Funding Partnerships and Grants Manager at Northern Rangelands Trust
Northern Rangelands Trust
- Kenya
- Permanent
- Full-time
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- Company:
- Location: Kenya
- State:
- Job type: Full-Time
- Job category:
- Manage 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 Bank
- Develop 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
- 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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