Partnerships, Donor Engagement and Resource Mobilization: 

• Identify and monitor relevant donors, funding opportunities, partnership opportunities, consortium arrangements, and other resource-mobilization opportunities aligned with SRD’s priorities. 

• Maintain and strengthen relationships with existing and prospective donors and partners and support senior management in strategic partnership development. 

• Represent SRD in relevant donor, partner, consortium, and networking engagements as assigned. 

• Maintain appropriate donor and partner intelligence and communicate relevant funding trends and opportunities internally. 

• Coordinate the development of concept notes, proposals, expressions of interest, and funding applications with relevant departments. 

• Manage proposal timelines, coordinate and consolidate departmental inputs, and support internal review and approval processes. 

• Review submissions for overall quality, consistency, completeness, and alignment with donor requirements and SRD standards. 

• Coordinate donor pre-award requirements, due diligence documentation, clarifications, and organizational inputs required for grant or partnership agreements. 

• Maintain an updated pipeline of funding opportunities, proposals, and pending or awarded applications. 

• Coordinate assigned grants throughout the grant lifecycle, including start-up, implementation follow-up, reporting, amendments, and close-out. 

• Maintain oversight of key contractual obligations, deliverables, reporting deadlines, donor approvals, and significant grant-related risks. 

• Coordinate periodic grant reviews and follow up with responsible departments on implementation progress, expenditure trends, significant variances, delays, and other issues affecting donor commitments. 

• Coordinate grant amendments, no-cost extensions, scope or budget modifications, and other contractual changes with responsible functions and authorized management. 

• Coordinate the preparation, consolidation, review, and timely submission of donor reports and responses to donor comments or clarification requests. 

• Maintain appropriate records of significant grant-related decisions, donor communications, approvals, and contractual changes. 

• Coordinate grant close-out and ensure timely completion of required donor deliverables and outstanding actions. 

• Maintain complete and organized grant, proposal, donor, and partner records and databases. 

• Maintain relevant donor guidance, templates, and reference materials. 

• Document lessons learned and contribute to continuous improvement of SRD’s grant-management systems, tools, and processes. 

• Coordinate effectively with Programs, Finance, MEAL, Operations, Compliance, Technical Teams, Supply Chain, and other relevant functions to ensure SRD meets donor and partner commitments. 

• Escalate significant programmatic, financial, contractual, compliance, or operational issues to the appropriate management or responsible function. 

• Maintain clear functional boundaries and ensure that technical, financial, compliance, MEAL, procurement, and operational responsibilities remain with the designated departments. 

Proposal Development and Pre-Award Coordination

Grant Management, Monitoring and Donor Reporting

Grant Close-Out, Systems and Organizational Learning

Cross-functional Coordination
Coordinate effectively with Programs, Finance, MEAL, Operations, Compliance, Technical Teams, Supply Chain, and other relevant functions to ensure SRD meets donor and partner commitments. 

• Escalate significant programmatic, financial, contractual, compliance, or operational issues to the appropriate management or responsible function. 

• Maintain clear functional boundaries and ensure that technical, financial, compliance, MEAL, procurement, and operational responsibilities remain with the designated departments. 
  Authority and Accountability

• The Grants Coordinator is authorized to coordinate grant, proposal, donor, and partnership processes within the scope of assigned responsibilities and approved SRD procedures. The position may communicate and coordinate with donors and partners but does not independently make contractual, financial, technical, compliance, or other legally binding commitments on behalf of SRD unless specifically authorized.

• Perform all duties in accordance with SRD’s Code of Conduct, safeguarding, PSEAH, anti-fraud, conflict-of-interest, and related policies. 

• Coordinate donor-specific safeguarding or PSEAH requirements with designated focal points as applicable. 

• Immediately report safeguarding, PSEAH, fraud, corruption, compliance breaches, or other serious concerns through the applicable SRD reporting mechanisms. 

• Maintain confidentiality and protect sensitive donor, partner, beneficiary, and organizational information. 

• Uphold SRD’s organizational values and humanitarian principles.

• Perform duties in accordance with organizational policies, procedures, and applicable donor requirements.

• Maintain professional and ethical relationships with donors, partners, and internal stakeholders.

Safeguarding, PSEAH and Code of Conduct

General Responsibilities

• Undertake other reasonable duties consistent with the purpose and level of the position, as assigned by the direct supervisor.