Grants and Compliance Manager at Action Against Hunger Nigeria
Job Title: Grants and Compliance Manager
Location: Damaturu, Yobe
Job type: Full-type
Start date: As Soon As Possible
Direct Line Manager: Area Coordinator
Company Overview
Action Against Hunger | ACF-International works to save lives by combating hunger and diseases that threaten the lives of vulnerable communities, through nutrition, food security, water and sanitation, health and advocacy.
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Objective 1
- Coordinate and Supervise the production and submission of quality and timely donor reports
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Ensure high quality and timely grant reporting from technical support staff and programme managers for submission to the HOD Grants and Compliance; undertake a qualitative review, grammatical edit and ensure compliance to guidelines and donors’ requirements, use of proper templates
- Ensure that internal timelines and external deadlines are met; maintain the reporting tracker developed by HOD, follow up on inputs from project teams and technical staff and update archive on NHF and in the base.
- In collaboration with the Coordination Team (Program, WASH, FSL, Nutrition and Health, Log, Finance, MEAL coordinators), address any further follow-up question/s, comment, etc., to ensure compliant and quick submission of additional and/or revised information required.
- Coordinate responses to any donor feedback and ensure timely submission of requested feedback.
Qualifications
- Degree and/or Master’s Degree in Humanitarian Action or any related field (international relations, political science, law, etc.)
- At least 5 years’ experience in international development, humanitarian assistance, international relations or related sector.
Skills and Experience:
Essential:
- Fluency in English and an additional advantage if fluency in Hausa and Kanuri
- Excellent experience in proposal and report writing, donor rules and regulations, validation procedures, coordination of processes.
- Experience in Project Cycle Management, theory of change and project implementation tools
- Strong commitment to Mission objective and general knowledge of programmatic areas (FSL, WASH, Nutrition and Social Protection)
- Ability to write donor reports and proposals in excellent English.
- At least 3 years as Grant Writer or similar (i.e. Project Officer)
- Knowledge of key institutional donors, including ECHO, USAID (FFP, OFDA), SDC, SIDA, GAC, OCHA, AECID.
- knowledge of Humanitarian principles, Sphere project minimum standard, gender, protection, and conflict sensitivity
Preferred:
- Well organized, attentive to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks
- Detail-oriented, organized, and able to manage to compete for urgent requests and priorities;
- Ability to work in a multicultural context and be a team player;
- Ready and willing to travel to remote locations, remain calm and under pressure and adapt to changing circumstances.
- Proven ability to work independently under minimal guidance, pressure and tight deadlines;
- Problem solver with a work style that builds confidence in others
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Deadline: August 18, 2020
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Deadline | 18th August, 2020. |