Specialist, Grant Writing at IAVI
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Position Description
Job Title: Specialist, Grant Writing
Location: Nairobi, Kenya, Uganda, or Cape town, South Africa
Reports to: Associate Director, Resource Mobilization
Position Summary:
Are you seeking an opportunity that will allow you to apply proposal development and grant writing experience in a mission-driven organization?
IAVI is seeking a Specialist, Grant Writing, who will actively support revenue generation in Africa. The Specialist will focus on proposal development, opportunity building, and funder engagement and reporting. The Specialist will support these objectives, working closely with various functions, including Global Affairs (GA), Grants, Contracts, & Compliance (GC&C) and the Operational Excellence (OpEx) teams.
Key Responsibilities:
Support in Proposal Development process
- Support in screening of opportunities and ensuring those identified are brought to the attention of the Africa ment Team (AMT) and pursued in a timely manner.
- an up-to-date list of current and future opportunities that might be issued by donors relevant to the IAVI program in Africa.
- In consultation with other IAVI teams’, co-ordinate proposal development across the Africa program including coordination of team meetings, scoping, and visioning workshops.
- Support non-technical sections and proposal components, ultimately ensuring high quality proposals are submitted on time.
- Contribute to development of guidance tools, templates, and training to improve ment of grants.
Opportunity Building Support
- Assist in developing materials (including proposals, reports, briefings, donor profiles, and other fundraising materials) in support of building and creating opportunities to support the sustainability of IAVI Africa and its programs.
- Support donor relationship cultivation and stewardship through drafting letters, donor newsletters, notes, and emails.
- Maintain IAVI’s Customer Relationship ment platform for key Africa funders.
Funder Engagement and Reporting
- Provide support in reviewing, communicating, and ensuring compliance with donor reporting requirements throughout project implementation.
- Responsible for compiling timely information for external funder reports and internal reports which includes formatting content into appropriate templates and drafting and editing narrative content.
- Proactively engage with other departments to document adherence to all programmatic and fiscal reporting requirements stipulated in grants.
- Assist in the preparation of briefings, Committee and Board presentations, and other events related to donors, prospects, and the Board of Directors.
Education & Work Experience:
- Minimum bachelor’s in public health, international relations or related degree is required.
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience with development writing and proposal development experience in a non-profit setting, including experience in a science or research setting is required.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Experience editing and proofreading documentation to produce quality materials within set timelines while simultaneously managing multiple projects.
- Attention to detail in a demanding, environment with competing priorities.
- Knowledge of global public health and donor-funded programming including pharmaceutical ment.
- Ability to quickly research, analyze, and provide synthesized summaries of relevant proposal requirements and information.
- Experience writing briefs, proposals, notes, reports, agreements, and other documents is required.
- Demonstrable skill working with donor databases and systems for tracking grant expenditures and uses is desirable.
- Confident and organised self-starter who can handle multiple tasks and responsibilities simultaneously, take initiative and is able to respond rapidly and effectively to new tasks and opportunities.
Organizational Overview:
IAVI is a nonprofit scientific research organization dedicated to addressing urgent, unmet global health challenges including HIV and tuberculosis. Our mission is to translate scientific discoveries into affordable, globally accessible public health solutions. Through scientific and research in Africa, India, Europe, and the U.S., IAVI is pioneering the development of biomedical innovations designed for broad global access. We develop s and antibodies in and for the developing world and seek to accelerate their introduction in low-income countries. IAVI programs and partnerships are grounded in the regions of the world where the disease burden is the greatest, and our approach emphasizes sustainability. Our network of research center partners in Africa and India helps strengthen in-country research capacity and supports the training and education of the next generation of scientists. The global impact of our science includes fundamental contributions to understanding the biology of HIV infection, which IAVI and others are applying toward advancing science and immunology. IAVI accelerates scientific discovery and development by fostering unique collaborations among academia, industry, local communities, governments, and funders to explore new and better ways to address public health threats that disproportionately affect people living in poverty. Our global reach, including a research network in five countries in sub-Saharan Africa and in India, has allowed us to make fundamental contributions to understanding the epidemiology, transmission, virology, and immunology of HIV. This work played a key role in facilitating the design of promising HIV candidates, as well as the discovery of broadly neutralizing antibodies that are now being advanced as promising approaches for HIV prevention. Our integrated capabilities in and antibody discovery, development, and research take advantage of bio-pharmaceutical industry expertise to accelerate the development and testing of prevention methods for HIV and other diseases. Through the Product Development Center, we support external researchers with technical and scientific expertise to accelerate the development of their own products.
About ADVANCE:
ADVANCE (Accelerate the Development of s and New Technologies to Combat the AIDS Epidemic) is a ten-year cooperative agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This visionary $200 million program will run until June 2026 and is part of IAVI’s 22-year collaboration with USAID that has significantly impacted the field of HIV R&D and accelerated the search for innovative prevention tools, including a safe and globally effective HIV . USAID’s long-term investment and willingness to foster advances in science to benefit the world’s most at-risk populations have enabled IAVI’s unique model in Africa and India.
IAVI CORE VALUES:
- Dedication to the Mission: We are committed to the translation of scientific discoveries into affordable, globally accessible public health solutions.
- Innovative Evolution: We are committed to solving complex problems in creative and innovative ways, learning from our mistakes and successes and never giving up
- Integrity: We are committed to meeting the highest ethical and professional standards in everything we do and to taking responsibility for our actions to earn respect
- Collaboration: We are committed to embracing diversity, the power of global teamwork and the belief that by working as one we can make a difference
Disclaimer: Nothing in this job description restricts ment’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required of personnel so classified. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” relationship. IAVI is an equal opportunity employer and applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
IAVI IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER actively committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive global organization. IAVI believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a representative candidate pool. At IAVI, we celebrate the spectrum of colleagues’ experiences and believe that dedication to our mission above all is essential to our success as a scientific global non-profit. IAVI upholds these principles through IAVI’s Global Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
IAVI has zero tolerance for discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, caste, national origin, home language, ancestry, religion, marital or civil partnership status, age, physical or mental disability, HIV status and any other medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and veteran status, in addition to any other status protected under the law in any of our locations worldwide.