Grants Manager at KCB Bank Kenya

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Prepare clear, concise, and persuasive grant proposals that effectively communicate the organization's mission, goals, and impact to potential funders. This includes drafting narratives, budgets, timelines, and other required documents in line with donor requirements and Group Policies. 
• Identify potential grant opportunities from government agencies, private foundations, corporations, etc, and support engagements with potential donors. 
• Monitor and track all fundraising pipelines working with programme teams, Head of fundraising and other stakeholders in providing any additional information that may be required by the donor agencies to increase success rates of the funding mobilization.
• Coordinate programme teams in KCBF as well as Group business functions in the development of funding concepts and proposals.
• Negotiate and prepare contractual terms as well as support execution of contract mechanisms. Review agreements, develop specifications and advise on all technical contract activity, such as tendering procedures, terms and conditions, contract change and review.
• Review cash requests for grants ensuring amounts requested are reasonable and within approved budgets and ensuring organization procurement policies and procedures are followed when procuring goods and services. Review liquidation reports for grant advances issued.
• Conduct quarterly financial reviews and grant audits where applicable giving feedback to grantees as appropriate on areas that need improvement in their systems and procedures.
• Responsible for performance management of contracted services to ensure compliance, quality and value for money and all related activity. 
• Proactive development of relationships with donor, implementing partners, operational staff and wider stakeholders. Develop internal and external partnerships with providers, coordinating provider forums, workshops and meetings as appropriate.
• Provide technical training and capacity building to Group entities and staff on proposal development and intelligence gathering, for high quality proposals and embed the KCBF grants management policy guidelines and industry best practices within the grants management cycle.

DAILY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identifying and researching grant opportunities and developing grant proposals and applications
• Developing and maintaining relationships with funders and community partners
• Managing grant agreements and contracts.
• Collaborating with program and Group staff to create program budgets and project plans
• Managing and tracking grant awards and reporting requirements.

MINIMUM POSITION REQUIREMENT

Academic & Professional

• Education     Bachelor’s Degree    Any related field     RQ
• Professional Qualifications    Community Development/Grants Writing/Fundraising    AA     
• Master’s Degree               

Experience & Proficiencies

• Five Total Minimum No of Years’ Experience Required                                                                                                          

Detail Minimum[2] No of Years Need Type

• Grants Writing    5    ES
• Grants budgeting    4    ES
• Grants Contract management    4    ES
• Donor Relationship management    4    ES
• International Donor-Funded Projects    3    ES
• Stakeholder management    5    ES
• Grants Accounting    2    DE
• Capacity building and facilitation,    1    ES