Job Opportunity for Grants Manager – Adolescent Girls at Azim Premji Foundation in Bengaluru

About the Philanthropy at Azim Premji Foundation

At the Philanthropy, we make multi-year grants to not-for-profit organisations that work with the most vulnerable in our society. Through such support, people who are deeply disadvantaged and marginalised are offered immediate care, access to essential services, and the possibility of a dignified future.

About the role

Our work with adolescent girls looks to support interventions that aim at qualitative and substantial changes in lives of girls and help them take control of their future. We partner with mid-sized, large and small organizations, to support work that address both historical deficits as well as emerging gaps.

The Grants Manager manages our intervention in this theme by making grants, playing the role of a guide to a set of programme staff who work together at the theme and portfolio level in delivering grants.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance, mentorship, and effective knowledge management within the team to ensure smooth program delivery.
• Manage the disbursal of high-impact grants within the organisation in an individual capacity
• Supplement the research and development of frameworks, models, and theories around the operating area.
• Initiate relationships with civil society organisations in order to further the organisation’s understanding of an area.
• Ensure compliance with specific grant proposals to ensure that it meets the organisation’s guidelines and requirements, and are a well drafted request, complete in all aspects.

What we are looking for

• Candidates who have deeply engaged with issues of adolescent girls and young women, including child marriage, violence, leadership and livelihoods.
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree desirable
• Should have made significant and long-lasting contributions in his/her area of specialisation
• High level of self-motivation, initiative, and creativity
• Willingness to travel extensively for work
• Substantial knowledge of organisational and project management
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, and solve problems independently or collaboratively a needed
• Minimum 8- 10 years of experience in the sector

Location – Any of our locations across the country.