Position Title: Proposal Writer/Grants Officer
Activation Date: 08 April, 2025 Announced Date: 08 April, 2025 Expire Date: 20 May, 2025
- Job Location: Kandahar
- Nationality: National
- Category: Business Development Nonprofit-Social Services Support Capacity Building
- Employment Type: Full Time
- Salary: As per Organization's Salary Scale
- Vacancy Number: HAPA-RCT-136
- No. Of Jobs: 1
- City: Kandahar
- Organization: HAPA (Humanitarian Actions for the People of Afghanistan)
- Years of Experience: Minimum of 3 years experience writing business proposals for non-profit organizations.
- Contract Duration: 6 Months
- Gender: Male/Female
- Education: Bachelor's degree in any relevant discipline. BSC degree is preferred.
- Close date: 2025-05-20
About HAPA (Humanitarian Actions for the People of Afghanistan):
Humanitarian Actions for the people of Afghanistan (HAPA) has been working since 1991 in the southern region (including Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul & Urozgan provinces). HAPA has main Office in Kandahar province located in Shahri Naw Chowk, District # 6 and sub-offices in (Helmand, Zabul, Nimroz, & Uruzgan provinces). HAPA has 50 permanent qualified staff members in the four offices of the southern region. HAPA remained the implementing partner (IP) for the following UN agencies (including UNODC, UN-WFP, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNOCHA) and international agencies such as (JICA, CIDA, DAI, and IOM in the past). HAPA has implemented numerous aid projects with the subject organizations in the past more than two decades.
Job Description:
Job Summary:
- Education: Bachelor's degree in any relevant discipline.
- Communication Skills: Ability to communicate fluently, both orally and in writing, in English, Pashto, and Dari. Must translate complex technical concepts into easily understandable terms for a non-technical audience.
- Proposal Writing: Ability to write proposal text from scratch and modify boilerplate text to meet specific RFP needs.
- Software Proficiency: Mastery of Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and related software for proposal usage.
- Organizational Skills: Strong organizational and analytical skills with the ability to work independently and in teams.
- Work Under Pressure: Ability to work under extreme pressure and tight deadlines.
- Research Skills: Proficient in using the Internet for searching RFPs.
Job Requirements:
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in any relevant discipline.
- Outstanding knowledge of proposal writing.
- Minimum of 3 years experience writing business proposals for non-profit organizations.
- Understanding of need assessment requirements for technical proposals.
- Ability to create strong working relationships with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
Submission Guideline:
Interested candidates should submit their CV and Cover Letter along with two successful samples of previous grants/proposals via email to admin-hr@hapa-af.org. Please clearly write "Vacancy#:HAPA-RCT-136" in the subject line of your email; otherwise, you will not be shortlisted.
You are requested to copy and paste the vacancy number and position name as the subject of your application email.
Note: Applications without mentioning the Position Title & Vacancy Number in the subject line of the email will NOT be considered.
Submission Email:
admin-hr@hapa-af.org
