Job Vacancy: Job title: Grant Manager
Job description: Job Description:
We are currently seeking to employ a suitably qualified Grant Manager for a Government Parastatal in Lagos State.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading the fund-raising team to make the grant process work effectively and efficiently, in an organization. He/she will be tasked with developing programs to support the organization & strategic direction, as well as creating and managing long term goals, and will also oversee developing budgets and operating plans for programs and writing program funding proposals.
Job Responsibilities
- Responsible for overseeing fundraising initiatives
- Researching, preparing, submitting and managing grant proposals
- Ensures that proposals meet the funders guidelines and requirements, and manages the relationship with the funder(s)
- Responsible for compliance reporting –donor & Lagos State
- Managing and supporting the grants requirement and implementation for the organization
- Creating and managing long-term goals.
- Developing and monitoring budgets and operating plan for the program.
- Writing program funding proposals to guarantee uninterrupted delivery of services
- Working on strategy with the marketing team
- Identify and develop strategies to optimize the grants administration process
- Designing grant programs.
- Determining funding needs.
- Meeting with stakeholders to make communication easy and transparent regarding project issues and decisions on services.
- Implementing and managing changes and interventions to ensure project goals are achieved.
- Researching funding opportunities.
- Reporting to the board of directors.
- Coordinating and engaging with grant writers.
- Identifying support agencies
- Optimizing the grant administration process.
- Managing timelines and deliverables.
- Tracking grant applications.
- Work collaboratively with other members of the project team, liaising with other Managers in the stakeholder
- Provide input into weekly/monthly reports for Project Management Office and Project Board.
Experience/Skills
- A bachelor’s degree in Public Administration, Grants Administration, or related field
- A minimum of five years experience in public grant administration, or grant writing, or budgeting, or funding source research, or project management, and in a non-profit organization
- Proficiency in use of Microsoft Office Suite (including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
- Previous experience working with a Board or Governing council
- Good writing and editing skills.
- Good understanding of the organizations overall business and its objectives.
- Possess good knowledge of planning and strategizing financial and budgeting issues.
Requirements
Location: Lagos, Lagos State
Job date: Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:45:50 GMT
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