Grants and Partnerships Manager

About the role

The Grants and Partnerships Manager supports World Concern’s grant acquisition and donor reporting efforts by coordinating proposal and reporting processes to ensure all related grants development activities are well organized, effectively coordinated, are of the highest quality, and are completed on time. The position serves as World Concern’s primary liaison with partner countries, strengthening grant management, policy compliance, communication, reporting, risk mitigation, and adoption and ensuring the implementation of best practices across partnerships. The role also supports country partners in program and strategic planning to advance spiritual integration and transformational development goals.

Responsibilities

• Serve as copy editor for all grant proposals and reports.
• Support writing proposals and reports, including developing work plans, monitoring frameworks, and other required project documentation, as needed.
• Provide administrative support during the proposal development process including formatting documents, compiling annexes, and ensuring submission readiness.
• Assist in gathering required documentation for donor reports (narrative and financial).
• Support quality assurance processes by ensuring consistency, completeness, and compliance with donor guidelines.
• Serve as the primary coordination point among grant writing members, ensuring consolidation of inputs, and the alignment on proposal development, reporting requirements, and grant deliverables.
• Maintain and regularly update the master grants calendar, including proposal deadlines, reporting schedules, grants requirements, and send reminders/follow-ups to ensure timely submissions and reporting.
• Track all active and pipeline grants, ensuring key milestones and deliverables are clearly documented and accessible.
• Develop and maintain systems to track workflows across the grants team and monitor progress against timelines and escalate risks or delays as needed.