Obsidian Capital is a Principal Investment firm, established in 2014 with one purpose - transform African lives by creating companies that deliver sustained, long-term beneficial impact. We design locally specialised, globally competitive, large scale private-sector solutions to the infrastructure challenges of communities in middle Africa. Working with our partners, we utilise our own capital and raise all of the institutional funding required to deliver fully funded, long-term and sustainable infrastructure.
It is our mission to transform the infrastructure landscape of middle Africa - which is the fastest growing young population in the world - both in income and population. We are excited by the immense opportunities and challenges that we have encountered in meeting the needs of this population and are excited about the opportunities ahead.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Grant & Funding Development Lead
Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-time
Job Description
- We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented professional to lead foundation research, grant writing, and application management for a non-profit real estate development.
- This role will play a critical part in securing funding for early design, planning, and construction efforts.
- This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys building systems from the ground up and wants to be part of a mission-driven project from inception.
Key Responsibilities
- Comprehensive research to identify foundations and funding opportunities aligned with the business objectives.
- Identify grants that support real estate pre-development, capital campaigns, and cultural institutions.
- Prepare, write, and submit compelling grant applications and supporting materials.
- Track all grant applications from submission through award decision, ensuring deadlines and requirements are met.
- Monitor grant cycles and maintain a pipeline of upcoming opportunities, including tracking currently closed grants and preparing for future submissions.
- Develop and maintain a centralized grant tracking system (e.g., spreadsheet or CRM.)
- Collaborate with the founder to gather necessary materials, narratives, budgets, and supporting documentation.
- Provide regular updates on funding pipeline, application status, and upcoming opportunities
Required Qualifications and Skills
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Economics or related field.
- 5-8years of relevant experience.
- Strong organizational skills, able to prioritize and perform multiple tasks seamlessly
- Excellent ability to speak and write English language
- Strong writing, editing, and storytelling skills
- Proficient in MS Word, PowerPoint & Excel
- Experience in grant research and writing. (non-profit or consulting experience preferred.)
- Diligent, high attention to detail.
- Strong interpersonal skills, good at building stakeholders relationships.
- Self-starter, able to work with minimal supervision in a start-up environment.
- Proactive, with good decision-making capacity.
- Passion for education, children’s, programming, arts, or community development is a plus.
- Must be mature, courteous, reliable.
Salary Range
N750,000 - N1,000,000 / Month.
Application Closing Date
20th June, 2026.
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