Grant Writer for Proposals and Reports in English - Maternity Leave Position

Description

• Writing proposals, reports, and other types of donor documents in English, which include detailed descriptions of activities, services, and quantitative and financial data.
• Researching and collecting relevant materials in Hebrew and English from different units within The Jewish Agency.
• Ongoing contact with the Donor Relations and Community Relations Managers, and other FRD professionals, to customize the documents to the needs of the specific donors.
• Managing Hebrew to English translations and other writing-based needs.
• Reviewing and editing documents of FRD and Jewish Agency colleagues (peer review).
• Ongoing contact with the Israel and America-based FRD and marketing teams. 

Requirements

• BA in humanities, social sciences, marketing or communication field- required.
• Proven experience in writing proposals and reports in English – required.
• Ability to compose documents in English at the mother-tongue level – required. 
• Ability to work with Office applications, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and an advantage to have knowledge of content management and CRM systems, such as SharePoint and Salesforce.
• Ability to research (for example, government statistics, historical data, etc.).
• Personality traits: Creative, able to provide diverse writing skills, high attention to detail, and ability to discern between essential and non-essential information. Ability to work in a team and under pressure. Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Location: Jerusalem.

Agreement type: Temporary contract

In the case of two candidates, the position will favor a candidate with a disability.

The Jewish Agency reserves the right to select a candidate who meets some or all of the above requirements.