Grants Manager

Description:

The Grants Manager is a member of Grant management Unit and is an important liaison between Akhuwat and its donors. The Grants Manager is responsible for researching, preparing, submitting, and managing grant proposals/reports/bids that support agency goals and meet funder guidelines and criteria. This person serves as the primary grant/bid writer, manages funder relationships, engages in compliance reporting, and supports special project initiatives.

This position requires strong writing, research, data analysis, program budgeting, project management skills, with an emphasis on outcome measurement.

Key Responsibilities:

·      Lead proposal development and submission—preparing and organizing materials for proposals, and submitting and monitoring grant applications, including:

o  Researching new funding and business development opportunities on a local, provincial/federal and international level;

o  Maintaining and building relationships with donors and other strategic partners (private, corporate, non-profits and governments) at local, provincial/federal and international level;

o  Drafting proposals/LOIs/bid documents, grant application narratives, and budgets and collaborate to finalize with program staff, finance, operations and administration;

o  Submitting grant applications/bids via paper or online portals, and maintain list of passwords;

o  Meeting with donors and different Units and projects to explore funding opportunities;

o  Maintaining master calendar of grants, quarterly workplan and of all associated files and correspondence;

o  Facilitating in making grant contracts/agreements;

o  Ensuring acknowledgment of Donors via website, e-newsletter, and social

media; and

·      Maintain grant/bid compliance and reporting, including outcome measurement and grant budgets—taking responsibility for meeting high standards of effectiveness, timeliness, and completeness, including:

o  Monitoring and maintaining reporting schedules and requirements;

o  Tracking progress toward organizational and programmatic outcomes and goals;

o  Requesting reimbursements and drawdowns as needed;

o  Drafting compelling progress reports and targeted program updates to donors that fully capture programmatic success;

o  Assembling all necessary supporting materials and documents including budget reports, outcome measurements, success stories, etc.; submit reports to donors.

·  Researching statistics, trends and data for grant proposals and community advocacy, including:

o  Performing research and data-gathering—both from external and internal sources;

o  program data;