Grants and Innovations Manager
Manage and administer grants to influence positive change for children.
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Overview
Manage and administer grants to influence positive change for children.
You have:
- At least a Master’s degree in international development, economics, business administration, Marketing, or other relevant discipline.
- At least 5 years of grants management experience for USAID-funded grants, preferably with private sectors.
- Experience working with private sectors in market lead, entrepreneurship focused projects.
- Proven skills in establishing clear grants policies, procedures, and systems suitable for private sector.
- Proven experience in creating and maintaining effective working relationships that foster collaborative learning.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to lead and work effectively in team situations.
- Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills in English desirable.
- Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children's aims, values and principles.
The Organization We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
· No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday · All children learn from a quality basic education and that, · Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Application Information: Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/jobs We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Grants and Innovations Manager
Country/Region: Uganda
Location: Kampala
Organization: Save the Children International
Join us to lead sustainable change for children:
- Be part of a GLOBAL and DIVERSE technical community
- Get EXPOSURE in many different contexts
- Test and scale up INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
- Influence policies that affect MILLIONS OF CHILDREN
OVERVIEW
Are you passionate about being an advocate for children? Do you want to use your expertise to bring about lasting change for children and be a part of an inspiring, dynamic global movement?
ROLE PURPOSE:
Working with Uthabiti consortium, the Grants and Innovations Manager is responsible for overall management and administration of the CIGF ensuring the grants contribution to the Uthabiti goal by pulling private sector to new markets, encourage to expand or improve the offer of financial services, accelerate micro enterprises, test innovation ideas that can help overcome programmatic challenges, encourage employment/livelihoods opportunities based on suitable granting mechanism.
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THE ROLE
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
- Work with the lead partner on grant solicitation/award process as well as the review and selection process, which include ensuring proper negotiation of the terms and conditions.
- Facilitate CIGF review committee meeting, cost reasonableness reviews, prepare approval request documents, monitor and manage milestone completion, review and submit for approval.
- In consultation with the lead partner identify and recommend the mechanism that best fits the grantee such as performance based fixed amount award, service contract or conditional cash transfer aiming at triggering business.
- Oversees the process and provides input into the SOW, ensures quality control of grant agreement, service contract (especially the milestones) and cash transfers and drafts the means of verification for milestones.
- Work with grantee, with input from the MEAL team and Lead Partner, to create a M&E plan that feeds into the SOW.
- Ensure all grant and contract budget estimates meet the standards of allowability, allocability, cost reasonableness, and consistency.
- Draft USAID approval requests and ensure all required approvals are received.
- Manage and track completion of milestone and the respective payment requests for milestones.
- Oversee and ensure proper maintenance of documentation and reporting in accordance with USAID and SCI guidelines, including preparing regular reports on grantee and subcontractor performance, and raising issues and risks related to activity fund implementation to the COP and CIGF committee.
- Participate in pre-award audits and risk assessments of possible grantee partners, in addition to periodic monitoring during implementation and at close-out.
- Establish clear grants policies, procedures, and systems, update the grants manual (and/or internal work flows), as needed, and ensure effective communication for systematizing grant award administration procedures that blend technical and operational innovation.
- Provide support to program staff as well as grantees to ensure adherence to the Grants Manual (and/or internal work flows) and USAID policies and the delivery of on-time technical excellence, evidence, and learning under the grant fund.
- Ensure that all grant milestones are correctly entered into the project’s Activity Database (MIS), AMS Or Other SCI systems) and/or on SharePoint and maintain up to date and complete files for each grant award.
- Contribute data required on a recurrent basis to assist in the preparation of monthly and semi-annual reports as well as presentations on grantee/activity performance, as needed.
- Other project management tasks and team capacity building efforts as delegated.
To be a strong supporter and advocate for children in this role you will need to have:
- At least a Master’s degree in international development, economics, business administration, Marketing, or other relevant discipline.
- At least 5years of grants management experience for USAID-funded grants, preferably with private sectors.
- Experience working with private sectors in market lead, entrepreneurship focused projects.
- Proven skills in establishing clear grants policies, procedures, and systems suitable for private sector.
- Proven experience in creating and maintaining effective working relationships that foster collaborative learning
- Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to lead and work effectively in team situations
- Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills in English desirable
- Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles
Application Information:
Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at https://hcri.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Application closes on March 21, 2024 midnight Uganda time.
Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent, persons with disabilities and female candidates are encouraged to apply.
Disclaimer: Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents.
OUR DIVERSITY BELIEF
Save the Children International is committed to create a truly inclusive, effective and representative organisational culture, encouraging equity and diversity among its employees and eliminating unlawful discrimination. We want our people to be truly representative of all sections of society. Having a diverse profile of employees, different age groups, backgrounds, cultures, & disabilities etc. We are guided by our values in everything we do, and recognise that being a diverse and inclusive employer helps us fulfill our responsibility to make a difference for children around the world.
Potential interview questions
| Can you provide an example of how you've managed a grant process in a previous role? | This question assesses your practical experience and understanding of grant management. | Detail your specific role, the challenges faced, and the outcomes achieved. |
| How do you ensure compliance with grant policies and procedures? | This question gauges your knowledge of grant compliance and your management approach. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe a time when you had to collaborate with multiple stakeholders on a project. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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