Grant and Partnership Manager

About this role

The Role: Grant and Partnership Manager at Lindii Peace Foundation in Borno. The role oversees the full grant management cycle, from identifying funding opportunities to proposal development, budget coordination, donor compliance, reporting and grant close-out. It also involves developing and maintaining strategic partnerships with donors, UN agencies, NGOs, government bodies, civil society and other stakeholders. The position requires strong skills in grant management, proposal writing, partnership development, communication, analysis and negotiation, with the ability to handle multiple grants and competing deadlines in a humanitarian and development setting. The goal is to strengthen LPF's funding base, donor relationships and capacity to deliver accountable programmes for vulnerable and crisis-affected populations. The role works closely with Programme Management, Finance, MEAL, Procurement, Logistics, HR and other teams to ensure proposals are well-developed and donor requirements are met.

What you would do

• Coordinate the full grant management cycle from opportunity identification to implementation monitoring, reporting and close-out.
• Maintain an overview of active, prospective and completed grants with objectives, budgets, timelines and reporting requirements.
• Review and organise grant agreements, proposals, budgets, amendments and related documents.
• Develop and maintain a grant management calendar with deadlines and obligations.
• Ensure teams understand grant requirements, implementation commitments and donor conditions.
• Monitor grant performance against objectives, milestones, budgets and contractual obligations.
• Identify delays, gaps and compliance issues and coordinate corrective actions.
• Support programme teams in grant start-up, implementation, extensions, amendments, transitions and close-out.
• Keep grant records complete, accurate, and accessible to authorised personnel.
• Identify funding opportunities and maintain a donor and opportunities database.

What they are asking for

• Experience in grant management, proposal development and donor liaison.
• Ability to identify funding opportunities, conduct donor mapping and maintain a funding pipeline.
• Skills in budget coordination, reporting, monitoring and compliance with donor requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication, negotiation and analytical abilities.
• Ability to work with multiple internal teams (Programme, Finance, MEAL, Procurement, Logistics, HR).
• Experience in partner development and management, due diligence and collaboration with external stakeholders.
• Understanding of humanitarian and development context and programme cycle.

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