Grade: B1- B2

Salary: £34,620 - £ 35,795 (pro rata)

Contract Type: Fixed term to end of September 2026, with possibility of extension pending availability of funds

Reporting To: Head of Regional Advocacy Programmes

Hours: Full-time

Location: Currently based in Vauxhall, London

Minimum of 1 day per week in the office

Date: March 2026

Anti-Slavery International

Anti-Slavery International is the world’s oldest human rights organisation. Our vision is freedom from slavery for everyone, everywhere, always. We believe that modern slavery is a contemporary issue of the highest importance, and we are determined to work with others to make sure people can be free from slavery across the world. You can read more about us and how we work in the ‘About Us’ document on our recruiting webpage.

Context and Role Purpose

Our strategy commits us to working on four focus themes to drive systemic change and help end slavery for everyone everywhere:

• Child Slavery

• Responsible Business

• Trafficking

• Climate change and slavery

The main purpose of the role is to work with the Regional Programmes team and the Grant Finance Coordinator to ensure accurate and timely management of our programme partners’ finances, facilitating forecasting and reporting of expenditure, collecting and reviewing supporting evidence for all expenditure incurred by our partners in the framework of our programmes.

Main Tasks

Partner finances:

• Liaise with the Regional Programmes Coordinator and programme partners in West Africa to establish and review budget forecasts for agreed activities

• Receive and review partners’ monthly finance reports and review them for accuracy, variation, and against approved budgets and workplans. Liaise with the Grant Finance Coordinator and the Regional Programmes Coordinator as needed.

• Receive and review supporting evidence for each line of expenditure reported by partners and follow up when additional evidence or information is needed.

• Support the partner’s finance team to maintain accurate and up-to-date project budgets.

• Review and ensure accuracy of quarterly financial budget forecasts, which include staff costs in addition to activity budgets.

• Support the finance and advocacy programmes teams, when required, in preparing finance reports and grant modification or extension requests for donors.

• Support the Grant Finance Coordinator to maintain accurate and up-to-date budget trackers for our West Africa programmes.

• Facilitate exchanges and communications between the Grant Finance Coordinator and the project partners on matters related to finances.

• Work with project partners, the Grant Finance Coordinator and the regional advocacy programmes team to develop final financial reports for our projects.

• Support the Grant Finance Coordinator to complete annual audits by liaising with partners to collect and provide required supporting information.

Programme development:

• Support the Fundraising, Programmes and Finance teams to develop partner budgets and budget narratives for funding applications, in line with donor requirements.

• Support our programme partners to develop budgets for funding applications, in line with donor requirements.

• Once funding is secured, support the Grant Finance Coordinator to develop and maintain budget and reporting spreadsheets for our programme partners, which will be used for reporting and forecasting.

Other:

• Support the Regional Advocacy Programmes team and the Finance team to develop and implement new processes, procedures and policies, as needed.

• Any other reasonable tasks as requested by the Head of Regional Advocacy Programmes to support the smooth and timely implementation of our programmes.

Person Specification

Essential

• Experience in the development and monitoring of project budgets.

• Very organised and with an eye for detail.

• Fluency in English and French, both written and oral.

• Good knowledge and experience of using MS Office applications, and particularly excel.

• Experience in purchase ledger using a computerised accounting system.

• Ability to work systematically and calmly in a busy environment, and to meet deadlines.

• Have a ‘customer-focused’ attitude to supporting project partners and ASI staff, whilst balancing with the need for internal controls and processes.

• Self-motivated and comfortable to find solutions to technical and administrative problems.

Desirable

• Exposure to processing invoices and payments to overseas suppliers in foreign currencies.

• Part qualified or qualified in a professional accounting qualification.

• Experience of working in the charity sector.

Summary Terms and Conditions

• The position is based in Anti-Slavery’s office in Vauxhall, London, with a minimum of one day per week in the office.

• Annual leave entitlement is 30 days (pro rota) plus bank holidays.

• Very occasionally there may be a requirement for some out-of-hours work, for which time in lieu is given.

• We pay 6% into our recognised contribution pension with TPT Retirement Solutions, with a mandatory employee contribution of 2%.

• The role is subject to a probationary period of two months.

• We offer a range of employee benefits including an employee assistance programme and cycle to work scheme.

• Unison is the recognised trade union.

How to apply

This pack includes a job description, person specification and other background information. If you would like more information, please visit our website: www.antislavery.org.

If you wish to apply for this position, please email a CV (maximum 2 pages) along with a supporting statement (maximum 1 page) setting out why you want this role and how your experience meets the role requirements as set out above. Please also include your earliest possible start date in your application.

Please submit your application to jobs@antislavery.org using the reference “Application – Grant Finance Officer” in the subject line by 23:59 on 24 March 2026. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Interviews will likely be held on the week of 6th April, but may be held earlier for early applicants.

Please also complete the equal opportunities monitoring form available as a downloadable link on the recruitment page. The form is anonymous, and responses will be handled in strict confidence.

Employers are required to ensure that any prospective employee has the right to work in the UK. Please confirm in your covering letter if you have the right to work in the UK.

We appreciate the time and effort that applicants invest in applying for opportunities with Anti-Slavery International. Unfortunately, due to high numbers of applications we receive, we regret that it will not be possible for us to reply to candidates who have not been shortlisted for interview.

AI tools are becoming more common, and we understand how important these technologies are for the future. When you apply for a job with Anti-Slavery International, however, it is important that your application is your own. What makes an application stand out is authenticity. We want to hear about your real experiences and achievements not what AI thinks we want to hear.

Reasonable adjustments – a number of AI tools are commonly used to support disability needs, and we would be happy to discuss individual needs or for you to declare this in your application.

In the interest of fairness, we won’t be taking any meetings to discuss this post.

If you are shortlisted for an interview, you may request reasonable adjustments. This is to ensure that the interview process is accessible and inclusive. Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

We are committed in promoting equality, diversity and inclusion across the charity and our workforce. We particularly welcome and encourage applications from survivors of modern slavery, Black and Asian candidates and those from a diverse ethnic background, and disabled, LGBT+ and non-binary candidates.

We have a zero-tolerance policy on bribery and corruption, recognising that bribery is contrary to fundamental values of integrity, transparency and accountability and undermines organisational effectiveness.

We are committed to safeguarding the children and adults that our staff and representatives encounter, virtually and in-person. As such, candidates are required to commit to and uphold our organisational safeguarding principles, practice and procedures. These organisational policies include, but are not limited to, the Code of Conduct policy and Safeguarding policy. We maintain a strict zero-tolerance policy towards bullying, harassment, sexual exploitation or abuse, of any form, perpetrated by any representative of the organisation.

The purpose of this Code of Conduct is:

• To guarantee high standards of staff behaviour and integrity;

• To safeguard our staff’s, interns’ and volunteers’ welfare and that of external stakeholders with whom we work or come into contact;

• To protect our reputation and interests.

This role may require a DBS check for travelling to projects where there is access to vulnerable groups.

In accepting appointment, you undertake to regulate your conduct in line with the requirements of this code and to undergo any background checks that may be required.

As an organisation assessing applicants’ suitability for positions which are included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order using criminal record checks processed through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), we comply fully with the Code of Practice and undertake to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a criminal record check on the basis of a conviction or other information revealed.

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