Development Officer at Lwala Community Alliance (LCA)

Key Responsibilities

Position Description: The responsibilities of Development Officer include, but are not limited to, the following:

Grants Management and Reporting

• Own a portfolio of grants and lead reporting to those funders
• Support stewardship and engagement strategy for institutional donors
• Support Research and Learning team to maintain donor metrics and KPIs, produce impact dashboard and manage workflow of reporting data
• Contribute to the comprehensive database of current grant funders and track reporting requirements and deadlines
• Support production and content development for donor reports, quarterly Insider Reports and Annual Reports
• Lwala Community Alliance        PO Box 60688, Nashville, TN 37206       http://www.lwala.org
• Assist program teams with creation of conference abstracts, research presentations, and donor presentations
• Support business development and new partner scoping
• Proposal Development
• Lead in outlining and drafting letters of inquiry, concept papers, and proposal submissions for new grants and grant renewals, with special attention to program narratives, work plans, milestones, and budgets
• Support program team in the development of program strategies, theories of change, work plans,
• and key performance indicators

Grants Finance

Work with Grants Manager to ensure high-quality grants finance management and accurate allocation of grant funding
Coordinate with finance team to ensure accurate financing reporting for donors
Other

Support communications on an ad hoc basis, including releasing e-blasts, posting to social media, and making website updates
**Other duties as assigned

Qualifications and Experience Required

• A degree or relevant experience in international development, public health, public administration, communications, statistics or related field, master degree preferred
• Experience working in a field-based position in East Africa
• Strong writing abilities, both creative and analytical, with strong editing skills required
• Experience with nonprofit grants, donor reporting and budget adherence
• A background in grant compliance and reporting for USAID and other bilateral funders is desirable
• Keen attention to detail
• Ability to learn quickly and take initiative
• Process-oriented with capacity to develop and drive workplans and meet deadlines
• Maturity to tolerate nuance, handle competing priorities, and communicate with executive-level leadership
• Flexibility to work across time zones
• Patience and resilience
• Self-motivation and resourcefulness
• A proven ability to work with teams
• Successful experience working with people from different cultural backgrounds
• Curiosity and a sense of humor

What we offer

• Competitive salary with opportunity to grow
• Full benefits package including medical, vision, dental and group life plan
• Contributory pension scheme
• Annual leave of up to 22 days
• Exposure to global collaborators
• Room to innovate and challenge systems.