Location: Budapest, Hungary

Work arrangement: Primarily Budapest office-based alongside site visits

Position: Full time, Permanent

Reports to: CEO (line Manager), Trustees of the Badur Foundation

Established in 2011, the Badur Foundation is a UK registered charity and grant-maker that aims to tackle poverty and improve the quality of life of marginalised communities. As a secondary aim, it seeks to address environmental challenges for a fairer and more sustainable future. It currently has four geographical focus areas – the UK, Hungary, Malta and Laos. Based in London, the Foundation is looking to appoint a Country Manager in Hungary.

In Hungary, the Foundation supports locally embedded, grassroots organisations that approach complex social problems in a sensitive and holistic way. We mainly work with small and medium-sized charities/NGOs. The Foundation is committed to collaborative grant making, focusing on the voices of communities and beneficiaries being supported. We therefore work closely with a small number of organisations, giving them professional and financial help throughout the different stages of programme development, implementation and evaluation. We design our support in a collaborative way, working together with our partners to ensure their long-term organisational and financial sustainability. In Hungary, we also run capacity building programmes, which offer complex and tailored organisational development via workshops, individual expert consultations, peer learning opportunities and financial support. 

Further information about the Foundation’s activities may be found on the website at www.badurfoundation.org.

We are committed to attracting, recruiting and retaining diverse candidates, as it’s important that our team reflects the organisations and communities we support.

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for a highly motivated candidate who is devoted to working with, and building capacity within, communities that experience a high level of marginalisation and discrimination, in order to help them reach their full potential.

The candidate will work with various stakeholders within the non-profit and relevant sectors in Hungary, with fluency in English and Hungarian being essential. The individual will operate under the guidance of the Trustees and the CEO, manage the Hungarian team, and work together with UK colleagues.

Core Responsibilities

Needs assessment:

  • Keep up-to-date knowledge of the non-profit sector, particularly issues affecting people in poverty and non-profit organisations including social enterprises.

Strategic planning:

  • Implement strategic planning with collaborative efforts from the Hungarian team, ensure that the Hungarian strategy is line with the Foundation’s overall strategy.

Grant management:

  • Proactively identify and assist prospective organisations to develop ideas into full grant applications.
  • Lead collaborative grant making, including coordination and development.
  • Build strong and trusted relationships with partner organisations and grant applicants, providing feedback and assistance where required.
  • Carry out regular project visits to new and current partners (building personal connections with partners and on the ground learning is a key part of the role).
  • Coordinate identified projects, design and complete monitoring and evaluation in line with the Foundation’s policies and procedures.
  • Complete all related grant administration, ensuring it is efficient and effective.
  • Produce regular progress reports on projects for the Board of Trustees.

Networking:

  • Attend relevant events, representing the Foundation and its aims.
  • Establish relevant relationships within the wider grant-making, non-profit and for-profit sector.

Team management:

  • Be the team leader for Hungary, providing line management support for two Grants Managers.
  • Track project progress through regular meetings with the Grants Managers, ensure main milestones are met on time.
  • Encourage professional development and foster a culture of collaboration and wellbeing.

Operations:

  • Liaise with the Finance Manager in relation to financial and administration tasks (i.e. bank, invoices, grants tracker etc.)
  • Update and maintain the Foundation’s website.

Misc:

  • Where relevant, work with the Foundation’s staff and partners in the UK to support the transfer of knowledge between countries.

This job description is not necessarily an exhaustive list of duties but is intended to reflect a range of duties the post-holder will perform.

This post will require travel across Hungary, occasionally involving overnight stays. It will also require some travel to visit organisations and colleagues in the UK (i.e. as part of quarterly Trustee Meetings).

Skills & Experience

  • 10+ years’ experience of working for a relevant setting in Hungary or abroad.
  • Demonstrable experience of working on and implementing programmes with marginalised communities.
  • Experience of collaborative grant-making procedures and practices.
  • Strategic thinking: Must be able to define objectives, develop an action plan, identify milestones, create timelines and deadlines.
  • Managerial skills: Task management, prioritisation, delegation, task separation, scheduling, team management and risk management.
  • Planning skills: Analysis, conceptual skills, brainstorming, decision-making, logistics, problem-solving, flexibility and adaptability.
  • Financial planning and budgeting. Good Excel skills.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to establish good relationships and credibility with a wide range of stakeholders including community organisations, trustees, advisors, partners, grantees, and crucially beneficiaries in fragile, vulnerable and socially excluded communities.
  • Computer skills: MS Office, Google Drive, spreadsheets, email, PowerPoint, databases, social media.
  • Minimum BA degree
  • Fluent in both Hungarian and English.
  • Excellent verbal and written skills in English.
  • Driving licence (category B).

Strongly advantageous:

  • Experience of working with Roma communities in Hungary.
  • Experience of capacity building and organisational development, with a focus on organisational sustainability and financial diversification (involving individual donors and/or corporate partnerships)

Full time gross salary: HUF 950,000 per month.

How to apply: To apply, please submit an up-to-date CV and supporting statement in English to judit.koppany@badurfoundation.org by 18th October 2026.

Your supporting statement should address your motivation to apply for the role and how you feel your experience relates to the job description. Your supporting statement should be no longer than one side of A4 paper or 500 words. At the end of your supporting statement, please identify two professional references including their full names, their relationship to you, their current position and contact information. A phone number is preferable.