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Public Funding Coordinator (f/m/d)
Darmstadt, DE +1 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Location
- Darmstadt, DE
Berlin, DE - Experience
- Around five years of relevant experience would be helpful; no fixed number of years is required.
About the job
Coordinates publicly funded projects in Germany and the EU from opportunity assessment and application through financial administration, reporting, and close-out.
What you'll do
- Coordinate funding opportunities and applications, including workplans, responsibilities, deadlines, and pipeline information.
- Manage payment requests, financial reporting, eligible-cost tracking, compliance risks, and audit-ready records.
- Coordinate with internal teams, project partners, and funding bodies; improve workflows, templates, data quality, and use of data- and AI-enabled tools.
What they ask for
- Practical experience in public funding administration or related grant-management activities.
- Experience with German federal or state funding programmes, particularly for research, innovation, or industrial development.
- Understanding of funding conditions, eligible costs, and audit-ready documentation; confidence with spreadsheets and financial or project data.
- Fluent German and English.
Nice to have
- Experience in a public-funding consultancy, research organization, public administration, or startup or scale-up environment.
- Familiarity with financial or ERP systems such as NetSuite and interest in data- and AI-enabled workflow improvements.
Tools
NetSuite
AI focus
Use data- and AI-enabled tools where appropriate to improve workflows and funding delivery.
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