Awards and Programs Support Manager

Awards and Programs Support Manager Cairo, Egypt Apply Now! Experience Needed : At least seven years of relevant experience spanning institutional funding or proposal development and program or grant coordination, including at least two years supervising staff or leading a comparable function. Education Level: Bachelor's degree in international development, business administration, project management, social sciences, public policy or relevant discipline. Contract Duration : One-year

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Cairo - Maadi About Life Makers Foundation (LMF) is an Egyptian youth-led, voluntary, and non-governmental umbrella organization. It was established in 2011 to foster youth engagement in addressing emerging challenges at the local and global levels. Since its establishment, LMF has worked closely with community-based organizations to build youth capacities and support their efforts to develop their societies and respond to humanitarian needs and disasters. LMF operates in 24 governorates through a non-formal network of partner youth-led organizations and registered offices across Egypt, with a broad portfolio of projects and local initiatives in the sectors of Health, Education, Livelihoods, Humanitarian Assistance, Environment, and Youth Participation. LMF adopts the core principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence in its operations to ensure the provision of assistance with no discrimination towards differences in ethnicity, religion, race, or any other consideration. LMF provides development and humanitarian interventions for the most vulnerable while preserving their dignity and ensuring their participation. Life Makers is a voluntary, non-governmental, non-religious, non-political, and non-partisan movement that was launched in 2003 to mobilize the best of the human spirit to alleviate human suffering and protect human life and human rights. Role Purpose The Awards and Programs Support Manager will play a key role in strengthening LMF's institutional funding, award management and program management capabilities across the full project lifecycle. Working closely with the Deputy CEO and relevant program and support functions, the role will help translate LMF's institutional and program priorities into a strong funding pipeline, high-quality proposals and partnerships, and effective management of awarded grants. The job holder will lead the internal coordination of funding opportunities and proposal development, manage the systems and processes supporting award setup, compliance and donor reporting, and maintain an integrated overview of the performance and support needs of LMF's program portfolio. The role will also contribute to donor and partner engagement and the development of new funding relationships, including with institutional donors, foundations, philanthropies, sovereign funds and other emerging funding sources. Reporting directly to the Deputy CEO, the Awards and Programs Support Manager will work across Program, MEAL, Finance and operational functions to strengthen coordination, identify delivery risks and bottlenecks, support timely management action, and ensure that organizational learning informs future program design and funding opportunities. The role will supervise the Proposal Development Department and help strengthen project and award management systems, tools, and capabilities across LMF. Key Areas of Accountability 1. Funding Strategy, Pipeline and Partnerships Translate LMF's institutional and program priorities into funding objectives and maintain an active pipeline of qualified opportunities, in consultation with the Deputy CEO and International Cooperation Adviser. Oversee donor and funding landscape research and assess opportunities against strategic fit, eligibility, competitiveness, organizational capacity, partnership requirements and financing implications. Map and develop relationships with institutional donors, foundations and potential partners, and coordinate routine donor and partner engagement within delegated authority. Support strategic donor engagement through donor intelligence, briefing materials, capability statements, meeting preparation and systematic follow-up. Coordinate consortium development, partner contributions, due diligence and relevant partnership documentation. 2. Proposal Development and Bid Management Lead and coordinate concept note and proposal development from initiation through submission, supervising the Proposal Development Department and allocating responsibilities and deadlines. Coordinate program design with technical teams and MEAL, including needs analysis, theories of change, results frameworks, indicators and implementation approaches. Work with Finance and operational teams to ensure realistic budgets, staffing, delivery arrangements, risk management, cost recovery and co-financing. Lead proposal quality assurance and donor compliance reviews, personally drafting or strengthening complex sections where required. Ensure complete and timely submissions and systematically capture donor feedback and lessons from successful and unsuccessful bids.