Strategic Partnerships Manager — Foundations & Grants (12 mo)

World Renew; Burlington; Hybrid; CAD 82,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

World Renew in Burlington, Ontario (hybrid) or Byron Center, Michigan (hybrid) seeks a Strategic Partnerships Manager to grow funding for international programs by engaging foundations, trusts, and corporations, and by coordinating grant proposals.

The role focuses on networking, grant writing, RBM, and cross‑functional collaboration with field and finance teams. This 12‑month parental leave coverage role offers a mission‑driven environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree preferred.
• At least three years of technical experience in grants required.
• Professional certificate(s) and/or license(s) in Project Management preferred.
• Two years’ experience in international community development and/or disaster response preferred.
• Experience traveling to and working cross-culturally with vulnerable communities internationally preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prospecting: Network and establish connections and relationships with new prospects for grant funding focusing on charitable foundations, trusts, and corporations.
• Lead proposal development—in collaboration with field staff, the Finance Team (Finance Program Manager), and others—ensuring that high-quality standards are met and that applications are responsive to the stated interests of the donor and the requirements of the Request for Applications (RFA)
• Stay informed of World Renew programs and field office priorities and communicate appropriately with regional team leaders and field offices to ensure that funding requests align with regional and country program priorities and the funding priorities of the organization
• Ensure good coordination of the proposal development process using recognized project management approaches such as developing RACI charts and project charters; setting-up calendars and assigning tasks to collaborators; organizing meetings as needed to share information and make decisions; and ensuring adherence to the schedule and organizational guidelines and policies.
• Liaise between grant-making institutions and others within World Renew to communicate the requirements for specific grants received.
• Seek funding from other institutional donors and partners as assigned.
• Work with other grant staff to provide surge support in times of heavy grant proposal writing and/or reporting as approved by supervisor.
• Program Design - Provide results-based management (RBM) support to ministry teams for grant program development.
• Develop performance measurement frameworks and logic models which align with donor requirements.
• Review program theories of change.
• Advise on the selection of strong indicators.
• Increase collaborative funding opportunities: network and establish connections and relationships with new prospects for grant funding focusing on likeminded international development organizations to identify potential consortium partnership opportunities.
• Work with Ministry Teams and/or individual countries as assigned to develop local funding strategies and broader grant-funding strategies.
• Facilitate/provide training and competency development for peers and/or Ministry Team staff in prospecting and developing team/country funding strategies.
• Support and strengthen local capacity building of program staff in grant acquisition, proposal development and overall grant management.
• Attend and participate in meetings of the PE team and contribute to a team culture of mutual support, accountability and learning.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Networking

Proposal writing

Grant acquisition

Communication

Project management

Cross-cultural collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Project Management certification preferred

Tools

Google Suite

Microsoft Office

Job description

World Renew in Burlington, Ontario (hybrid) or Byron Center, Michigan (hybrid) seeks a Strategic Partnerships Manager to grow funding for international programs by engaging foundations, trusts, and corporations, and by coordinating grant proposals.

The role focuses on networking, grant writing, RBM, and cross‑functional collaboration with field and finance teams. This 12‑month parental leave coverage role offers a mission‑driven environment.