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
- 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 - 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
- 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
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV’s to: angel@hamiltonllyodandassociates.com or preye@hamiltonllyodandassociates.com
Note: Only successful candidates will be contacted.
Deadline: 6th October, 2015.
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