1.      Research and identify prospective CSRs, Foundations, Institutional donors, Multi-lateral and Bilateral donors, HNI and corporate funders

2.     Own and drive end to end activities required to write and submit grant proposals to individual, foundation, institutional and corporate prospects. This shall include but not be limited to: write and edit letters of intent, concept notes; propose ideas and develop proposals and budgets for submission, including assembling all required documentation for funding opportunities

3.     Grant/ External/ Internal Reporting:

• Write, edit, and oversee the completion and submission of all reports 
• Ensure compliance with donor grant restrictions and reporting preferences
• Maintain repository of all internal and external reports 
• Work in close collaboration with the Finance team to prepare contractual and financial reports as needed 
• Editing reports for team members, as needed
• Work with colleagues to compile, write, and finalize fundraising content for the annual report

4.     Collaborate with the Strategic Communications team to share and produce ongoing consistent language and visual content

5.     Develop, update and maintain a central folder with repository of latest templates, boilerplate materials, written content which can be leveraged by internal teams- including materials to support donor relationships and visibility, in form of Power Points, summaries etc.

• Management Degree would definitely be an added plus
• Strong experience in RFP and Grant proposal writing for big bilateral and multi-lateral organizations
• Research and database management 
• Demonstrated success in raising grants and securing new donor partners 
• Excellent problem solving and quick decision making

Span of Control: Individual contributor role
 
External Stakeholders: Institutional Philanthropic Agencies, Bilateral and Multi-lateral Organizations, HNI Foundations, Institutional CSR foundations, Vendors etc.
 
Internal Stakeholders: Cross functional teams across the organization