As Senior Coordinator for Grants, Jake supports the movement to end child marriage by coordinating Girls Not Brides’ grant making processes. Working across teams, Jake ensures the delivery of due diligence checks, contracting and onboarding, portfolio management, and supporting the wider organisation to adhere to Girls Not Brides’ policies and procedures relating to grant making.
Jake has worked for over four years in grant management within the international humanitarian and development sector, focussing particularly on the areas of HIV & AIDS, disability and older age inclusion and humanitarian innovation. He has a BSC in Economics, which included modules relating to international development and global equality.
Jake is passionate about delivering fair, equitable and gender transformative grant making, that is impactful and brings about meaningful change.