About the role:
The Senior Grants Manager is the focal point for
proposal development, reporting, grants information management, compliance, and
grants management capacity-building efforts. The Senior Grants Manager will
work closely with internal stakeholders in various departments and will report
to the Director of Strategic Partnerships and Grants.
We are looking for someone comfortable working in a
dynamic, challenging environment, for a company that recognizes and rewards
creativity, initiative, and contributions.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Pre-award responsibilities:
Researching and developing a grants portfolio,
including solicited and unsolicited opportunities.
Managing the full grant cycle, including
solicitation, proposal writing, implementation, monitoring, compliance,
reporting, and close-out.
Managing all aspects of the proposal development process – incl. the development of the technical narrative, M&E, development of budgets and budget narratives, required annexes, etc.
Directly manages timelines and the overall
progression of work undertaken by internal teams to ensure the on-time
completion and submission of high-quality application packages.
Developing and maintaining effective relationships
with key stakeholders.
Leads the post-award grants management of a diverse
portfolio of projects:
Ensures timely completion of milestones and maintains
complete project documentation for a wide range of grants simultaneously.
Spearhead external stakeholder grant meetings to
identify and help resolve needs, and constraints, and ensure successful
delivery.
Keep the supervisor informed of any projected
inability to meet contractual obligations. Be able to actively mitigate risks
through proactively proposing remedial solutions.
Manages the close-out process for projects, ensures
required documents are developed, and manages the overall close-out
timeline.
Provides overall capacity building, training, and
supervision of grant writers.
Qualifications:
At least eight (8) years of grant writing and grant
management experience.
Demonstrated project management experience related to
implementing and managing complex projects simultaneously.
Demonstrated capacity to think strategically, to lead
and work within diverse teams, to work in multi-cultural settings and with a
high degree of independence.
Demonstrated track record of winning solicited and
unsolicited grants, from a diverse range of organizations.
Strong interpersonal, communication, organizational,
analytical, and leadership skills.
Strong M&E skills, able to build frameworks and
track and monitor deliverables.
Excellent PowerPoint and Excel skills.
How To Apply