmaking portfolios from start to finish, including tracking funding sources, donor requirements, due diligence, contracting, payments, reporting, and grant closures, with a focus on increasing efficiency and ensuring compliance.

Stakeholder Relationship Stewardship

• Maintain strong relationships with applicants, grantees, fiscal sponsorship partners, participatory grantmaking committees, and internal teams. Ensure the grantmaking experience is clear, consistent, and responsive.

Strategy and Process Operationalization

• Contribute to the development of grantmaking strategies and timelines, gathering input from Program Team leads to align communication and processes with each portfolio’s needs.

Continuous Improvement

• Collect and synthesize feedback to identify patterns, surface recommendations, and enhance policies, systems, and practices while maintaining consistency across initiatives.

Communication and Systems Development

• Develop clear, accessible grantee communications, draft templates, facilitate translations, and serve as a bridge between grassroots groups and programmatic and technical teams.

Systems and Data Management

• Collaborate with the Information Management Team to improve grantmaking databases and tools. Own grantmaking systems and data infrastructure, providing accurate reports and dashboards.

Capacity Building

• Design and deliver training sessions to internal staff and external committees on grantmaking processes, tools, and best practices to foster expertise and confidence.

Key Talents and Ways of Being

• Strong interpersonal skills: attentive listening, transparency, emotional intelligence, and clear communication
• Ability to work independently and proactively in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities with strong organizational skills
• High attention to detail and accuracy

• Skilled at balancing strategic vision with operational execution
• Collaborative decision-maker, fostering collective input and facilitation
• Adaptive to strategic and process changes
• Cross-cultural competence and ability to work across diverse global contexts

Key Skills and Qualifications

Required

• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in grants management, operations, nonprofit administration, or related fields
• Proven project management skills
• Experience working with database systems or grants management platforms, preferably Salesforce
• Working knowledge of international development issues, with emphasis on gender justice and social movements
• Fluency in English (oral and written)

Preferred

• Proficiency in at least one of Global Fund for Women’s official languages other than English (Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish), with Arabic strongly preferred
• Salesforce experience

Salary Range

$75,000 – $110,000* (Salary varies based on location and experience)

*This range reflects high-market geo considerations.

How to Apply

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply