Grants Development Manager, Remote US

CAMFED - Campaign for Female Education; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CAMFED USA is seeking a Development Manager to work with the two-person US Development Operations team. You will craft donor reports, support proposals, and ensure compliance for restricted grant funding across US-based partners.

You will coordinate input from global teams and maintain essential grant records. You will align implementation with donor expectations, manage knowledge sharing through Salesforce/SharePoint/Drive, and mentor colleagues to strengthen team capacity while upholding

Qualifications

• Experience in a relevant role in the international development sector, including experience independently managing complex grants across multiple countries to support alignment of implementation with donor intent.
• Skilled communicator, with an ability to write clear and impact-focused narratives for a range of donor audiences, with close attention to detail.
• Comfort with analysis and interpretation of data, including through financial and impact documents.
• Collaborative project manager, able to draw people together around complex, multi-component projects, make things happen, and follow through, while holding the bigger picture in view.
• Organized and responsive, with a proven ability to proactively progress multiple workstreams, prioritize tasks independently and work to tight deadlines.
• Leadership skills, including an ability to take initiative, make decisions independently and take a pragmatic approach to problem solving.
• Experience managing, coaching, and supporting staff to develop their skills and abilities.
• Reflective, with a commitment to learning and professional development.
• Commitment to and passion for CAMFED’s values, mission and vision, as well as education, social justice and gender equity.

Responsibilities

• Content development to support donor partnerships: Lead the preparation of high-quality donor reports, progress updates, and other relevant communications for US-based funding partners; coordinate input from colleagues across functions; draft narrative reports and responses to donor queries.
• Content development to support donor partnerships: Lead or support the preparation of proposals to funding partners; draft proposal sections and documentation; coordinate input from colleagues internationally.
• Content development to support donor partnerships: Provide quality assurance on outputs from other team members through review of key reports and donor communications for accuracy and clarity.
• Alignment of implementation to donor expectations and requirements: Conduct regular reviews of grants with CAMFED offices in Africa to ensure donor intentions and compliance are reflected in implementation; support budget management and progress tracking.
• Knowledge management: Maintain program, operational and grant records using Salesforce, SharePoint, and Google Drive; support knowledge sharing within the team and organization.
• Knowledge management: Effectively communicate learning and innovation from CAMFED’s programs in Africa to colleagues and external audiences.
• Manage and support the professional development of colleagues in the Development Operations team: Mentor and coach team members, including line management responsibilities.
• Manage and support the professional development of colleagues in the Development Operations team: Promote ways of working that support motivation, leadership, resilience and psychological safety at work.

Job description

CAMFED USA is seeking a Development Manager to work with the two-person US Development Operations team. You will craft donor reports, support proposals, and ensure compliance for restricted grant funding across US-based partners.

You will coordinate input from global teams and maintain essential grant records. You will align implementation with donor expectations, manage knowledge sharing through Salesforce/SharePoint/Drive, and mentor colleagues to strengthen team capacity while upholding