Bid Writer

Who we are

Since 1952, the organisation has supported adults with developmental disabilities in Pune through day programs and group homes. Most funding comes from government grants and contracts, with the rest from individual donors and two annual events.

Godavari Centre is hiring a Bid Writer to work remotely from India. You will manage a calendar of 50 to 70 submissions and reports a year. Remote position. Most of the team is in Pune, but nobody is required to come in. We keep meetings to a minimum and work mostly async.

Main duties

• Build project budgets and budget narratives with finance.
• Research new prospects in Candid Foundation Directory and Instrumentl.
• Track submissions, awards and reports in Raiser's Edge or Salesforce.
• Prepare federal and state applications through Grants.gov and state portals.
• Keep a library of boilerplate, attachments and board lists current.
• Report monthly on pipeline, awards and pending requests.
• Draft acknowledgment letters and funder updates.
• Edit proposals for clarity, length limits and funder guidelines.

Skills and experience

• Familiar with Candid, Instrumentl or GrantStation.
• Able to build and explain a project budget.
• Comfortable interviewing program staff and turning notes into narrative.
• Organised with many deadlines at once.
• Experience with both foundation and government grants.

Perks and benefits

Pay: ₹8,00,000 to ₹9,00,000 per annum

• Health insurance for you and your family.
• Provident fund.
• Paid leave.
• Gratuity.
• Flexible hours.

We may close this posting early once we have enough applications.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Godavari Center LLP.