Grants Officer

About the Role

Transport & Environment (T&E), Europe’s leading clean transport think tank and campaign group, is looking for a passionate and detail-oriented Grants Officer to join our operations team and support our policy teams in the successful planning and execution of T&E’s grants. This role is instrumental in enabling us to drive impactful change for a cleaner, sustainable future.

What You Will Do

The Grants Officer main responsibilities will be to act as liaison between different funders, policy teams and finance staff, coordinating their work to ensure timely and high-quality grant proposals and reports. This includes:

• Support day-to-day follow up of projects and grants administrative deliverables

• Acting as liaison between policy teams, finance team and  funders

• Supporting high quality and timely grant reporting 

• Maintain and update grant management systems

• Support subgrant management by acting as liaison between different teams

• Support coordination of funding proposals

• Support the overall functioning of the team depending on the needs

What we’re looking for:

• Exceptional interpersonal and organizational skills.

• Strong attention to detail to produce high-quality proposals and reports.

• Someone that enjoys being systematic and rigorous while following procedures.

• Experience in project and grant management, preferably with international partners.

• Ability to distill complex information into key insights.

• Proven capability to coordinate effectively across teams and stakeholders.

• High proficiency in English; additional languages are a plus.

What do we offer

• Position Type: Full-time, long-term position

• Compensation: competitive NGO salary, depending on experience and skills, with a full package of benefits including private health insurance and employee pension contribution

• Location: the position is to be based in Brussels, but other locations can be considered too in exceptional cases. Possibility of flexible working hours and homeworking.

Application process

The position will be primarily based in Brussels but would involve occasional travel and offers flexibility for working from home.

How to apply

To apply, please submit your CV and motivation letter at jobs.transportenvironment.org. The deadline for applications is the 2nd of February.

Interview process

First-round interviews are planned for the week of 17th of February, and selected candidates will be notified by the start of that week.

About Us

Transport & Environment (T&E) is Europe’s leading clean transport think tank and campaign group. We combine robust evidence and a deep knowledge of the transport sector with effective communications and advocacy. T&E invests in your professional growth from day one. Our team operates across Europe, with offices in Brussels, Rome, Paris, Berlin, Warsaw, Madrid, and London.

For over 30 years, we've shaped key European environmental laws. We got the EU to set the world’s most ambitious CO2 standards for cars and trucks; helped uncover the dieselgate scandal; campaigned successfully to end palm oil diesel; secured a global ban on dirty shipping fuels and the creation of the world’s biggest carbon market for aviation. In 2022, T&E’s campaigning led to the EU ending the sales of new combustion engine cars and vans by 2035.