Role Summary

ProVeg International is at a pivotal moment. Our grants programme has already fueled hundreds of projects worldwide, but we are ready to take it to the next level. We are looking for a Head of Global Grantmaking—a strategic architect who will lead the redesign of the next phase of our grant-giving ecosystem.

Your mission is to ensure that grants are deployed to the most impactful projects, empowering the most effective advocates and organisations across the globe to transform the global food system. You will lead the evolution of the ProVeg grants programme into a world-class food systems regranting platform.

Job Details

Department: INT Grants

Location: Global (Remote) with a preference for candidates in countries with a ProVeg entity

Reports to: Deputy CEO

Department: INT Grants

Team: Leading the Global Grants Team

Salary: Dependent on location, qualifications and experience

Hours: Full-time

Responsibilities

1. Strategic Redesign & Systems Architecture

• Redesign and Scaling: Lead the comprehensive evaluation and redesign of the global grants strategy, focusing on scalability via partners and experts, transparency, and maximum impact.

• Data-Driven Decision Making: Integrate rigorous Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) frameworks to ensure we are funding the most effective interventions.

2. Leadership & People Operations

• Lead a Global Team & Drive Partnerships: Manage and mentor a small and diverse team that includes intervention experts while fostering grant-making partnerships that create a culture of high performance and operational excellence.

• Thought Partner: Work with the ProVeg and Kickstarting for Good (K4G) team to set the strategic direction of the grants program

• Regional Integration: Collaborate with members and partners of ProVeg globally to ensure the grants program is globally consistent yet locally relevant.

• Internal Advocacy: Serve as the primary internal voice for the grants program, aligning its goals with the broader mission of creating a plant-rich food system.

3. Operational Excellence

• End-to-End Oversight: Manage the full lifecycle of the grant-giving process—from outreach and application to vetting, distribution, and reporting.

• Risk & Compliance: Ensure that our grantmaking remains compliant with international regulations and that financial stewardship is beyond reproach.

4. Strategic Development

• Funder Relations: Partner with ProVeg and K4G leadership to represent the grants program to institutional donors, showcasing the impact of our funding model.

• Movement Synergy: Represent ProVeg within the philanthropic community to identify collaboration opportunities with other major funders in the alt-protein and animal advocacy space.
  
  

Qualifications

• Program Architecture & Scaling: Demonstrated experience (re)designing or scaling a grantmaking, regranting, or funding programme with multiple stakeholders, partners, or intermediaries, including clear decision-making criteria and governance structures.

• Impact & MEL Expertise: Proven ability to design and apply Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) frameworks to guide funding decisions, assess intervention effectiveness, and iterate strategy based on evidence and data.

• Senior People Leadership: At least 7–10 years of professional experience in relevant roles, including direct management of high-performing, geographically distributed and culturally diverse teams.

• Strategic Thought Partnership: Experience acting as a senior thought partner to executive leadership, contributing to organisational strategy and translating high-level goals into operational funding priorities.

• Cross-Regional Collaboration: Track record of working effectively across regions and organisations to balance global consistency with local context, needs, and expertise.

• Internal Advocacy & Alignment: Ability to represent a programme internally, build alignment across departments, and clearly articulate how grantmaking supports broader organisational and mission goals.

• End-to-End Grant Operations: Hands-on experience overseeing the full grant lifecycle, including outreach, application design, due diligence, selection, contracting, fund disbursement, and grantee reporting.

• Compliance & Financial Stewardship: Strong understanding of nonprofit grant compliance, risk management, and financial controls across jurisdictions, with experience ensuring robust accountability and audit readiness.

• Donor & Funder Relations: Experience engaging institutional donors or philanthropic partners, including presenting funding strategies, reporting on impact, and supporting fundraising or donor stewardship efforts.

• Field-Level Collaboration: Established networks or demonstrated ability to engage credibly with philanthropic actors, funders, and organisations in food systems transformation, alternative proteins, animal advocacy, or adjacent social impact fields.
  
  

Why this position?

• Direct Impact: You will be the person helping to decide where resources can have the biggest positive impact in the food system.

• Global Reach: You’ll be working at the heart of a movement that spans every continent.

• Creative Freedom: This isn't a "maintenance" role. You have the mandate to innovate and build something truly world-class.
  
  

Benefits of working with us

• Strong organisational focus on personal development with a designated training budget

• Flexible, trust-based working arrangements and home-office arrangements.

• Mental health & wellbeing support via access to the OpenUp platform and a free Headspace (Mindfulness app) subscription

• Provision of a work laptop and other necessary equipment

• A workplace that encourages everyone to bring their whole selves to work. We are an inclusive workplace for our diverse employees around the world.

• And last but not least: Become part of a great team and work with us towards a world where everyone chooses delicious and healthy food that is good for all humans, animals, and our planet
  
  

When?

• Application deadline: February 10th

• Start date: As soon as possible*
  

*Please apply at your earliest convenience to ensure your application is) considered

Further information

Your application should include a cover letter and CV. Please send us your application using our online form below. Thank you!

IMPORTANT: Please make sure to use your own words and ideas on the cover letter. The goal is for us to know you better in order to assess if this role and your motivation are a good fit. Letters written with AI will be disregarded.

The recruitment process may include:

1. Online interview with People & Culture Team

2. Online trial task / business case

3. Interview with hiring manager

4. Interview with founding president

5. Final decision