Impact & Grant Manager

Salary: £40,000 - £55,000 (Dependent on experience)

Location: London, Tuesday to Thursday in office, Monday and Friday at home

Working hours: Core hours from 10:00 - 18:00, Occasional evening and weekend hours.

The Context

The Ed Sheeran Foundation exists to ensure every child has meaningful access to music education, regardless of where they live or what they can afford. Since launching in January 2025, the Foundation has rapidly become an essential connector between schools, grassroots organisations, and industry and policy professionals, aiming to strengthen music provision through direct investment and advocacy work. In 16 months, the Foundation has begun supporting grassroots organisations and state school music departments up and down the country, reaching over 15,000 children and young people - and they have no intention of slowing down.

Background to the Role: Why Now?

The Foundation is building on strong early momentum and is now focused on strengthening the processes that will support long-term growth. To scale responsibly, the organisation needs a diligent, proactive professional to lead grant-making end-to-end and to embed the systems, reporting and risk controls that enable sustainable growth.

With the grant-making portfolio expanding, the Foundation is focused on enhancing the processes and documentation that support effective oversight. The Impact and Grant Manager will play a central role in establishing a robust, scalable approach.

The role will design and implement a coherent grants lifecycle, define impact measures aligned to the Foundation's theory of change, strengthen audit and evidence trails, and produce board-level reporting that supports confident decision-making.

The Role

Reporting to, and working closely with, the CEO, the Impact & Grant Manager will lead the Foundation's grant portfolio and impact approach. While the Foundation's longer-term ambitions include fundraising, the immediate priority is to strengthen how grants are assessed, awarded, monitored and evidenced. The following categories detail the areas in which this role will be responsible for.

The Candidate

Experience

• At least five years of experience in grant management or trust fundraising with a proven track record of delivering grants, setting up systems, and working cross functionally, preferably in a highly regulated, KPI-driven environments.

• Demonstratable ability to work autonomously and prioritise competing demands.

Grant Making Skills

• Design and run an end-to-end grants process: application, assessment, approvals, contracting, payment schedules, monitoring, grant variation and extension decisions, and close-out.

• Develop clear eligibility and assessment criteria, including scoring frameworks and consistent decision records.

• Manage a live portfolio with multiple grants at different stages, keeping timelines, conditions, and reporting requirements on track.

Analytical Skills

• Proficiency in CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce) and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau or Power BI).

• Strong command of Microsoft software, including but not limited to, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Financial Acumen

• Strong ability to interpret charity accounts, manage complex budgets, and implement risk-based due diligence.

• Confident working with financial teams and coordinating strategically to ensure the Foundation's growth ambition is achieved.

Communication

• Exceptional writing skills with the ability to "translate" financial and technical data for non-specialist audiences.

• Ability to clearly communicate with the CEO, Operations Officer, and all other relevant parties as to your own and the wider Foundations progress, deadlines, and requirements.

Attitude

• A creative, self-motivated individual who is comfortable navigating ambiguity and challenging the status quo.

• Delivery-focused, with strong practical judgement and the ability to move between strategic oversight and operational detail.

• Working in a creative environment you will need to be able to manage a wider range of individuals, holding both your colleagues and superiors to account.

Values

• Possession of a genuine passion for musical provision for children in underserved communities is a must.

For further information and details on how to apply, please visit

For an informal and confidential discussion, please speak with our advisors at Berwick Partners:

Jodi Beauchamp Delivery Consultant, Not for Profit Berwick Partners

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Closing date for applications: Friday 15th May 2026