The position seeks to provide cross functional coordination support and technical oversight in grant proposal development, grant compliance and report generation in line with donor requirements the planning, funding, implementation, evaluation and reporting of the respective World Vision program operations. The PO position will focus heavily on proposal coordination and design, as well as ensuring regular project reporting and donor compliance. It will also include donor/Support Office/partner engagement and information management.
Areas of Responsibility:
Grants Acquisition
- Identifying and soliciting for funding opportunities within the donor community (such as UN agencies, USAID, DFID, EC), and WVI Support Offices;
- Coordinate project design, implementation, and evaluation with all relevant staff, using the defined processes.
- Develop concept papers and prepare proposals to major donors, in coordination with technical specialists, finance and procurement staff and SOs.
- Monitor funding status for each sector of the program to identify possible funding gaps and ensure smooth transitions from one grant to the next.
- Obtain funding for program’s unfunded sections by identifying grants.
Grants Management
- Prepare monthly, annual and end-of-project narrative reports, newsletters, situational reports and other reports as necessary.
- Link with the operations and finance departments to ensure the compiling/collating of major donor management reports.
- Liase with the M&E team and knowledge centre in conducting monitoring and evaluation, research and documentation
- Conducting field visits, for the purposes of assessing if and ensuring that programs are managed in accordance with internal procedures, as well as in a manner that will promote good practice, maximise impact, encourage learning and maintain a high team spirit.
Partnership & External Relations
- Support relationship management of World Vision partners, and Support Office relations. Through ensuring that WVZ meets all contractual obligations and achieves high quality planning and implementation levels.
- Partner selection for new project opportunities and capacity building in GAM for partners
- Support the programs team to identify potential partners to work with in projects.
- Ensure alignment with WV’s established external engagement, GAM, partnering steps, and response strategies.
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, International Development, International Relations or related field.
Skills/Experience:
- Master’s degree in Social Sciences, International Development, International Relations or related field. (Preferred)
- Understanding of project design and good proposal writing skills.
- Basic understanding of the workings of major donors, such as USAID, UN, CIDA, Aus Aid etc.
- Strong capacity building and facilitation skills
- Ability to complete tasks in a timely manner.
- Ability to pursue thoroughness and appropriate attention to detail.
- Ability to express self clearly in all forms of writing.
- Ability to identify gaps, trends, priorities and key issues.
- Ability to describe key aspects and issues of relief, development and advocacy.
- Ability to maintain strong links with major NGO’s, donors and government agencies.
- Ability to explain WV’s work in relation to issues of poverty, power, justice and peace.
- Ability to respect and relate appropriately to people of other faiths.
- Ability to build and maintain strong relationships
- Ability to interpret and present information with influence and impact.
- Self-starter who can work independently under pressure
- Completed a recognized personal security course in the past 3 years
- Knowledge of WV’s field operations, either in the relief or development context.
- Cross-cultural sensitivity, flexible world view, emotional maturity and physical stamina
- Ability to manage work life and work without supervision
- Ability to work in and contribute to team building environment
- Ability to maintain performance expectations in psychologically stressful environments and physical hardship conditions with limited resources
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Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Jun 27 2019
Active Until:
Jul 27 2019
Hiring Organization:
World Vision
industry:
Nonprofit