Director of Finance and Operations

Location: Flexible within UK.

Term: full time – 35 hours a week

Organisation: Global Greengrants Fund UK

Salary: Salaries at Global Greengrants Fund UK (GGF UK) are dependent on
applicable salary scales, internal pay policies including equity considerations, and budget.
Due to the ways in which salary negotiations perpetuate existing structural inequities, GGF UK
has moved away from salary negotiation processes for any candidate. We will make our best
offer, and it will be the same regardless of the candidate. The salary range for this position
for someone in the UK is c.£80,000.

Benefits: We are in the process of improving our benefits package, to include
10% pension contribution, remote and flexible work arrangements, generous family and sick
leave, employee assistance programme, health and life insurances, and annual leave of 28 days
plus all UK bank holidays.

About Global Greengrants Fund:

Global Greengrants Fund (GGF) supports grassroots activists and civil society organisations
around the world working to address environmental and social justice in over 160 countries. GGF
applies a participatory and decentralised model in making grants to grassroots groups through
regional and thematic boards of advisors, global partner networks, and independent funds, to
support grassroots environmental and social justice action. Global Greengrants Fund believes
solutions to environmental harm and social injustice come from people whose lives are most
impacted. Every day, our global network of people on the frontlines and donors comes together
to support communities to protect their ways of life and our planet. Because when local people
have a say in the health of their food, water, and resources, they are forces for change.

Global Greengrants Fund comprises two organisations located in the USA, Global Greengrants Fund
Inc (established in 1993), and Global Greengrants Fund UK (established in 2012). The two
organisations work closely together with a shared grantmaking programme and strategic
collaboration at the senior leadership level. GGF UK consists of nine staff members working on
fundraising and influencing philanthropy; finance; communications; and operations, with all of
these functions operating autonomously but in close collaboration with their US counterpart
functions.

In 2023, Global Greengrants Fund is amid a strategic journey in which we collectively center
our values, including diversity, equity, and inclusion, and organisational care in our work,
and to rediscover our identity and potential after 30 years of work. We have experienced
tremendous growth over the past two years and we are thoughtfully, yet rapidly, growing our
annual grantmaking, our philanthropic advocacy, and our global partnerships and collaborations
to new levels. This includes creating a globally networked learning organisation and
transforming our organisational culture to be more collaborative and self-steering – we call
this our transformational journey. The Director of Finance and Operations needs to understand
the challenges and opportunities that come with these transformations and is able to remain
flexible, steady, and adaptable while inspiring the team through change.

The role

Global Greengrants Fund UK is looking to hire an energetic and passionate individual who will
support the Executive Director and provide leadership to ensure that the UK organisation is
efficiently and effectively managed and further developed to pursue GGF UK’s mission in as
sustainable manner as possible. The Director of Finance and Operations provides strategic
oversight to the operations function as a whole in continuing to build a bold and resilient
organisation that can deliver on GGF’s ambitions.

In taking up this role, the successful individual will be responsible to:

• Provide leadership and expertise for the operationalisation of GGF’s evolving strategic
  plan to ensure that GGF is a thriving learning organisation with an enabling work environment
  grounded in organisational values, that facilitates high-quality, impactful work.
• Oversee strategy development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation for GGF UK’s
  finance, operations functions, and human resources functions, working closely with the
  respective US counterparts.
• Oversee and take both strategic and operational actions within areas under oversight to
  manage and mitigate risks and ensure compliance.
• Provide both strategic and operational advice to the Executive Director and other
  colleagues within areas under oversight.

The candidate profile

The successful applicant will have significant relevant experience in a similar role in a
charitable environmental, development, social justice, feminist, gender, human rights
organisations, and/or grant-making organisation. They should have demonstrated experience
leading the finance and operations functions of a complex charitable or non-profit
organisation. They should demonstrate knowledge of financial management systems and risk
management including experience managing funds in multiple currencies and managing FOREX risk.
They should have knowledge of improving and implementing operational and HR policies and
procedures. They demonstrate abilities to create a values-aligned environment of trust, equity,
and accountability to our work and mission. They should have excellent interpersonal
understanding, relationship building, and interpersonal skills to build strong alliances with
diverse constituencies and manage complex politics, positioning, and relationships. They will
be a transparent and adaptive leader with a commitment to lifelong learning and a drive to
mentor, coach, and share leadership and who are able to intellectually drive the vision and
ensure that there is space and opportunity for others to come along on its transformational
journey while taking meaningful purpose-driven actions. They will have skills to give, receive,
and work with feedback constructively, with the intellectual and emotional resilience necessary
to take up critical responsibilities for an international global organisation. They also thrive
in a virtual environment, motivated to take on challenges and collaboratively find innovative
and creative solutions. Multiple language skills would be ideal, while English fluency is a
must.

The right candidate will understand GGF’s core values and be committed to the guiding
principles and mission of GGF and ensure they uphold them in the way they take up the
responsibilities of the role.

How to apply:

Please submit in English, a current CV, along with a cover letter explaining why you want to
work for Global Greengrants Fund and how you meet the requirements of the role. Please include
“Director of Finance and Operations, GGF UK” in the subject line of the email and submit
to [email protected] by July 19th, 2023 at 23:00 GMT. Please
see the detailed Job Description by clicking here. If you’re intrigued by this position,
but feel like you don’t fit the profile precisely, please still do apply. You can ask questions
or seek further information to feel able to apply by writing to [email protected].

We thank all those who apply, but only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. To learn more
about Global Greengrants Fund, please visit our website.

Women; trans, non-binary and intersex persons; persons with disabilities and other candidates
from historically oppressed groups, of all ages, are strongly encouraged to apply for this
position.

Global Greengrants Fund is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all
employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and
harassment. All employment decisions at Global Greengrants Fund are based on organisational
needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion,
or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental
or sensory disability, health, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression.