Proposal Writer (Volunteer)

Start Date: As soon as possible

Contract period: 3 months

Hours: 15 hours per week

Reporting To: Deputy Director

Language: English, spoken and written fluency

Location: Remote based, requires good communications & internet

What Young Peacebuilders (YP) Does

Young Peacebuilders nurtures peacebuilding passion and skills in violence-affected children and youth. We do this through partnerships, research, programs, and tools that help young people build peace in their own communities and abroad. In this way YP helps prevent and end cycles of violence. We also help design effective child and youth peacebuilding projects, tools, and research for others. Our goal is to see a major shift in the dominant method of addressing contemporary conflicts toward investing in young people as peacebuilders. More at www.youngpeacebuilders.com.

Role Description

Young Peacebuilders is currently in a stage of growth and as such is seeking an experienced proposal writer on a short term voluntary contract to support the organisation in winning funding to facilitate this growth period. The successful candidate will be passionate about YP’s mission and have demonstrated skills and experience in both researching and writing professional and persuasive proposals for a variety of donors including private foundations and institutional donors.

Responsibilities

Support team in identifying and mapping potential funding opportunities

• Conduct extensive desk research to identify a variety of funding streams which are appropriate for YP to apply for (we’ve identified approximately 80 potential opportunities)

• Track and monitor deadlines for identified funding opportunities and act as the lead for ensuring proposals are drafted and submitted within the deadlines

• Map and articulate specificities of each donor such as geographical focus, investment priorities, proposal templates etc.

• Assist R&D Team with developing creative and strategic proposals with appropriate donor-funded activities

Write funding proposals for variety of donors

• Help the YP team to better articulate YP and its innovative approach to peacebuilding and lead discussions around how best to pitch YP as an attractive funding opportunity for donors

• Work specifically with the R&D team to gather evidence of YP track record to date and help draft material into a proposal-ready state

• Lead the writing of all proposals and concept notes to potential funders including institutional donors and private foundations. Circulate draft proposals, collate feedback from the YP team, undertake all necessary editing such as re-organising or revising sections of text

• Finalise proposal ensuring accuracy and consistency and coherence

• Identify any specificities for each of the identified donors and ensure all proposals are compliant with donor requirements

• Work with relevant YP colleagues to gather supporting documentation such as staffing plans, workplans and marketing materials

• Draft and edit budgets / cost proposal component

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum 5 years experience in exceptional and persuasive storytelling through proposal writing and reports that delight funders

• Experience in researching and identifying potential funding opportunities across a variety of different donors

• Demonstrated successful writing and editing of proposals for institutional donors

• Ability to draft compelling and persuasive proposal narratives that meet donor compliances

• Solid understanding of budgeting and financial tracking

• Ability to juggle multiple priorities and adhere to deadlines

• Dynamic, organised, self-starter with ability to work independently

• Fluency in written and spoken English

• Experience in remote working is an advantage

• Knowledge of tools to track the grant application lifecycle and support analysis and forecasting for the project is desired but not required