Senior Awards Officer

350.org is looking for a Senior Awards Officer to lead the post-award management of our global restricted grants portfolio, ensuring complex institutional awards are effectively implemented, monitored, reported on, and closed out
About 350.org

350’s mission is to keep carbon in our atmosphere to a safe level, below 350 parts per million. We do this by mobilizing ordinary people to campaign for universal access to clean energy and an end to fossil fuels. Our campaigns are rooted in local organizing, so that while achieving measurable reductions in fossil fuel emissions, we also build the power and potential of the climate movement for yet more impact to come. The values that guide and drive our work are listed here. 350.org is an equal opportunity employer. 350.org strives to be an inclusive and collaborative group of people who bring a variety of approaches to the work we do. We’re committed to the principles of justice, and we try to build a safe workplace where everyone is treated fairly and enjoys working together. We value new perspectives, ideas of all sorts, and different ways of working. Diverse perspectives and experiences improve the way 350.org carries out our work – including what we decide to work on and how creatively/effectively we do that. We do our best to make staff positions accessible to all potential team members, regardless of race, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, assigned gender, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or identity, religion or creed, veteran status, marital or parental status, and genetic information. We also strive to include team members in communities most impacted by climate change or impacted by other kinds of environmental, social, and economic injustice.
About the Senior Award Officer

The Senior Award Officer will lead the effective management of 350.org ’s global portfolio of restricted institutional grants across the full post-award lifecycle, from award set-up through implementation, reporting, amendments, and closeout.

Serving as the primary organizational focal point for restricted grants management, the Senior Award Officer will work across Program, Country, Finance and Institutional Fundraising teams to translate grant commitments into clear internal requirements, monitor performance and expenditure, identify and address risks early, and ensure high-quality reporting is delivered on time.

The Senior Award Officer will also strengthen 350.org ’s grants management practices and work with teams to capture and distill program results, accomplishments and learning that can inform donor reporting, renewals and future fundraising.
Responsibilities

- Manage 350.org ’s global portfolio of restricted institutional grants from award through implementation, reporting and closeout, maintaining clear oversight of grant requirements, deliverables, budgets, timelines and responsibilities.

- Translate approved proposals, budgets and grant agreements into clear internal requirements and work with Program and Country teams to monitor progress against grant commitments.

- Proactively identify implementation, financial, reporting or compliance risks, work with relevant teams to address issues, and escalate significant concerns to the Sr. Manager, Institutional Fundraising and other appropriate stakeholders.

- Lead the preparation of high-quality narrative grant reports, gathering and synthesizing inputs from relevant teams.

- Partner with the Global Finance Manager and Finance team on corresponding financial reporting.

- Work with the Finance team to monitor expenditure against restricted grant budgets, identify material variances, and ensure alignment between financial performance, program implementation and grant commitments.

- Manage post-award changes, including grant amendments, budget revisions, extensions and changes to deliverables, in collaboration with relevant Program, Finance and Institutional Fundraising colleagues.

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