HIAS
HIAS
1,001 – 5,000 Employees
ConsultingHealthcareLegal
HIAS is a nonpartisan humanitarian organization focused on protecting refugees and advancing the rights and safety of displaced people around the world. Rooted in Jewish values and its long history of refugee support, HIAS combines legal assistance, economic advancement programs, community mental health services, advocacy, and humanitarian aid across more than 20 countries. Its work brings together expertise spanning healthcare, legal services, and consulting to help refugees and asylum seekers find welcome, security, and opportunities to rebuild their lives.

Partnerships and Grants Officer – HIAS, Nairobi

HIAS seeks a Partnerships and Grants Officer in Nairobi to secure donor funding and build strategic partnerships for humanitarian programming in Kenya. The role covers proposal development, grant compliance, donor engagement, and collaboration with refugee-sector stakeholders.

Description

  • Source and evaluate funding opportunities across institutional donors, foundations, corporations, embassies, UN agencies, and other funders
  • Coordinate concept notes, proposals, grant applications, and expressions of interest through submission
  • Lead proposal writing and deliver donor applications on schedule
  • Maintain the funding pipeline and grants calendar
  • Contribute to fundraising and resource mobilization planning
  • Track donor trends, funding priorities, and opportunities related to refugee and humanitarian programs
  • Coordinate proposal inputs from program, finance, monitoring and evaluation, safeguarding, and operations teams
  • Keep the Grant Management System and grant tracking tools current
  • Assist with grant start-up activities and donor compliance obligations
  • Track proposal and donor reporting deadlines to support timely submissions
  • Develop relationships with current and prospective donors
  • Create donor engagement plans and support donor cultivation
  • Prepare donor briefings, presentations, reports, and communications materials
  • Organize donor meetings, site visits, and stakeholder engagement events
  • Connect donors with internal teams and support timely communication and responses
  • Assist with donor reporting and communicate program results and impact
  • Identify and develop partnerships with NGOs, community organizations, academic institutions, faith-based organizations, private-sector actors, and humanitarian stakeholders
  • Maintain an up-to-date partnership database
  • Support the negotiation and preparation of MOUs, partnership agreements, and collaboration frameworks
  • Coordinate partner mapping and due diligence activities
  • Facilitate consortium and partnership development for joint funding bids
  • Represent HIAS at coordination forums, donor meetings, partnership platforms, and sector working groups
  • Improve collaboration and information sharing with humanitarian organizations serving refugee communities
  • Work with the MEAL Officer on internal and external communications

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in international relations, development studies, communications, public relations, business administration, marketing, social sciences, or a related discipline
  • At least three years of experience in grants management, proposal development, resource mobilization, fundraising, partnerships, or donor relations in the humanitarian, development, or human rights sector
  • Proven grant-writing experience and a record of developing successful proposals for institutional and private donors
  • Experience coordinating and submitting funding applications and grant proposals
  • Working knowledge of major donor regulations and requirements
  • Strong writing, editing, and proposal development abilities
  • Strong stakeholder engagement, networking, and relationship management capabilities
  • Excellent analytical, research, organizational, and project coordination skills
  • Capacity to work independently and collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams
  • Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and experience using Grant Management Systems and donor-tracking platforms
  • Knowledge of the Accountability to Affected Populations framework
  • Understanding of protection from sexual exploitation and abuse, safeguarding, and anti-fraud principles
  • Successful candidates must sign and follow HIAS’s Code of Conduct and safeguarding policies
  • Satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which may include criminal-record checks

Benefits

  • Fair and respectful recruitment practices
  • Clear communication and transparency throughout the candidate process
  • Commitment to diversity and inclusion
  • Equal opportunity employment
  • Safeguarding and ethical workplace standards

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