Skills Outside School Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation registered as in IT (70340) in June 2014 at the Corporate Affairs Commission, Nigeria and a Company Limited by Guarantee (09365183) at the Companies House, UK.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Grant Writer
Location: Abuja
Roles and Responsibilities
- The core role of the Grant Writer is to research information and write robust proposals that fulfill the requirements of international and local funding and partnership bodies that match the Foundation’s. In sum, the Grant Writer will:
- Research and identify individual donors and funding organisations
- Develop proposals that fulfil the requirements of the potential funding bodies
- Keep records of all grants written and efficiently track the proposals including progress and requests for information during the period of assessment of proposals by the funding bodies
- Provide additional information on request by potential funding bodies
- Reporting Relationship: Senior Program Manager
Education/Eligibility
- At least Bachelor Degree in any discipline preferably in English, Literature, Mass Communications, Marketing, Advertisement, Sales and similar disciplines or a similar professional background in these disciplines.
- Must not be situate in FCT.
Skills and Experience:
- Excellent Verbal Communication
- Superior Writing, Editing and Research Skills
- Excellent Analytical and critical thinking Skills
- Strong IT Skills
- Ability to understand the needs of both the agency in need of funding and the organization that is offering the grant money
- Ability to use dropbox, sharepoint and goggle drive
- Being able to understand and execute complex instructions
- Strong attention to detail
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Application with a detailed Resume as one document (in a PDF or Word Format) indicating position being applied for as the subject of the application to:
[email protected]