Grants Manager

World Health Partners (WHP) is an international charity with offices in Kenya, India and the US focused on health service delivery to rural and poor communities. The organization is focused on addressing 'the here and the now' needs and harnesses all available resources--be they in the private, public or NGO sectors. 

While the organization so far has largely set up service delivering channels through private rural entrepreneurs, it is undergoing a strategic shift where the private sector skills are being combined with resources in the public sector. Such a collaboration has already been partially established in India. Since WHP specializes in appropriate technologies and management systems to reach difficult communities, the public sector, which normally lacks them, has shown a deep interest in incorporating them in its programs.

World Health Partners is a US tax exempt 501(c)(3) public charity organization and a Indian non-profit Society registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860. WHP is operationally headquartered in New Delhi, India.

WHP seeks applicants for the position of Grants Manager to lead and manage grant writing and donor reporting, with a subsidiary but important role of serving as a liaison to WHP programs and take part in program implementation activities that ties in with grant development and management. You will work closely with senior management on strategic proposal development, and in collaboration with US-based colleagues in business development and donor relationship management. Targeted donors and partners include foundations, bilateral and multilateral donors, impact investors, and innovative social enterprises.

The position requires someone dynamic, inquisitive about issues beyond WHP's routine programmatic and demonstrates a high passion for health and reproductive health issues with special concern for women and children. This will need to be underpinned with highly developed interpersonal, communication and organization skills, excellent writing skills, a sharp focus on details and demonstrated experience in assessing and understanding briefs for writing proposals and reports.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with grant writing and management experience, combined with an acute awareness about donor expectations and norms regarding proposals and reports. WHP is a rapidly growing organization with creative ways of delivering health services. As WHP is run by a small, tight team of managers, limitless opportunities exist to be involved with program implementation, communications, and new initiatives which will give a more rounded experience for the incumbent with larger opportunities for growth.  

The position is based in New Delhi, but the responsibilities are global in nature. The incumbent will be encouraged to visit programs frequently wherever they are implemented in the world.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead and coordinate with colleagues on proposal development requirements and manage to proposal deadlines

• Collaborate with US-based business development and donor relationship management colleagues on assessing new opportunities, relay donor requirements and program issues to program teams

• In coordination with country directors and program leads, serve as the liaison between programs and functional teams within WHP, and between WHP and partner organizations 

• Maintain regular interface with program leads to ensure that programs are on track to deliver on donor requirements and that issues are addressed on a timely basis. 

• Maintain an up-to-date reference library of reports, news and articles that will inform the analytical sections of reports and proposals

• Organize and maintain up-to-date WHP materials for proposals and briefs

• Attend meetings and presentations of likely partner organizations 

• Show additional initiative in developing a presentation and reporting model that will highlight metrics-based programming in both private and public sectors

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of WHP's systems for identifying, tracking, and pursuing new reporting styles 

• Relevant Master's degree (MBA, MPA, MPH, etc.) or equivalent experience. 

• 3-5 years of demonstrated proposal and report writing experience with a variety of donors 

• 5+ years of experience related to international development (international health preferred)

• Outstanding English writing skills required 

• Self-starter, able to achieve results with limited supervision

• Excellent teamwork and communications skills

• Excellent time management and organizational skills

• Developing country work experience, particularly in Social Marketing and Social Franchising is preferred but not a constraining factor

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.