Senior Grants & Proposal Manager at Strathmore University

Basic job summary:

• The job holder will be responsible for overseeing the process of securing funding through research grants.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Grant Research

• Manage potential grant opportunities by continuously monitoring and identifying research grants.
• Conduct Institutional research funding needs and perform relevant research to identify available authentic funding opportunities.

Proposal Development

• Manage proposal writing and submission.
• Establish quality assurance measures to guide and enhance quality of proposals submitted.
• Approve the training of proposal developers to increase the quality of proposals as well as the winning rate of proposals submitted.
• Guide the planning, budgeting and resource management of key proposals.
• Oversee the performance of submitted proposals.

Grants & Compliance Management

• Manage the entire life cycle of a research grant from application to reporting.
• Audit compliance with grant requirement and regulations.
• Manage grant activities.

Grants Relationship Management

• Build client relations and influence partners to increase research funding
• Manage relationships with funding agencies, donors and other stakeholders.

Minimum Academic Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in a relevant field

Experience:

• Over 7 Years working experience in a busy environment with a proven track record in business writing and proposal development with at least 4 years in a managerial position

Competencies and Attributes

• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Planning and organizing skills
• Leadership
• Project management
• Entrepreneurial drive
• Research and problem solving