Job Title – Grant Manager

Location: Lagos State.

About Company: Our client is a leading Graduate Business School that offers Executive MBA and Post Graduate Education Programs with a world-class facility and faculty. The school and its programmes are consistently ranked among the best in the world.

The Company is seeking to hire a Grant Manager to coordinate grant activities covering philanthropy, project, and research grants. He/she is responsible for implementing proactive administrative and operational strategies aimed at securing funding for the institution's activities, projects, and research, and advising on regulations and policies on grants and also, provide leadership to the MSAs and the entire research group.

The ideal candidate for this role must demonstrate excellent skill in acquiring and managing grants from philanthropy, projects, and research.

Responsibilities:

Essential duties/ key job roles and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following;

Interacting with various groups in the institution to access their grant needs and determine possible sources of such grants.
Developing a database of the funding needs of the entire institution and possible sources of such grants.
Designing grant programs.
Identify prospective funding sources, new funding initiatives, and support for all the institution's activities.
Liaising with funding bodies on their procedures, regulations, terms, and conditions to ensure these are adhered to promptly and accurately.
Manage applications for all grants including proposal development, budgeting, completion of proposal forms, progress report submission, expenditure reconciliation, grant compliance requirements, subcontracts, renewals, exit, and sponsors' terms and conditions.
Optimizing the grant administration process.
Managing timelines and deliverables.
Preparing and monitoring budgets.
Tracking grant applications.

Requirements

Skills:

Demonstrate excellent skill in acquiring and managing grants from philanthropy, projects, and research.
Must have very strong skills in one of the grant types and good skills in the other two.
Evidence of scholarship in research.
Must have published at least 3 papers in a peer-reviewed journal.

Others:

Maintain liaison and effective communication and build beneficial relationships with individuals and organizations at various levels across the grant community.
Provide technical support to the Research Director in strategic planning and implementation of policies and procedures to promote grant activities in the institution.
Identify prospective participants and coordinate the development of faculty interdisciplinary research teams and other proposals.
Develop and facilitate workshops, meetings, or conferences that enhance the grant skills of faculty and professionals within the institution.
Prepare substantive administrative reports and documents.
Manage a varying voluminous caseload of complex assignments and projects from multiple sponsors requiring deadlines and timely submissions.
Represent the unit in committees and relevant university meetings.
Any other specific or ad hoc duty to be assigned by the line manager from time to time.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree (or 3-7 years of work experience in grant writing).
MBA is an added advantage
Demonstrate analytical and persuasive writing skills experience as well as superior editing skills, including the ability to convey complex information clearly to a diverse audience.
Strong administrative skills, self-motivated, with the ability to set priorities and manage multiple tasks under minimal supervision effectively and efficiently.
Intermediate to expert skills in Microsoft Office (specifically Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
Familiarity and experience working with national, governmental, and other external funders.
Ability to work under pressure and respond to deadlines without sacrificing quality.
Must have 5+ years of experience in fundraising, grant writing & grants management.
Must have 3+ years dealing directly with grant donors locally and internationally.
Must have 3+ years of direct involvement in philanthropy, project, and research initiatives.

Benefits

N500-650K Monthly Net + Other Benefits

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