- Open Health Foundation is seeking an experienced and results-driven Senior Grant and Partnership Officer to lead the organization's grant development, fundraising, donor engagement, and strategic partnership activities.
- The successful candidate will identify and secure funding opportunities, develop high-quality grant proposals and concept notes, manage relationships with donors and strategic partners, and support the organization in building sustainable partnerships that advance its health and development objectives.
- The role requires strong research, proposal writing, relationship management, project coordination, and communication skills, with a good understanding of the nonprofit, public health, and development sectors.
Key Responsibilities
Grant Development and Fundraising:
- Research and identify relevant grant, funding, and partnership opportunities from foundations, government agencies, development organizations, corporations, and international donors.
- Monitor funding portals, donor priorities, calls for proposals, and grant opportunities relevant to the Foundation's programs.
- Lead the preparation of compelling concept notes, grant proposals, expressions of interest, budgets, and other funding documents.
- Coordinate proposal development with technical, program, finance, monitoring and evaluation, and management teams.
- Maintain an up-to-date grants pipeline and funding calendar.
- Ensure all proposals and applications are submitted accurately and within required deadlines.
- Develop and maintain a database of prospective and existing donors and funding partners.
Partnership Development and Management:
- Identify, develop, and maintain strategic relationships with potential partners, donors, NGOs, government institutions, private-sector organizations, foundations, and other relevant stakeholders.
- Develop partnership concepts, collaboration frameworks, MoUs, and other partnership documentation where required.
- Represent Open Health Foundation at relevant meetings, conferences, workshops, networking events, and stakeholder engagements.
- Strengthen existing partnerships and identify opportunities for long-term collaboration.
- Support the development of strategic partnerships that increase the Foundation's visibility, reach, and impact.
Donor and Stakeholder Engagement:
- Maintain regular communication with donors and strategic partners.
- Prepare donor updates, progress reports, presentations, briefing notes, and partnership communications.
- Coordinate donor meetings and follow up on agreed actions.
- Ensure donor requirements, expectations, and reporting obligations are clearly communicated internally and appropriately managed.
- Support donor retention and relationship-building strategies.
Grant Management and Reporting:
- Track active grants to ensure compliance with donor requirements, timelines, deliverables, and budgets.
- Coordinate the preparation and submission of donor reports in collaboration with relevant teams.
- Monitor grant milestones and flag potential risks, delays, or compliance issues to management.
- Maintain organized and accurate grant documentation and records.
- Support grant close-out activities and lessons-learned processes.
Strategy and Business Development:
- Contribute to the Foundation's fundraising and partnership strategy.
- Conduct research on emerging trends, donor priorities, and funding opportunities in the health and development sector.
- Identify opportunities for program expansion, strategic alliances, and new sources of funding.
- Provide management with regular updates on funding prospects, partnership opportunities, and sector developments.
- Support the development of organizational profiles, capability statements, presentations, and other business development materials.
- Bachelor's Degree in Public Health, Development Studies, International Relations, Business Administration, Social Sciences, Communications, or a related field.
- A Master's degree or relevant professional qualification is an advantage.
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in grants management, fundraising, partnerships, business development, donor relations, or a related field.
- Demonstrable experience developing successful grant proposals and securing funding.
- Experience working with NGOs, nonprofit organizations, foundations, development agencies, or health-focused organizations is highly desirable.
- Strong knowledge of the donor and development funding landscape.
Required Skills and Competencies:
- Excellent grant and proposal writing skills.
- Strong research and analytical abilities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent project and time-management abilities.
- Strong negotiation and networking skills.
- Ability to manage multiple funding opportunities and deadlines simultaneously.
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively across different teams.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and relevant grant/project management tools.
- Strong understanding of nonprofit fundraising and donor compliance requirements.
- High level of professionalism, integrity, and confidentiality.