Job Title: Grant Writer (Volunteer)
Location: Nigeria
Roles and Responsibilities
- The core role of the Grant Writer is to research and gather documentation that fulfills the necessary requirements of various funding bodies both in order to develop robust proposals for both unrestricted operating revenue and restricted projects formally seeking funding support on behalf of the foundation.
- The grant writer will also manage a grant calendar.
Primary Responsibilities
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- Research and source for individual donors and funding organisations.
- Keeping records to efficiently track the proposals.
- Developing relationships and collaborating with key stakeholders.
- Perform prospect research on foundations and corporations to evaluate prospects for corporate and foundation grants and Identifying grant funding opportunities.
Skills, Education, and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing or related field.
- 2+ years grant writing experience.
- Experience with proposal writing and institutional donors.
- Knowledge of basic fundraising techniques and strategies.
- Knowledge and familiarity with research techniques for fundraising prospect research.
- Proficient with MS Office Word and Excel.
- Excellent knowledge of fundraising information sources.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Strong people skills.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Ability to meet deadlines.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Letter of Motivation for the role to: [email protected] using the “Job title” as subject of the email.
Deadline: September 10, 2020
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Deadline | 10th September, 2020. |