Grant Proposal Writer / Grants Manager

Job Description — Grant Proposal Writer / Grants Manager

Location: New Delhi (hybrid) | Remote-friendly within India

Employment Type: Full-time (12-month probation; long-term extension based on performance). Contract/consulting arrangements may be considered.

Reports to: CEO (Co-founder)

Start date: ASAP

Role summary

You will lead end-to-end grant fundraising and stewardship across government schemes, CSR programs, foundations, and international donors. The role blends technical comprehension of water/environmental technologies with proven grant writing, budgeting, and post-award management. You will translate lab and pilot evidence into donor-grade narratives, build partnerships, and ensure compliant delivery of funded projects.

Key responsibilities

Opportunity identification:

1. Maintain an active pipeline of relevant funding opportunities (central/state schemes, Jal Jeevan Mission, CSR portals, multilateral donors, foundations, and corporate CSR calls).
2. Assess fit, prioritize opportunities, prepare opportunity briefs and submission timelines.

Proposal development:

1. Lead drafting, editing and submission of concept notes, full proposals, technical annexes, budgets, log frames, M&E frameworks and compliance attachments.
2. Convert technical data (lab results, pilot metrics) into clear problem–solution–impact narratives tailored to each donor.
3. Prepare robust budgets, cost justifications, procurement plans, risk registers and milestone schedules aligned with organizational capacity.

Post-award management:

1. Lead grant acceptance, set up project accounts, draft implementation plans and ensure timely delivery, financial reporting and audit readiness.
2. Manage donor communications, site visits, progress and final reporting.

Capacity building & institutionalization:

1. Build a grants playbook (template proposals, budgets, boilerplate language, checklists).
2. Train staff on donor processes and documentation.

Additional duties (as requested)

1. Conduct small technical or field studies relevant to our work—e.g., measuring emissions reduction, health impacts, and market positioning—and synthesize results for proposals and reports.
2. Proactively apply for grants and funding opportunities that accelerate product development, pilots and market entry.
3. Represent and present DetoXyFi’s work to government and non-government stakeholders, including ULBs, CSR teams and international donors.

Required qualifications & experience

1. Education: Bachelor’s or master’s in environmental engineering, Environmental Science, Water Resources, Public Policy, Development Studies or related field. Technical degree strongly preferred.
2. Experience: Minimum 1 year of professional experience writing and managing grants for tech/science/NGO/enterprise projects. Proven track record of winning at least one grant (government, CSR, foundation or multilateral).
3. Technical skills: Comfortable interpreting technical reports (lab/pilot data) and converting them into donor-grade writing. Strong budgeting skills, including line-item budgets and indirect cost calculations.
4. Communication: Exceptional English writing and editing ability; strong presentation skills.
5. Tools: Proficient in MS Office / Google Workspace; familiarity with grants databases and project management tools is a plus.

Preferred (nice-to-have)

1. Prior experience in water-technology startups, environmental engineering or public health projects.

Application requirements

Please submit:

1. CV
2. Cover letter describing at least one successful grant you authored and how will you conduct small studies relevant to our work in providing clean drinking water and measuring across emissions reduction, health impact, market position.