Grants Manager

Grants Manager

• locations
• Hinxton, Cambridgeshire

• time type
• Full time

• posted on
• Posted Today

• job requisition id
• JR103606

Do you want to help us improve human health and understand life on Earth? Make your mark by shaping the future to enable or deliver life-changing science to solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges.

Are you an experienced research grants professional looking to play a key role in enabling world-leading science? The Wellcome Sanger Institute is seeking a permanent Grants Manager to join our collaborative Grants Team. This is an exciting opportunity to provide specialist, end-to-end grants management support to Faculty and research teams, helping to grow and diversify our research funding portfolio.

About the Role

As a trusted advisor to Faculty, you will manage a portfolio of grants across the full lifecycle — from pre-award development and submission through to post-award management, reporting and close-out.

You will:

• Provide strategic guidance on funding opportunities and funder requirements

• Support high-quality, compliant grant applications and costing

• Review and negotiate award terms, identifying and mitigating risk

• Oversee financial management, reporting and audit readiness

• Manage complex awards, including international collaborations and sub-awards

• Contribute to continuous improvement across grants processes and systems

This role is central to ensuring strong governance, financial oversight, and compliance, enabling ambitious, high-impact research.

About You

You are a highly organised and detail-oriented grants professional with experience across both pre- and post-award management.

You bring:

• Strong financial and analytical skills

• Experience interpreting funder terms and managing compliance

• Confidence working with senior academic stakeholders

• Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills

• The ability to manage multiple complex projects and deadlines

Experience supporting audits and managing complex collaborations is desirable.

We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds across academia, charities, government, industry, and the wider life sciences sector. We actively encourage applications from individuals and communities underrepresented in research management and STEM. If you bring transferable skills in research funding, project finance, compliance management, or research governance, we would be pleased to hear from you.

About Us

The Wellcome Sanger Institute is a world-leading genomics research centre. Our Grants Team works in close partnership with Faculty, Finance, Legal and Research Management colleagues to deliver robust, high-quality grants support across the research lifecycle.

Next Steps

If you’re excited by the opportunity to enable world-leading genomics research through expert research grants management, we’d love to hear from you.

Please include a cover letter along with your CV. In your cover letter, include details on how your knowledge, skills and experience match the requirements of the role described.

Additional information

Please note: This is a hybrid role with at least one day per week onsite.

Salary: £40,800 – £48,900

Closing Date: Sunday 22-MAR-26

Contract duration: Permanent

Role profile: For the full list of accountabilities and criteria, please click here.

To read about the institute and how we work, take a look here. 

Hybrid Working at Wellcome Sanger:

We recognise that there are many benefits to Hybrid Working; including an improved work-life balance, with more focused time, as well as the ability to organise working time so that collaborative opportunities and team discussions are facilitated on campus. The hybrid working arrangement will vary for different roles and teams. The nature of your role and the type of work you do will determine if a hybrid working arrangement is possible.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

We aim to attract, recruit, retain and develop talent from the widest possible talent pool, thereby gaining insight and access to different markets to generate a greater impact on the world. We have a supportive culture with the following staff networks, LGBTQ+, Parents and Carers, Disability and Race Equity to bring people together to share experiences, offer specific support and development opportunities and raise awareness. The networks are also a place for allies to provide support to others.

We want our people to be whoever they want to be because we believe people who bring their best selves to work, do their best work. That’s why we’re committed to creating a truly inclusive culture at Sanger Institute. We will consider all individuals without discrimination and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, where everyone can thrive.

Our Benefits:

We are proud to deliver an awarding campus-wide employee wellbeing strategy and programme. The importance of good health and adopting a healthier lifestyle and the commitment to reduce work-related stress is strongly acknowledged and recognised at Sanger Institute.

Sanger Institute became a signatory of the International Technician Commitment initiative In March 2018.  The Technician Commitment aims to empower and ensure visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability for technicians working in higher education and research, across all disciplines.

About Us

Life at the Sanger Institute is unique. We are tackling some of the most difficult challenges in genomic research. Our people are shaping the future by delivering life-changing science with the reach, scale, and creativity to solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges. We aim to attract, recruit, retain and develop talent from the widest possible talent pool, thereby gaining insight and access to different markets to generate a greater impact on the world.

Benefits

We offer an attractive benefits package at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. We appreciate the importance of achieving work-life balance and support this with a number of family and carer-friendly policies. Plus a flexible working policy for those who may wish to amend their working pattern or arrangement.

Visa Sponsorship

Each year, the Wellcome Sanger Institute welcomes researchers from around the world to the Genome Campus to collaborate and drive cutting-edge science. Whether you're joining as faculty, a postdoc, or a visitor, our dedicated International Team offers expert guidance and support throughout your journey, promoting the Institute’s global and collaborative ethos.