Posted:1 hour ago
By:Hiring Kenya
Company Details
Industry:
Non-Profit Organization Management
Description:
Every day 8,000 children die and 2 billion people suffer from preventable illnesses because their diets lack basic vitamins and minerals. Sanku has the solution. Our vision: a world where everyone, everywhere, has guaranteed, affordable access to the nutrients they need to survive and thrive. Billions of people rely on small flour mills for their daily food. Empowering these mills to add lifesaving micronutrients to their flour could end malnutrition forever. Our award-winning technology makes adding nutrients into flour simple. Our innovative business model incentivises millers by neutralising the cost of the added nutrients. Because of Sanku, millers can produce quality nutritious flour, and families can access affordable healthy food every day. Sanku's work has received international recognition from the Rolex Awards for Enterprise, the Mulago Foundation, Givewell, The Life You Can Save, The Barry and Marie Lipman Prize, The Elevate Prize, The Million Lives Club, Fast Company, The Zayed Sustainability Prize, Time Magazine and the New York Times. We have a plan to reach 100M in East Africa by 2030, which will prevent millions from death and disease, boost productivity, and save billions of dollars in GDP. Our mission: Guarantee that every meal consumed by every mother & child contains vital nutrients, forever.
Job Description
How You’ll Deliver Impact
- Develop clear, compelling fundraising proposals by translating program work, data, and strategy into strong donor-facing materials.
- Collaborate across program, finance, and leadership teams to draft, coordinate, and align proposal inputs with operational and financial realities.
- Review and refine submissions to ensure clarity, consistency, and full compliance with donor requirements and organizational priorities.
- Identify and assess funding opportunities through research, internal review processes, and concise briefing materials to support go/no-go decisions.
- Maintain and strengthen the fundraising pipeline by tracking opportunities and ensuring systems and information are up to date for effective pursuit.
- Coordinate internal responses to donor requirements, including due diligence, documentation, and information requests across teams.
- Track grant requirements and timelines to ensure timely, organized compliance with donor communications and reporting obligations.
What We Are Looking For
- 5+ years of experience in fundraising, grant writing, partnerships, or development.
- Bachelor’s Degree in International Development, International Relations, Public Policy, or related field.
- An individual who is organized, curious, and comfortable managing multiple priorities, writing, researching new opportunities, and building systems that help teams operate more effectively.
- A strong writer who can translate complex ideas into clear, compelling materials such as concept notes and proposals. One who takes pride in producing writing that is thoughtful, precise, and easy to understand.
- Skilled at noticing inconsistencies, gaps, or unclear arguments in written materials and instinctively work to strengthen them.
- Comfortable researching opportunities, synthesizing information, and helping teams assess which opportunities are worth pursuing.
- A detail-oriented individual who enjoys maintaining systems that track opportunities, deadlines, and donor requirements.
Salary: Not specified
Otherpay: Benefits
Education: Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time
