Location: Phnom Penh
Free To Shine is an Australian child protection organisation working in partnership with local communities in the Siem Reap province, Cambodia to prevent the exploitation and trafficking of girls. We do this by strengthening family and community systems to prioritise the safety and education of their children.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Grant Prospecting and Pipeline Management
- Identify, research and assess grant opportunities from trusts, foundations, institutional donors, corporate philanthropic bodies, and domestic and international government donors that align with Free To Shine's Strategic Plan.
- Maintain an up-to-date grant pipeline, including tracking deadlines, donor priorities, eligibility requirements, decision dates, and next actions in Free To Shine's record management systems.
- Conduct donor and opportunity due diligence, including assessment against Free To Shine's Ethical Decision Making Matrix and internal priorities.
- Build and maintain professional relationships with prospective and current donors to support new funding and repeat funding opportunities.
Grant Writing and Submission
- Lead the development and submission of concept notes, letters of interest, grant applications, proposals and tenders in collaboration with the Funding Manager, Program team and Operations team.
- Coordinate internal inputs required for applications, including program design information, implementation plans, monitoring data, budgets and supporting documentation.
- Develop strong, persuasive and compliant grant narratives that clearly communicate Free To Shine's model, impact, evidence and funding needs.
- Ensure all submissions are accurate, complete, high quality and submitted on time in line with donor requirements.
- Work towards agreed grant submission and income targets set with the Funding Manager.
Grant Management
- Manage a portfolio of awarded grants to ensure contractual obligations, milestones, deliverables and reporting deadlines are met.
- Coordinate the preparation and submission of donor reports, acquittals, variations and other grant-related communications, drawing on inputs from relevant staff.
- Maintain complete, accurate and audit-ready grant files, correspondence, agreements and reporting records.
- Monitor grant conditions and support internal teams to meet donor compliance requirements, including restricted funding conditions, timeframes and deliverables.
- Track reporting schedules and proactively follow up with internal contributors to ensure deadlines are met.
- Support donor stewardship by responding to donor queries and maintaining professional, timely communication with grant fun
Internal Coordination
- Work closely with the Program and Operations team to translate project ideas, budgets, implementation plans and impact data into competitive proposals and accurate reports.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of grant systems, templates, calendars and workflow processes to strengthen Free To Shine's grants function.
- Provide regular updates to the Funding Manager on pipeline status, submissions, grant performance, risks and upcoming deadlines.
- Undertake other duties as reasonably required by the Funding Manager and Management team.
- Key Requirements (skills, knowledge experience & qualification):Minimum of 3 years experience in grant writing, with demonstrated success developing strong grant applications.
- Experience managing grants after award, including donor reporting, compliance tracking and funder liaison.
- Successful gaining of grants of $50,000+
- Experience managing a grant portfolio.
- Proven success in building and maintaining strong professional relationships with funding bodies.
- Demonstrated success in achieving revenue targets.
- Experience working in a nonprofit, NGO or international development context is essential, especially in child protection or social work.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field is required (International Development, Communications,
- Political Science, Project Management, or related discipline).
- Excellent English writing, editing and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging to different funding opportunities.
- Strong project coordination and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and competing priorities.
- High attention to detail and strong quality control skills, especially in reviewing donor requirements and submission documents.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively across teams to obtain information and drive deadlines.
- Sound judgment, discretion and professionalism in donor communications and handling sensitive information.
- Strong systems orientation, including experience maintaining grant trackers, document management systems and reporting schedules.
- Commitment to Free To Shine's mission to keep girls safe from trafficking through education and community empowerment.
Please send CV and cover letter to
Email: operations@freetoshine.org
Phone: 088 63 21 580
Website: https://www.freetoshine.org/work-with-us
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