Grants Program Officers at a Non-Profit Organization - Hamilton Lloyd and Associates

Hamilton Lloyd and Associates - Our client is a Non-Profit Organization that has been recognized as a pioneer of policy advocacy, education, human rights, women empowerment, disaster relief and betterment of lives of Africans. Their primary objective is to create a platform for its core issues and providing a voice to Nigeria’s people.

Due to internal expansion processes, they have decided to hire the services of:

Job Title: Grants Program Officer

Location: Lagos
Reporting to: The Head of Programs

Role Summary

• Candidates will be part of a highly efficient and motivated team.
• He/she will be responsible for project development, management and implementation.
• The incumbent will identify, define, and develop funding sources to support existing and planned program activities as well as coordinate the development, writing, and submission of grant proposals to third-party entities.
• The position is also responsible for collecting, analyzing and reporting data on the performance of program activities that are funded by third-party public and private sources.

Job Description

• Ensuring the Program Management Cycle is implemented in program activities
• Management of projects and programs
• Representing the Foundation with external partners
• Developing and responding to public and private grant opportunities.
• Creating and maintaining monitoring and evaluation plans for projects and programs
• Generating proposals and supporting documents in response to solicitations
• Design and preparation of fund-raising proposals and grants application
• Webinar Meetings of active and potential funders, etc
• Conduct research, policy analysis and advocacy on the thematic areas of the Foundation
• Facilitate grants ‘kick off’ meetings
• Preparation of reports to donor agencies and report for MMF Annual report
• Organize events, conferences, workshops and seminars based on agreed outlook and scope.
• Ensure timely completion of training programs according to work plan
• Network with other organizations involving in both internal and external as identified
• Undertaking capacity building in the team
• Writing reports according to established schedule and donor requirements
• Developing communication material (newsletters, annual reports, etc.) for distribution to donors and other stakeholders
• Creating and editing website content
• Developing the annual strategy with the Chief Executive Officer and Management
• Developing a fundraising strategy for the organization
• Conducting mapping of institutional donors and foundations (EU, UN, USAID, DFID, etc), highlighting common priorities
• Investigating and spearheading new avenues for individual support and/or donations
• Developing a donor management tool where reports and history of donors can be easily tracked
• Analytical - synthesizes complex or diverse information, collects and researches data, uses intuition and experience to complete tasks, designs work flows and procedures
• Design - Generates creative solutions, translates concepts and information into images, demonstrates attention to detail
• Problem solving - identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner, gathers and analyzes information skillfully, develops alternative solutions, works well in group problem solving situations
• Technical Skills - Assess own strengths and weaknesses, pursues training and development opportunities, strives to continuously build knowledge and skills, shares expertise with others
• Teamwork - balances team and individual responsibilities, exhibits objectivity and openness to others’ views

Application Closing Date
17th March, 2016.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV's to: [email protected] kindly make the subject of the mail the job title.

Note: Only successful candidates will be contacted.