Grant Acquisition & Compliance Specialist

Overview

Support grant acquisition and compliance for World Vision Papua New Guinea.

You have:

• Must have 3-5 years’ experience working in the development and/or humanitarian context
• Proven track record for multi-sector programming experience
• Experience in coordination with INGO’s and other key stakeholders
• Previous experience on supervision/management of staff (officers)
• Must have a degree or equivalent in relevant fields of study such as International Development, Political Science/International Relations, Economics, Sociology, public health, or other related field
• Knowledge of budget requirements and regulations of major donors, practice such as USAID/BHA, DFAT, MFAT, EU, World Bank, Global Fund, UNDP, UNICEF, or other government relief and development institutions
• Technical experience in any of the following: health, education, economic development, livelihood, protection, WASH, climate change
• Strong analytical skills or research experience
• Prior experience in a fragile context is added value
• Experience in result-based payment or commercial contracts is an added value
• Experience in private sector funding or corporate engagement is an added value
• Exposure to Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), Information Management (IM), or accountability is welcomed

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

World Vision Papua New Guinea (WVPNG) is a fully grant-funded office with USD35-40 million annual budget. WVPNG has >20 projects for development, humanitarian & peace contexts. The role will support the proposal and grant pipeline for World Vision in Papua New Guinea, including maintenance of the existing funding portfolio, as well as pursuing expansion/growth with new donors and thematic pilots. Under leadership of the Program Development & Quality Director, the position works with Grant Acquisition & Compliance (GAM) team to lead and/or support design processes, donor engagement, pre-positioning, and funding applications, as well as project start-ups; in coordination with Field teams, Operations, Finance, Programme Quality, General Services Team, and Communications.

The position will also support compliance management, ensuring timely and quality compliance request and documents met by project teams, in alignment to donor requirement. Given the change in funding landscape, the position will support and/ or lead efforts related to new business development, including result-based payment, commercial contracts, corporate engagement, etc. The position will also provide support and capacity building to national staff.

Support over donor engagement through networking, stakeholder mapping, external engagement, engagement resource development, documentation of meetings, report writing and inquiries about new funding opportunities will contribute to WVPNG’s reputation with donors, and success in transforming donors and accessing funding opportunities. In order to assist WVPNG to diversify the current funding portfolio and modalities, strategic donors engagement will focus on bilateral, multi-lateral and private organisations, foundations, corporations, as well as the PNG government, including the Provincial and District Administrations.

Major Responsibilities

• Support the Grant Risk Assessment and Go No-Go process as per WV Partnership policy.
• Organize design workshop/ meetings for WVPNG teams, Support Offices and/or consortium partners
• Ensure best practices are applied and high quality systems and processes for grant acquisition are maintained.
• Support development of guidelines related to new business development, including result based payment, commercial contracts, and corporate engagement
• Collaborate with technical advisors to develop project designs and Logical Framework
• Develop high quality, donor compliant concept notes, proposals, and relevant annexes for submission
• Develop budget in collaboration with Tech team and Finance
• Coordinate inputs from Operations, Finance, Programme Quality and other teams to inform development of concept notes and proposals
• Support revisions of documents as per feedback and negotiation with donors
• Support and/or coordinate design and relevant assessments
• Support preparation for and document donor meetings and project visits
• Represent WVPNG to network with potential donors and strategic partners
• Gather and track intelligence about upcoming funding opportunities
• Gather and track intelligence on competitors and stakeholders, including managing contractors
• Provide support for development of strategic partnerships
• Support the roll out of the grants acquisition business plan
• Support development and updates of external engagement materials, including capacity statements
• Coordinate start-up workshops
• Ensure project staff’s access to project documents and reporting templates
• Liaise with Operations, Programme Quality, General Services, People & Culture and Finance to organize joint events, such as staff orientations and start-up workshop
• Ensure systems for Acquisition Knowledge Management maintained to meet organizational needs and standards.
• Support lesson learning workshop for ending projects
• Lead/ support compliance to donor requirements during acquisition phase
• Support tracking of project compliance of projects during implementation/ management phase
• Support local partner assessment and capacity building
• Provide coordination support for project teams and functional departments to ensure compliance and timely problem solving during project implementation as required
• Support knowledge management process and system to ensure project documents and compliance evidence are in place
• Provide input and support to fields team to identify and document impact and achievements as required.
• Facilitate or provide training (donor and grants development specifics) to the grants acquisition team as well as to technical sector experts and/or support departments.
• Provide coaching and training to junior program support staff in regard to proposal writing and grant management
• Collaborate with the Regional Office Grants Acquisition Management team on capacity-building strategies and facilitation.

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

• Must have 3-5 years’ experience working in the development and/or humanitarian context
• Proven track record for multi-sector programming experience
• Experience in coordination with INGO’s and other key stakeholders
• Previous experience on supervision/ management of staff (officers)
• Must have a degree or equivalent in relevant fields of study such as International Development, Political Science/International Relations, Economics, Sociology, public health, or other related field
• Knowledge of budget requirements and regulations of major donors, practice such as USAID/ BHA, DFAT, MFAT, EU, World Bank, Global Fund, UNDP, UNICEF, or other government relief and development institutions
• Technical experience in any of the following: health, education, economic development, livelihood, protection, WASH, climate change
• Strong analytical skills or research experience
• Prior experience in a fragile context is added value
• Experience in result-based payment or commercial contracts is an added value
• Experience in private sector funding or corporate engagement is an added value
• Exposure to Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), Information Management (IM), or accountability is welcomed

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