Grantmaking Delivery Manager

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Job title:          Grantmaking Delivery Manager

Reference:       LR169

Contract:          Permanent, full time, 35 hours per week.

Location:          Kings Hill or London based with hybrid working (min 2 days per week in the office)

Salary:              Up to £48,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Want to be at the heart of delivering high-impact grant programmes? Join our Grantmaking Team as a Grantmaking Delivery Manager and bring together your passion for purposeful, responsible grantmaking with project management expertise. You’ll guide grant programmes across their lifecycle, ensuring every stage works brilliantly and embedding opportunities for reflection and learning. If you’re driven by purpose-led work, operational excellence and a desire for impact, this role offers the chance to deliver programmes that are thoughtful, efficient and effective.

What you will do

At CAF, every one of us contributes to our impact, and as our Grantmaking Delivery Manager you too will play an integral part in what we do.

Within CAF’s Impact Accelerator we design and deliver a range of impact-focused grant programmes on behalf of donors. In this vital role, you’ll lead the day-to-day delivery of a diverse portfolio, ensuring programmes run smoothly through strong operational oversight and well-designed processes. You’ll bring programmes to life by developing and implementing the systems, workflows and coordination needed across the full grant lifecycle. Working within a wider grantmaking team, you’ll champion best practice, support continuous improvement and keep delivery on track to maximise impact.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys hands on delivery and coordination of grant programmes, and thrives in a collaborative, purpose-driven setting.

As our Grantmaking Delivery Manager you will:

• Lead the operational design and delivery of designated grant programmes, managing the full end-to-end cycle. This includes implementation, day-to-day delivery, integration of operational learning, and programme closure.
• Oversee the grantmaking lifecycle for specific programmes, ensuring each application and grant is processed, monitored and supported effectively.
• Identify and champion the effective use of the grantmaking portal, related systems and tools to enhance delivery efficiency, potential for impact and data accuracy.
• Optimise our processes, continuously review and improve grantmaking processes, to strengthen the operational effectiveness of the grantmaking team and reduce the administrative burden on applicants and grant holders.
• Capture and share operational insights and programme learnings to inform future programme and operational design and support continuous improvement across the grantmaking team.
• Maintain oversight of programme-level data and financials, ensuring accuracy, compliance with reporting requirements, and readiness for audits.

Who we are looking for

This role is for you if you have experience of working in grantmaking, social purpose organisations or have relevant transferable skills and are keen to make a difference to society. We are looking for someone who is:

• Passionate about good grantmaking and efficient programme delivery to maximise the potential impact of philanthropic funds.
• A dynamic delivery professional with sharp operational instincts, who is experienced in managing grantmaking lifecycles, within mission-driven organisations.
• Adept and comfortable with prioritising workloads, responding to change and proactively managing competing deadlines.
• Organised, proactive and solutions-oriented, with an interest in streamlining and enhancing processes for impact whilst ensuring satisfaction for charities and donors alike.
• Insight-driven with an interest in continuous improvements, always seeking ways to refine programme delivery based on lessons learned.
• Skilled at stakeholder coordination and confident managing staff and leading conversations with clients, grant holders and internal teams.
• Has strong IT skills and is curious and confident in using grant management systems.

What CAF offers as an employer

At CAF you will receive:

• Permanent hybrid ways of working where roles allow
• Six weeks holiday plus bank holidays
• A wide range of development opportunities to support personal and professional growth
• Pension scheme with better-than-market employer contribution options
• Social impact benefit schemes.

For all our employer benefits and to gain an insight into our culture and values, please visit cafonline.org/careers.

Who we are

The Charities Aid Foundation exists to accelerate progress in society towards a fair and sustainable future for all. Over the last 100 years, we have led the way in developing innovative approaches to giving. Annually, we distribute over £1 billion to social purpose organisations around the globe. 

As a leading charity operating from the UK, US and Canada, alongside an international network of partners, CAF works at the centre of the giving world. We collaborate with corporate and individual donors to enable them to give more effectively, strategically and impactfully. This includes connecting them to charities globally and providing access to our in-depth sector knowledge, governance expertise and innovative giving solutions. 

We help social purpose organisations to strengthen their resilience and do more of their life changing work, through strategic advisory services from our Impact Accelerator, tools to support charities’ fundraising activities, and charity financial services from CAF Bank Limited and CAF Financial Solutions Limited. Using our research, policy and campaigns work, we understand and influence the wider environment for charities and donors. 

Diversity and inclusion

We know that the more diverse and inclusive our organisation becomes, the more creative, effective and impactful we will be. Our aim is for our workforce to represent the society we serve, and we have embarked upon an ambitious pathway to achieve this.

We want to attract, retain and develop the best of talent at all levels, and provide a leading and great place to work, where every voice matters.

How to apply

The closing date for applications is close of business Wednesday 25 March 2026.

Interview dates:

• We expect first interviews to take place remotely from 1 April 2026
• Second interviews are expected to take place in-person in our London office, later in April 2026

Please complete the form below, attach your CV and Cover letter, then click ‘Submit Application’ if applying via our website or send your CV to recruitment@cafonline.org quoting reference number LR169.

We welcome applications from everyone who feels they meet the criteria, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital, veteran or parental status.

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee to interview disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please indicate on the application form if you would like to be considered as part of the Disability Confident Scheme.

To apply for this role you must be able to provide proof of your Right to Work in the UK.

So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact our Recruitment team at recruitment@cafonline.org or 03000 123 566 to request assistance or reasonable adjustments.

Job Reference: LR169