ROLE PROFILE
JOB TITLE: Institutional Grants Manager
Reports to: Head of Development, Team: Development
Location: Dublin or Brussels, Contract Type: Permanent, Weekly Hours: Full-time
Salary Scale: €52-€66k per year
Principal Objective of the Team and Role:
The Development Team sustains and develops the organisation's effective operation through securing funding and partnerships that enable the delivery of strategic priorities. The team develops and implements the organisation's fundraising strategy, identifies potential donors, drafts proposals and reports in line with policies and obligations, nurtures relationships and supports planning and budgeting with analysis and income projections.
The Institutional Grants Manager leads Front Line Defenders' established process of engagement with its consortium of private and institutional donors based throughout Europe, North America and elsewhere. This includes responsibility for reporting, relationship management and identifying new funding opportunities.
Responsibilities:
1. Funding oversight and grants management: Daily oversight and management of the organisation's funding portfolio of circa 40 funding partners. This includes:
o Management of reporting and proposals deadlines,
o Internal monitoring of contractual obligations laid out in donor agreements,
o Engagement with Front Line Defenders staff to ensure timely and effective management of projects associated with grant agreements,
o Liaising with Finance team to ensure financial management of grant agreements.
2. Reporting: The provision of timely narrative & financial reporting of excellent quality. This includes:
o Narrative reporting of Front Line Defenders project and programme activities as required by each institutional donor contact, including routine employment of results/impact data contained within Front Line Defenders' database and internal monitoring reports,
o Financial reporting of Front Line Defenders programme/project expenditure relating to institutional donor contacts, in coordination with Finance Team.
3. Proposal writing: Drafting programme and project-based proposals to current and prospective donors, in coordination with relevant colleagues and possible partner organisations.
4. Identify and lead on responding to calls for proposals and funding opportunities.
5. Ongoing trends mapping and analysis to ensure Front Line Defenders donor intelligence is up to date, including identifying potential new donors and establishing a funding relationship.
6. Ongoing engagement with established institutional funding partners which include Government Ministries and private foundations based throughout Europe, the US and elsewhere.
Key Relationships:
Internal: Head of Development, Executive Director, Deputy Director, Finance Team, Advocacy Team, MEAL Manager, Senior Philanthropy and Protection Lead (US), and Front Line USA Foundation Board and Administrator, Protection Grants Officers.
External: Donors (government, foundations and individuals), and partner organisations.
Person Specification:
Knowledge and Skills:
1. Knowledge of funding mechanisms of key donors in the sector.
2. Experience in project and budget management.
3. Good knowledge of human rights and/or development issues, and of the human rights space.
4. Excellent written and verbal knowledge of English is essential. Ability to communicate effectively and persuasively in written and oral forms.
5. Excellent oral and written communication skills and excellent representational skills.
6. Ability to work as both a key member of a team as well as working proactively alone.
7. Ability to work to tight deadlines.
8. Ability to thrive in a high-pressure supported environment.
9. A working knowledge of one of Front Line Defenders other working languages (Arabic, French, Russian and Spanish) is desirable.
Experience:
1. Minimum 4 years of work experience in development, fundraising, and/or grantmaking in civil society, philanthropy and/or government settings.
2. Demonstrable experience in engaging with private donors, such as foundations, corporations and high-net worth individuals.
3. Experience in project and budget management.
4. Experience in fundraising from the public an advantage.
Other requirements:
Requirement to travel internationally occasionally, Availability for some weekends/evening work when necessary (such as attending events).
Core Values:
Commitment to our work, Building Effective Working Relationships, Communication with each other, Stewardship of Resources, Results Focused.
Front Line Defenders is an Equal Opportunities Employer.