General Functions
Under the overall supervision of the Program Manager and under the direct supervision of Head of M&E and M&E Supervisor the Grants Writer will be responsible for preparation and writing of all new grants and project proposals. The grant writer will be compiling the comprehensive and all other grant related reports and will also be reviewing and editing grant budgets.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
- Preparation and writing of all new grant/project proposals.
- Coordinating with Operations and other program units to obtain necessary information required for grant writing purposes.
- Compiling the reports as necessary.
- Compiling ‘success stories’ reflecting program impact.
- Extension of support to the M&E team including reviewing Final Evaluation Reports (FER’s)
- Maintaining constant liaison with program staff.
- Ensuring up-to-date and accurate information pertaining to regional background and overviews for grants.
- Organizing and maintaining program reports and documentation for tracking and reporting
- Support Donor reporting process
- Support Donor online verification process
- Any other duty assigned by the Program Manager
Qualification and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences or equivalent.
- Grants Writer must have a minimum of two years experience of working with community development project implementation; should have excellent writing skills and knowledge of FATA and KP areas, its government structure and geography. The Grants Writer must have the capacity to understand and analyze national, regional, and local politics, and the creativity and analytical capacity to design and implement grants with the interface between government and communities.
Languages
- Fluency in English is required, Urdu and Pushto is a plus.