Grants Manager

Grants Manager

Purpose of the Job:

The Grants Manager is responsible for building Coptic Orphans' grantmaking capability and scaling up impact in targeted communities. This role involves managing the full grant cycle, identifying funding opportunities, allocating funds, assessing proposals, monitoring, reporting, and closing out grants. The position focuses on strategic portfolio management, grant quality assurance, risk oversight, and generating portfolio-level insights.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

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.

Required Education, Experience, Knowledge and Skills

• Bachelor's degree in International Development, Social Sciences, Nonprofit Management, or a related field (Master's is a plus)
• 5-7 years of relevant experience in grant management, partner management, program management, or donor-funded project implementation within nonprofit/INGO/development settings.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing partner MEL plans, conducting grant quality assurance, and verifying reported results.
• Demonstrated experience running structured processes (RFPs/proposal review, due diligence, contracting/agreements or equivalent documentation, reporting cycles, closeout).
• Strong understanding of project budgeting and financial stewardship (budget review, variance awareness, reporting discipline) and ability to work closely with Finance.
• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines effectively.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen eye for detail.
• Fluency in English and Arabic, spoken and written.

Travel and Working requirements

• Typical office environment such as walking, sitting, typing, using office equipment, and occasional lifting of boxes or luggage during travel.
• Travel throughout Egypt may reach as much as 50% of the time.
• Working outside official hours and on weekends may be required.