Centreforeffectivealtruism Grants Associate at Centre for Effective Altruism supporting grant processing and administration to high-impact projects and individuals. Responsible for maintaining grant records and improving grantmaking systems.
Responsibilities
We’re hiring a Grants Associate to help expand our capacity and strengthen the systems that move money from donors to high-impact projects. In this role, you’ll be a key point of contact for both grant recipients and internal grant evaluators, administering our grants management system and keeping rounds moving smoothly.
You’ll work closely with our Grants Lead, Becky Lang, and play a central role in making sure our processes are responsive, robust, and easy to use. We’re looking for someone who is detail-oriented, organized, and has a strong customer service mindset. Prior operations experience is helpful (and grant administration experience is a plus), but we’re also open to entry-level candidates who can get up to speed quickly and work carefully through routine tasks. If you’re successful in the role, you’ll help move millions of dollars to high-impact work.
Process grants through our Salesforce grants management system
Communicate with grant recipients to solve issues and give them a smooth experience
Conduct due diligence on all grant recipients to ensure grants are compliant with relevant law and our policies
Review grantee reports in keeping with relevant law and our policies
Maintain accurate record keeping for all grants
Run monitoring and reporting, to track impact
Qualification
Detail-orientedHighly organisedA clear and friendly communicatorCommittedMission-drivenOther informationThis is a full-timeStart dateReports toPrior operations experienceGrant administration experience
Required
You might be a great fit for this role if you are:
Detail-oriented: You will be dealing with a complex system with many moving parts where errors can be costly
Highly organised: This role requires keeping track of many grants, and you’ll need to keep the balance between providing a fast turnaround while ensuring all grants adhere to our grantmaking policies
A clear and friendly communicator: You’ll be frequently interacting with our grant recipients so you will need to have excellent interpersonal skills and a ‘customer service’ attitude
Committed: We’re looking for someone who is excited to learn the ins and outs of our systems and who wants to commit for at least two years
Mission-driven: Our ideal candidate is passionate about the mission and values of CEA
(bonus) Experienced with grant administration or using Salesforce: while not a requirement, it will help you get up to speed more quickly
Other information
This is a full-time, remote position. We prefer applicants who are able to work in time zones between US Pacific Time and CET.
Start date: We'd ideally have you start as soon as possible, but we can be flexible on timeline.