GRANT WRITER AND GRANT SOURCING SPECIALIST

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TYPE OF WORK

Full Time

SALARY

200 USD + Uncapped 10% Commission

HOURS PER WEEK

40

DATE UPDATED

Sep 2, 2026

JOB OVERVIEW

ABOUT DAILY STRENGTH DEVOTIONAL

Daily Strength Devotional is a Catholic faith-based devotional ministry serving more than 30,000 users, primarily in Nigeria and other communities around the world.

Daily Strength provides digital and printed devotional resources designed to strengthen prayer, Bible study, faith formation, spiritual growth, and Christian community engagement.

Physical editions of the devotional are produced three times each year, in addition to digital content and resources.

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POSITION SUMMARY

Daily Strength Devotional is seeking an experienced, proactive, persistent, and results-driven Grant Writer and Grant Sourcing Specialist.

This person will take ownership of the entire grant process, from identifying funding opportunities to preparing applications, submitting proposals, following up with funders, and supporting post-award reporting.

We are not looking for someone who will passively wait for opportunities.

The successful candidate must actively and consistently search for grants, build a strong funding pipeline, identify decision-makers, communicate with funders, submit persuasive applications, and follow each opportunity through to a final decision.

The goal of this position is to secure sustainable funding that can support the growth, programs, publishing, digital expansion, community outreach, faith formation, and service initiatives of Daily Strength Devotional.

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PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Conduct daily research to identify grants and funding opportunities that match the mission and programs of Daily Strength Devotional

- Search for funding from private foundations, Catholic foundations, Christian organizations, corporate foundations, international development organizations, government programs, family foundations, and other eligible funders

- Identify grants related to faith formation, religious publishing, digital ministry, literacy, education, youth development, family support, community outreach, technology, media, capacity building, and organizational growth

- Research funding opportunities available to organizations operating in Nigeria, Africa, the United States, and internationally where Daily Strength Devotional is eligible

- Carefully review every funder's eligibility requirements, geographic restrictions, funding priorities, deadlines, award amounts, and reporting requirements

- Avoid spending time on grants for which Daily Strength Devotional is clearly ineligible

- Maintain an organized grant database containing the funder's name, website, contact information, deadline, funding amount, requirements, application status, and next steps

- Create and maintain a detailed weekly, monthly, and annual grant calendar

- Prioritize the grants with the strongest alignment and greatest likelihood of success

- Prepare letters of inquiry, concept notes, expressions of interest, grant proposals, sponsorship requests, and complete funding applications

- Write persuasive and customized proposals that clearly communicate the mission, reach, impact, programs, needs, and future goals of Daily Strength Devotional

- Develop strong statements of need, project descriptions, goals, objectives, timelines, expected outcomes, evaluation plans, and sustainability plans

- Assist with preparing project budgets, budget narratives, financial information, and funding requests

- Gather and organize all supporting documents required for applications

- Develop a reusable grant document library containing organizational information, leadership biographies, program descriptions, impact data, budgets, testimonials, photos, registration documents, and previous applications

- Tailor every application to the specific funder instead of submitting generic or copied proposals

- Contact funders when appropriate to introduce Daily Strength Devotional, ask eligibility questions, request clarification, and develop professional relationships

- Attend virtual funder information sessions, webinars, and applicant conferences when necessary

- Submit complete applications before the required deadline

- Follow up consistently on submitted applications without becoming unprofessional or disrespectful

- Respond promptly to questions, requests for additional information, interviews, and due-diligence requirements from funders

- Track all applications as researching, preparing, submitted, pending, approved, declined, or funded

- Record the reasons for declined applications when feedback is available

- Improve future applications using funder feedback and previous application results

- Assist with grant acceptance documents and award agreements

- Monitor grant restrictions, deliverables, reporting deadlines, and approved uses of funds

- Prepare or support required progress reports, financial reports, outcome reports, and final grant reports

- Provide weekly reports showing grants researched, opportunities qualified, applications in progress, applications submitted, follow-ups completed, decisions received, and funds awarded

- Protect confidential organizational, financial, donor, and funder information

- Never fabricate statistics, partnerships, programs, financial information, beneficiaries, or organizational results

- Ensure every statement made in an application is accurate, supportable, and approved by Daily Strength Devotional

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FIRST 30-DAY EXPECTATIONS

During the first 30 days, the Grant Writer and Grant Sourcing Specialist will be expected to:

- Complete a grant-readiness assessment for Daily Strength Devotional

- Review the organization's legal status, financial records, programs, existing materials, impact information, and supporting documents

- Identify any missing documents or organizational gaps that could prevent Daily Strength Devotional from qualifying for grants

- Create a master organizational profile and case for support

- Develop standard program descriptions, organizational history, mission language, and impact statements

- Create a grant calendar containing at least 25 carefully researched and qualified funding opportunities

- Identify the 10 strongest immediate grant opportunities

- Present a 90-day grant application strategy

- Begin preparing and submitting the highest-priority applications

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ONGOING PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS

- Research approximately 8 to 12 new, qualified funding opportunities each week

- Prepare approximately 2 to 4 high-quality applications, letters of inquiry, or concept notes each week, depending on their complexity

- Complete drafts before the internal review deadline

- Submit all approved applications on time

- Maintain complete and accurate grant records

- Follow up on every submitted application when appropriate

- Maintain a strong pipeline of immediate, short-term, and long-term opportunities

- Focus on application quality, eligibility, and funder alignment, not simply the number of applications submitted

- Communicate immediately when information, documents, approvals, or decisions are needed from leadership

- Provide a clear weekly funding pipeline report

- Demonstrate consistent progress toward increasing grant funding for Daily Strength Devotional

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QUALIFICATIONS

- At least two years of professional grant writing, fundraising, proposal writing, or funding research experience is strongly preferred

- Proven experience identifying and qualifying grant opportunities

- Evidence of grants previously written, submitted, approved, or funded

- Excellent written and spoken English

- Strong persuasive, research, editing, and storytelling skills

- Ability to translate organizational programs and impact into compelling funding proposals

- Experience developing grant budgets and budget narratives

- Experience working with nonprofit, faith-based, Catholic, Christian, educational, publishing, media, technology, or international organizations is strongly preferred

- Knowledge of international grants and funding opportunities available to African organizations is highly desirable

- Understanding of foreign grantee eligibility, fiscal sponsorship, restricted funding, unrestricted funding, and grant compliance is an advantage

- Strong attention to detail and ability to follow complicated application instructions

- Excellent organization, time management, and deadline management

- Comfortable communicating directly with foundation representatives and funding organizations

- Able to work independently without waiting for constant instructions

- Persistent and confident without being dishonest, careless, or unprofessional

- Comfortable using Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, spreadsheets, grant databases, online application portals, and project management systems

- Willing to learn the complete mission, history, programs, audience, and goals of Daily Strength Devotional

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COMPENSATION AND PERFORMANCE BONUS

- The position includes an agreed base salary

- The employee may receive a fixed performance bonus for each qualifying grant that is successfully approved and funded

- The bonus will not be calculated as a percentage of the grant award

- The grant must have been sourced, written, or materially managed by the employee

- The opportunity must be properly recorded in the Daily Strength Devotional grant tracker

- The application must be accurate, complete, eligible, and approved by leadership before submission

- A grant is considered funded only after an official award agreement has been signed and the funds have been received by Daily Strength Devotional

- An approval letter or verbal promise without received funding does not qualify as a funded grant

- No bonus will be paid for grants that are pending, rejected, canceled, rescinded, returned, or never funded

- Bonus amounts and payment dates will be explained in the written compensation policy

- All bonuses remain subject to applicable laws, funder requirements, award restrictions, and professional grant-writing standards

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IMPORTANT ETHICAL REQUIREMENTS

- The employee must pursue grants assertively but ethically

- The employee may not submit applications using false, exaggerated, copied, or unverifiable information

- The employee may not promise or guarantee that a grant will be awarded

- The employee may not offer gifts, payments, favors, or special benefits to influence a funding decision

- The employee must disclose any personal or professional conflict of interest involving a funder

- Artificial intelligence tools may be used only with authorization and must never replace proper research, fact-checking, original writing, confidentiality, or professional judgment

- All final applications must be reviewed and approved before submission

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IDEAL CANDIDATE

The ideal candidate is hungry for results, disciplined, strategic, persuasive, and highly organized.

This person understands that successful grant writing involves more than completing online applications. It requires continuous research, relationship building, careful positioning, excellent writing, consistent follow-up, accurate documentation, and a deep understanding of the funder's priorities.

The successful candidate will take personal ownership of the grant pipeline and will consistently search for new ways to bring sustainable funding to Daily Strength Devotional.

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HOW TO APPLY

Please submit the following:

- Your updated resume

- A brief introduction explaining your grant writing and grant sourcing experience

- Two grant-writing samples, with confidential information removed

- A list of grants you have previously helped secure, including the funding amount, year, organization type, and your specific role

- A brief explanation of how you research and qualify grant opportunities

- A short 90-day plan explaining how you would begin finding funding for Daily Strength Devotional

- Your expected monthly base salary

- Your earliest available start date

- Confirmation that you are comfortable working under strict deadlines and providing weekly performance reports

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