Job Title: Senior Grants Manager
Hiring Organization: BURN
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Manufacturing
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 05/28/2024
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.
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.
Skills
and Experience
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.