The Citizens Foundation
Description
- Undertaking proactive research on new leads (including institutional grantors, corporate foundations, family foundations, High Net worth individuals and other impact investors) and writing opportunity briefs where needed.
- Creating a research strategy for the GP unit
- Preparing concept notes, proposals and Letters of intent for grantors in coordination with the rest of the team.
- Responsible for overseeing all research and proposal related tasks for TCF??s Country Partners on behalf of the GP Team.
- Manage approval process of pitches and proposals in line with the department??s SOPs
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When required, assisting with monitoring and writing grant reports an also assisting with managing grantor relationships.
Required Skills
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience of working on proposals and budgets for institutional donors.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
- Strong command of the English language.
- Strong research skills.
- understanding of Microsoft Excel and spreadsheets.
- Ability to multi-task, and work under pressure with tight deadlines.
- Good time management skills.
- Ability to work independently but is also a team player with strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
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Willing to learn and adapt to the team??s needs and work on other tasks assigned by the line manager.
Education
Master??s Degree in Development, Social Sciences, Humanities
Experience
At least 6 years of experience preferably in proposal writing/business development and/or research in the social sector