Funding Partnerships and Grants Manager at
1 month ago
The Role
The Partnerships and Grants Manager will manage a portfolio of significant multi-lateral and bi-lateral funders.
This involves identifying and evaluating potential funding opportunity, cultivating relationships with targeted funders (formal and informal reporting), leading and writing proposals and bids, coordinating internally across NRT's cross-functional departments (finance, programmes, communications, M&E) to develop compelling proposals that help fill funding gaps, report on status of the grants.
The Account Manager is also responsible for monitoring and tracking opportunities throughout the funding cycle, helping mitigate any risks or challenges that arise and working as a high performing team member.
Key Job ResponsibilitiesManage a portfolio of bilateral, multi-lateral donors – ensuring both compliance and engagement plans to build strong, long-term partnerships.
Develop grant proposals and bids – especially for large funders such as European Commission, USAID, DANIDA, Sida, AfD, FCDO, UN, World BankDevelop and implement engagement strategies to deepen relationships with funders and donors, creating long term relationships of trust mutual accountability.
Manage ad hoc teams and coordinate grant project planning and reporting – with ability to initiate internal teams of peers around an agreed timeline and set of deliverables.
Support basic proposal budgeting and reporting, helping review and explain financial reports and monitor burn rates.Demonstrate sensitivity in handling confidential information.
Ensure compliance with NRT policies and procedures and external (donor/legal/IRS) requirements.
Manage or participate in complex or sensitive negotiations with implementing partners, conservancy members and boards, and funders
Convey the mission of NRT to diverse groups who are important stakeholders.
Travel frequently and on short notice, work long and flexible hours as needed.
Coordinate reporting and providing information needed by partners/donors/stakeholders; ensuring financial, MERL and Program reports align.
Any other duties that may be assigned, including dedicated special initiatives
Qualifications
At least 5-8 years relevant experience in managing large grants for bilateral and multilateral agencies; including convening proposal development workshops and leading process of developing grant proposals.
Strong interest and passion for environment, climate, community based natural resource management, marine and terrestrial conservation, peace-building and development issues, deep familiarity with Kenyan or Ugandan conservation and development issues.
Experience in building and maintaining long-term relationships with external stakeholders.Experience in managing and tracking multiple prospects of donors in a donor tracking or CRM system.
Conversant in monitoring, evaluation, adaptation and learning frameworks
Strategic, problem-solving mindset with a sense of humour and ability to manage stress and deadlines
Appreciation for working in diverse teams on complex issues – ability to mentor and be mentored.
Bachelor's degree in commerce, Business Management, Business Administration, Project Management or other relevant field such as ecology, biology, sociology, anthropology - a Master's degree will be an added advantage.
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