Grants Manager

Coptic Orphans

Grant Cycle Management:

• Identify innovative key areas and build a pipeline of potential grantee partners aligned with Coptic Orphans' goals in education, health, child protection, girl empowerment, and leadership development.
• Design and issue Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to solicit applications from potential grantees with clear objectives, selection criteria, and expectations for grantees.
• Lead proposal assessment and due diligence, including field visits, to evaluate programmatic strength and financial management capability of potential partners.
• Set grant terms including scope, milestones, reporting schedule and format, and disbursement conditions.
• Ensure appropriate financial stewardship in coordination with Finance, including budget tracking, disbursement readiness, and financial reporting discipline.
• Maintain strategic partner relationship management.
• Coordinate with Programs, Finance, Marketing (and other relevant functions) to support smooth implementation, documentation, and visibility requirements

Grant Quality Assurance & Impact Reporting:

• Review grantees' submitted MEL plans and reporting frameworks during proposal evaluation and contracting, and provide targeted feedback to ensure they are clear, feasible, measurable, and aligned with project objectives.
• Conduct systematic quality assurance on partner-submitted progress and final reports through detailed desk reviews, validation of key evidence, and periodic site visits to verify credibility of results and alignment with approved activities.
• Identify risks, performance concerns or financial discrepancies early, drive timely corrective actions with partners, and escalate when needed.
• Lead grant closeout processes, including final verification, documentation, and lessons learned.
• Aggregate quantitative and qualitative data across the grant portfolio to generate actionable insights, performance dashboards, learning briefs, and consolidated annual impact reports.