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SAE Innova is hiring a EU Project Manager & Grant Writer (Hybrid in Murcia, Spain)

We’re hiring a EU Project Manager and Grant Writer to lead research and innovation initiatives that advance soil health, sustainable agriculture, and climate resilience. You’ll help turn strong ideas into well-planned, well-funded projects, coordinating partners across Europe and ensuring delivery with clarity and pace.

What you’ll do

- Design proposals end-to-end for EU and international calls.
- Shape objectives with domain experts; align budgets, timelines, and workplans.
- Build the right partner constellations/consortia and coordinate multi-actor delivery.
- Translate complex evidence into clear, compelling narratives and work packages.
- Keep projects on track (governance, milestones, risks) and ensure compliance & reporting.
- Turn results into field-ready action that stakeholders can adopt and trust.

We’re looking for

You have a proven track record securing competitive funding and delivering collaborative projects. Your writing is clear, structured, and persuasive; your planning is rigorous yet pragmatic. You’re comfortable navigating diverse stakeholders and you think in systems. Knowledge in one or more of the following is a plus: agronomy, agricultural economics/policy, soil science, sociology, or related fields linked to sustainable, resilient agri-food systems.

What drives you (and what you'll find here)

You’re motivated by positive, tangible impact, helping evidence travel from research to practice. You’ll collaborate within a growing multidisciplinary team, with EU-scale exposure. 

Work where ideas become well-funded, well-designed projects that move from paper to practice. You’ll shape proposals end-to-end, coordinate strong consortia, and turn results into field-ready action across European partnerships.

The position is a full-time commitment. The intended start date is December 2025 but it can be flexible.

Location & work mode On-site/hybrid in Murcia, Spain.

Language: Full professional proficiency in English, and fluency in Spanish (B2).

What we offer

Receive a competitive salary and EU-scale exposure in a multidisciplinary environment linking research, product, and field operations, with real independence and ownership over proposals, timelines, and delivery.
Salary range: €35k to €40k gross/year. About us: SAE Innova was founded to help transform the agri-food sector by building sustainability-driven economies. We are a growing team shaping a collaborative R&D&I platform that connects science to practice. Through multi-actor innovation, we work to transform and strengthen food systems, harnessing carbon sequestration through land use and accelerating the adoption of regenerative farming approaches grounded in holistic soil–water–plant management. Our mission is to design, develop, and manage collaborative, systemic approaches that lead to high-impact, reality-based solutions.

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