Senior Writer, Proposals & Reports (Public)

Job Description

Requirements

• Qualifications:
• Minimum 5 - 7+ years of total professional experience, including 3+ years of relevant experience in high-stakes grant writing or technical proposal development. Ideal candidates have an international development or social enterprise background, with proven ability to navigate complex institutional bureaucracies and data-heavy reporting.
• Strong communication skills. At its core, this position is about communicating complex ideas in simple prose, both written and verbal; we are looking for candidates who can demonstrate their ability to do so.
• Genuine interest in international development or agriculture. We are seeking someone with a demonstrated connection to or passion for international development or agriculture. You are genuinely interested and passionate about providing an opportunity to rural smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Fluency in English required.

Responsibilities

• Responsibilities:
• Write grant proposals and reports. You will partner with our fundraisers to design and draft writing through a collaborative process.
• Writing is always tailored to donor interests and the plans/results of our program, with each piece offering new ideas, challenges, and opportunities for creativity.
• As we highly value our current funders, we work very hard to provide them with compelling, accurate, and transparent reports about the progress and results of our field programs.
• Writing is always tailored to donor interests and the plans/results of our program, with each piece offering new ideas, challenges, and opportunities for creativity.
• As we highly value our current funders, we work very hard to provide them with compelling, accurate, and transparent reports about the progress and results of our field programs.
• Manage complex projects. You will oversee all stages of each writing project - managing work plans, coordinating input from multiple stakeholders (including gathering information from our field team, building budgets with our finance team, and communicating with donors), and taking ownership over the end product.
• Provide strategic and leadership support. You will support the public fundraising team led by managing high-priority ad-hoc projects, donor relationship management support, and data stewardship.
• Invest in program fluency. You will develop and sustain a deep working knowledge of One Acre Fund's operating context, model, results, and future plans. For individual projects, you will also often conduct additional research into potential donors or specific aspects of our work.