Euroclear Foundation – Grants Manager

About Euroclear Foundation

Euroclear a leading global financial market infrastructure has recently launched the Euroclear Foundationa bold and longterm investment in social impact across our communities.

We believe that underserved young people thrive when the ecosystems around them are strong connected and resourced to deliver lasting change. By strengthening the organisations and systems that shape young peoples life chances we help more of them access education unlock opportunity and progress into meaningful work.

The Foundation is funded by a substantial annual contribution from the Euroclear Group (1% net profit). We are building a passionate and purposeful team dedicated to designing launching and managing programmes that create life chances address communitylevel challenges and catalyse innovative solutions that remove barriers to inclusion. We work to strengthen nonprofit partners invest in ecosystem change and foster collaboration across sectors for sustained impact.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Grants Manager to play a pivotal role in delivering the Foundations mission. This role is responsible for the operational execution of our grantmaking lifecyclefrom grant activation and relationship management to monitoring reporting and ongoing risk assessment.

As part of the Foundations inaugural team you will help shape how we work build strong and trusted relationships with nonprofit partners and contribute to a highperforming impactdriven organisation. You will collaborate closely with the Director of Partnerships & Programmes ensuring that strategic decisions due diligence and MEL frameworks translate into excellent delivery on the ground.

This is a unique opportunity to join a new corporate foundation with a clear vision sustained financial commitment and a strong intent to influence social change at scale.

Core Responsibilities

1. Strategic Partnership Activation & Grant Delivery

• Manage a portfolio of nonprofit grantees serving as their primary operational contact.
• Develop and oversee grant activation plans ensuring alignment with partnership agreements.
• Monitor progress implementation quality and milestones against agreed outcomes and the Foundations MEL framework.
• Facilitate learning loops and ensure insights are shared internally to inform strategy and decisionmaking.

2. Nonprofit Identification Longlisting & Evaluation

• Support the Director of Partnerships & Programmes in identifying and assessing highpotential nonprofit partners in priority geographies.
• Contribute to longlisting/shortlisting through research market scanning and community insights.
• Gather and synthesise data to support partner evaluation and selection.

3. Due Diligence & Ongoing Risk Monitoring

• Support endtoend due diligence across governance financial health organisational resilience safeguarding and delivery capability.
• Monitor ongoing risks throughout grant implementation using the Foundations Risk Framework and Due Diligence Policy.
• Ensure partners have clear expectations risk mitigation support and smooth operational communication.

4. Reporting MEL Implementation & Impact Tracking

• Coordinate data collection and reporting from partners in line with the Foundations MEL framework.
• Track indicators capture learning and prepare inputs for board materials and programmatic reviews.
• Help ensure that MEL insights translate into improved delivery and grantee support.

5. Location Engagement & Community Connections

• Coordinate support beyond funding opportunities including skillsbased volunteering mentoring and leadership support in collaboration with Euroclear colleagues and the Community Team.
• Build relationships across Euroclear locations to deepen local relevance and strengthen community connections.

Who Were Looking For

You are a proactive detailoriented and relationshipdriven professional who is energised by supporting organisations to achieve meaningful impact. You bring strong operational discipline empathy in partner engagement and the ability to translate strategy into highquality delivery.

You will bring:

• 35 years of experience in grantmaking partnership management program management or a related role (funder or nonprofit).
• Strong relationshipbuilding and communication skills with the ability to engage confidently with diverse stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical and problemsolving abilities including the capacity to assess complex information.
• Strong organisational and projectmanagement skills with a track record of delivering structured highquality work.
• Ability to work comfortably in English and French.
• Commitment to social impact with a strong belief in equity inclusion and strengthening ecosystems around young people.
• Comfort working in a startup environment where systems processes and programmes are being designed and refined.

Why Join Euroclear Foundation

• Shape a new foundations legacy and help build a coherent impactful grantmaking operation from the ground up.
• Drive impact at a global scale influencing programmes that create longlasting social change.
• Work with inspiring nonprofit leaders and communities across multiple countries.
• Join a forwardthinking valuesdriven culture committed to transparency learning and meaningful action.
• Be part of a team with longterm funding strategic clarity and organisational support.

This is a permanent position with a hybrid working model requiring two days per week in the office.

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