Growth and Grants Associate - Green Grids Initiative

Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for:

We are seeking a senior grants/finances manager with experience of government-funded projects. The role will be assigned to the overall management of the Green Grids Initiative grant. The post holder will be working closely with the project's academic leads, the Climate Compatible Growth Programme Manager, our Research and Innovation Office, collaborative partners, external consultants and wider University professional services.

The role holder will be managing all aspects of the grants administration related to GGI, with a focus on financial aspects, including procurement, approval of costs and invoices, monitoring budgets, and producing spend forecasts, support in various management aspects of the grants, periodic finance reports and financial claims.

The post would be particularly appropriate to experienced senior finance administrators with extensive knowledge of university processes and a strong working knowledge of corporate finance systems i.e. Agresso or similar.

About the University

Universities are one of this country’s greatest assets. We’re educators, employers, innovators and pioneers. We shape culture and society.

At Loughborough, we strive for better, think differently, challenge convention and take action. We are passionate about finding solutions to the major problems faced by society and the planet, and we create opportunities for those with the drive, the ambition, and the determination to apply themselves in the pursuit of better.

Loughborough University is committed to allowing its employees to work dynamically with a combination of working on campus and remotely, where possible.

About the Department

The School of Social Sciences and Humanities is a diverse and inclusive School delivering excellence in learning and teaching, research, and enterprise across the Social Sciences and Humanities. Inter-disciplinarity and international encounters are fostered across six departments: Communication and Media; Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy; English; Geography and Environment; International Relations, Politics and History and Law. Geography and Environment is consistently ranked within the top 10 of UK university rankings, and is has a thriving, inclusive, research community and culture housed within the new ‘Morag Bell’ Building. Geography and Environment is internationally recognised for its research in geographies of children, youth and families.

The Loughborough Centre for Sustainable Transitions: Energy, Environment and Resilience (STEER) brings together large FCDO-funded programmes on Climate Compatible Growth and Modern Energy Cooking Services as well as innovative projects on inclusive and integrated energy planning and has succeeded in securing a new grant from the Global Grids Catalyst and Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) for Green Grids Initiative (GGI) Secretariat.

The Green Grids Initiative (GGI) GGI is tackling one of the most important, complex and challenging problems facing the planet today – accelerating the construction of the new grid infrastructure needed for a world powered by renewable energy. We are looking for an exceptional Grants Manager (GM) to support all finance aspects of the different grants, while also supporting in the day-to-day management. GGI has been given a mandate by the COP30 Presidency Brazil and the Climate High Level Champions, to drive forward coordination and collaboration across grids initiatives globally.

About You

• You should have extensive experience in a senior financial role with the higher education sector and competency of working on finance and project management aspects of externally funded projects
• Furthermore, you will have experience with preparation of periodic grant claims and preparation of project reports
• Proficiency in using corporate financial management software (Agresso or similar)
• Advanced knowledge of Excel
• You should also have be an excellent communicator with experience of management of external stakeholders.

Staff from under-represented groups in higher education and the discipline, including those from racialised minorities, who have a physical or invisible disability, or are neurodivergent, are particularly encouraged to apply. The University is a Disability Confident employer, a member of the Stonewall Diversity Champion Scheme and holds Race Equality Charter and Athena SWAN bronze awards.