Senior Statutory Grants Fundraising Manager

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Senior Statutory Grants Manager
Home-based, UK

Join us in protecting the ocean – one supporter at a time.

We’re looking for a creative and results-driven Senior Statutory Grants Manager to lead the development and management of our high-value and long-term statutory partners and other grant makers to fund our projects that are central to our overall strategic goals and aims.

At the Marine Conservation Society, people power our mission. Your role will be to develop high level opportunities to drive income growth and impact in future years and to help keep our statutory donors connected with our cause for the long term.

What you’ll be doing:

- Build and prioritise a high-value grants pipeline and partnerships, aligned to our priorities.
- Lead cross-organisational proposal planning and development, developing full-cost recovery budgets and preparing summaries to secure match-funding.
- Deliver best in-class grant stewardship, providing excellent donor care.
- Maintaining robust CRM and financial records, ensuring funder terms, audit requirements and compliance are met.
- Support and develop the Grants Officer, ensuring work is robust, credible and impactful.
- Contribute to team strategy, income tracking and forecasting; support organisation-wide fundraising initiatives and represent us externally.

This role sits at the heart of our Trust and Grants work and helps shape how we connect with our statutory partners and bring them closer to the ocean they care about.

What you'll bring:

- A proven track record in securing UK statutory grants (including devolved nations) at 6-7 figures
- Excellent bid writing and case building skills to produce well written and compelling proposals and reports shaped to grant interests and criteria.
- Strong and well-developed interpersonal and networking skills to build long-term relationships with our trusted partners.
- Confidence with complex budget developments, project reporting and claims for multi-annual grants.
- A wealth of knowledge regarding the trusts and grants sector in the UK (including devolved nations).
- An eye for detail and a head for the future – able to manage multiple complex bids and deadlines.
- A collaborative spirit and being able to work brilliantly with others to make things happen
- Passion for protecting the natural world and engaging people in positive change

Why join us?

- We’re a values-driven charity with a strong sense of purpose and a supportive team culture
- We believe in flexible working and trust our people to get the job done
- Most importantly your work will make a real difference for the future of our ocean

Salary: £ - £ per annum
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- 25 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing with service)
- Extra time off at Christmas
- 8% employer pension contributions (no match required)
- Sick pay at full pay for 8 weeks, then 8 weeks at half pay (after probation)
- Flexible working and remote-first approach
- Health and wellbeing support, plus an employee assistance programme
- A paid volunteering day to support a charity of your choice
- Cycle-to-work scheme

Ready to dive in?

If you're excited by the idea of inspiring people to support marine conservation, we’d love to hear from you.