Grant Manager

ONE is a global, nonpartisan organization fighting for a more just world by demanding the investments needed to create economic opportunities and healthier lives in Africa. We do this by deploying trusted and dynamic advocacy that leverages hard‑hitting data, credible grassroots activism, creative political engagement, and strategic partnerships. We use all this to influence decision‑makers to take action and tackle the world’s biggest challenges. Read more at About the role The Grant Manager will play a key role in strengthening how ONE manages, monitors, reports on, and builds trusted relationships around its grant‑funded work. Sitting within the Grant Management and M&E team, this role will work across all ONE teams and leadership to ensure that donor‑funded work is well planned, well tracked, clearly communicated, and delivered with discipline. This is not primarily a proposal‑writing role, although the candidate may help scope out the project plans to be included in a proposal. Then, the focus is on what happens after funding is secured: managing grant deliverables, monitoring progress, gathering evidence of impact, writing high‑quality donor reports, supporting donor engagement, and helping teams stay aligned around commitments and deadlines. The ideal candidate will bring strong grant/project management experience, excellent writing skills, practical monitoring and evaluation judgment, strong emotional intelligence, and the ability to build relationships across teams and with donors. They will understand how to balance donor expectations with the realities of implementation and will be comfortable bringing structure to complex work without creating unnecessary bureaucracy. Experience managing foundation grants from the recipient side is strongly preferred. Knowledge of Africa, global development, advocacy, or international nonprofit work is also highly preferred. In this role you will Grant Management and Delivery Manage a portfolio of grants, ensuring deliverables, reporting requirements, timelines, and donor commitments are clearly tracked and met. Translate grant agreements and workplans into practical internal timelines, tools, and action plans. Monitor progress, identify risks or delays, and work with colleagues to resolve issues or elevate when needed. Partner with Finance to ensure narrative reporting aligns with budgets, spending, and restricted funding requirements. Maintain accurate grant documentation, including reports, donor communications, approvals, deliverables, and key decisions. Monitoring, Evaluation, and Performance Support practical monitoring, evaluation, and learning processes to track progress and communicate results. Work with teams to define, gather, and synthesize indicators, milestones, outcomes, and evidence of impact. Translate complex advocacy, policy, campaign, and program work into clear reporting on progress, results, and lessons learned. Contribute to internal updates, dashboards, donor reports, and performance materials that help teams and leadership understand grant progress. Donor Reporting and Engagement Draft, edit, and coordinate high‑quality donor reports, updates, presentations, briefing materials, and meeting follow‑up. Prepare clear donor‑facing narratives that communicate progress, challenges, learning, and impact. Support donor stewardship by ensuring communications are timely, accurate, thoughtful, and aligned with donor expectations. Anticipate donor questions and help prepare leadership and donor‑facing colleagues for meetings and updates. Cross‑Team Coordination and Relationship Management Serve as a key coordination point across program, policy, advocacy, communications, finance, legal, regional, and leadership teams. Facilitate meetings, manage follow‑up, track action items, and keep colleagues aligned around grant commitments and deadlines. Build trusted relationships across teams and use strong emotional intelligence to navigate competing priorities, ambiguity, and sensitive information. Help teams understand donor and reporting requirements in a way that is clear, practical, and supportive. Process Improvement Strengthen tools, templates, systems, and routines for grant tracking, donor reporting, performance monitoring, and internal coordination. Identify practical ways to improve consistency, visibility, and accountability across the grant lifecycle. Contribute to a stronger culture of planning, learning, follow‑through, and delivery across ONE’s grant‑funded work. What we need from you Significant experience in grant management, donor reporting, monitoring and evaluation, project management, performance management, or a related field, ideally in a nonprofit, advocacy, global development, foundation‑funded, or international policy environment. Experience managing foundation grants from the recipient/grantee side, including tracking grant deliverables, coordinating reports, managing donor expectations, and supporting stewardship after funding has been awarded. Strong understanding of grant implementation, restricted funding, donor reporting requirements, performance tracking, and the relationship between narrative reporting, budgets, deliverables, and outcomes. Excellent writing, editing, and synthesis skills, with the ability to translate complex policy, advocacy, programmatic, and financial information into clear, compelling, donor‑ready materials. Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple deadlines, coordinate input from busy stakeholders, track details, and keep work moving across teams and time zones. Practical monitoring, evaluation, and learning experience, including the ability to gather qualitative and quantitative information, track progress against grant objectives, and communicate results and lessons learned. Strong relationship‑management skills and high emotional intelligence, with the ability to build trust, navigate competing priorities, and work effectively with colleagues across functions, geographies, and levels of seniority. Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and project tracking tools; experience with grant management systems, CRM systems, dashboards, or project management platforms is a plus. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience required; advanced degree in international development, public policy, nonprofit management, monitoring and evaluation, communications, public administration, or a related field is a plus. Approximately 4 to 6 years of relevant management experience preferred. Ability to live and work in the United States, and legal authority to travel to Canada, is required. Other attributes Related work history in poverty and infectious disease alleviation, advocacy, policy, legislation and/or demonstrable interest in Africa and the issues ONE supports is an asset. Ability to maintain the highest degree of confidentiality regarding all aspects of work at all times. Comfort working in a fast‑paced, hybrid environment and collaborating with colleagues in Washington, DC and across ONE’s global offices. Collaborative mindset and strong interpersonal skills. Critical thinking, communication, and relationship‑building skills. Analytical, action‑oriented, and results‑focused. Highly organized, detail‑oriented, and self‑motivated. Remain positive in high‑pressure and stressful situations. Ability to work independently, take initiative, and bring structure to ambiguous or evolving work without creating unnecessary bureaucracy. Consistent application of good judgment, and ability to make good and responsible decisions. Compensation and benefits $90,000 – $100,000 annual salary. Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance: Coverage to keep you and your family healthy. 401(k) with Match: Save for retirement with company contributions. Flexible Spending Account (FSA): Tax‑advantaged savings for eligible expenses. Wellness Benefit: Support for your overall well‑being. Commuter Benefit: Assistance with commuting costs. Life Insurance: Financial protection for you and your loved ones. Language skills Fluency in English required. Familiarity with additional languages, especially French, is an asset. Physical requirements / work environment / travel Standard office and remote work environment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. The expectation is to be in the office 3 days per week to ensure tight collaboration and alignment with the US team. Light international and domestic travel required. Equal employment opportunity statement We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants. ONE does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. To learn more about our diversity and inclusion work and priorities, visit #J-18808-Ljbffr ONE Campaign