Grant Coordinator

Overview

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Job Description:

The Resource Development and Partnerships Department is responsible for creating and cultivating circles of support, as well as for raising funds for ongoing organizational activities and development. The department works to foster partnerships and develop resources in various countries around the world through a professional team at our company and via partnered associations in different countries.

The Projects and Marketing Department is responsible for preparing a variety of materials and tools that will assist the fundraising desks in their activities and in maintaining contact with donors, including creating and updating a project database for fundraising, proposals, grant requests, and reports to foundations and funding bodies, as well as producing various marketing materials on a range of platforms to support the resource development activities.

The Projects Writer works with the fundraising desks within the department and liaises with the various divisions across the company to write project proposals and adapt them to different funding bodies; continuously updates the project database; and coordinates and prepares reports for funding bodies in time to meet deadlines. The role involves extensive cooperation with all divisions and units and with all the desks and units within the department.

Areas of Responsibility:

• Jointly and in coordination with the division’s point of contact team updating the company’s project portfolio: writing new projects and regularly updating existing ones, adapting projects, and preparing ‘project portfolios’ for donors.
• The project writer will be responsible for working with various points of contact in the different divisions. They need to be knowledgeable of the division’s work and the status of the different projects. They are responsible for writing project proposals for the various projects alongside the point of contact and adapting them in line with the requests of the various desks.
• Collecting, organizing, and synchronizing information from various sources for the submission of requests.
• Collating information, and preparing reports (alongside divisional point of contact) according to project deadlines.
• Preparing materials and reports on time as required by the funding bodies.
• Coordinating and continually updating the multi-year list of applications and reports for funding bodies, including private donors, philanthropic foundations, government funding institutions, and more; including coordination with the fundraising desk and tracking execution of activities.
• Monitoring the input of project- and donor-related information in the CRM and updating reporting requirements and their deadlines.
• Conducting regular synchronization meetings with the contacts in the various divisions.
• Preparing materials according to the different requirements of the funding bodies and required data.
• Translating various documents from Hebrew to English, proofreading, and linguistic editing in English.
• Writing letters and various texts according to the department’s needs.
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Requirements:

• Must have a bachelor’s degree.
• Native-level English (reading, writing, and speaking) is mandatory. Must also have Hebrew at an excellent level.
• Must have excellent writing and editing ability in English, which includes the ability to adapt the style to the target audience.
• The ability to translate at a high level from Hebrew to English is mandatory.
• At least one year of experience working in a relevant position (mainly writing a fundraising project and reporting, working with budgets and financial reports).
• Excellent command of office applications is a must.
• Initiative and a “rosh gadol” attitude.
• Ability to deal with performing many tasks at the same time and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to order, organize, and manage tasks.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Creativity.
• Punctuality and attention to detail.
• Experience working with a CRM system is an advantage.
• Mastery of additional languages is an advantage.