Grants Manager

Oversee donor reporting and grants management processes.

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Overview

Oversee donor reporting and grants management processes.

You have:

  • Submit high quality donor reports, narrative and financial according to IRC and donor regulations.
  • Collaborate with the Program and Finance teams to develop standard reporting templates and tools.
  • Maintain knowledge of grant agreement language and regulations.
  • Lead grant opening meetings and other grant management meetings.
  • Support the development of high-quality proposals and budgets.

Job Description

JOB OVERVIEW:

The Grants Manager is the focal point for donor reporting, grants information management and grants management capacity-building efforts. He/She supports programmatic and budgetary monitoring, compliance with donors and internal IRC rules and regulations. The Grants Manager also supports proposal development (20%) and can be involved in managing and implementing IRC’s partnership work for the response activities. The Grants Manager will work closely with the in-country program teams and will report to the Senior Grants & Partnerships Coordinator.

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES:

- Submit high quality donor reports, narrative and financial according to IRC and donor regulations. Ensure all required documents are included, complete, correct and approved by the respective Program Coordinator/s and country management. - Collaborate with the Program and Finance teams to develop standard reporting templates and tools that will support improved narrative, log frame and financial reporting. - Maintain knowledge of grant agreement language and regulations, serving as a knowledge resource on assigned donors and advancing questions where needed. - Raise compliance issues with supervisor - Lead grant opening meetings, periodic grant review meetings, grant learning meetings and grant close-out meetings - Lead grant management meetings, including monthly review of Budget vs Actual (BVA) reports to address any projected underspend or overspend - Keep supervisor informed of any projected inabilities to meet contractual obligations, report submission and spend rates/significant budget variances. Be able to actively mitigate risks through proposing remedial solutions in consensus with department heads - Compile and respond to information requests from IRC’s regional, London and NY offices. - Work with grant counterparts in HQ and at the regional level to ensure coordination and adherence to proposal timelines and requirements. - Spearhead project cycle meetings (design, opening, implementation, closing, and learning) to identify and help resolve needs, constraints, and other project cycle issues. - Undertake other key grants management, program development, monitoring and evaluation, communications and partnership and external relations activities as requested - Support the development of high-quality proposals and budgets that are relevant to IRC’s Strategic Action Plan and include input from key partners (finance, operations, programs, partners, etc.) - Contribute to all aspects of the proposal development process – including compilation/editing of the technical narrative, development of budgets and budget narratives, drafting of required annexes, etc.

Qualifications

Potential interview questions

Can you describe your experience with donor reporting requirements? The interviewer wants to gauge your familiarity with the reporting expectations of donors. Discuss specific examples of reports you've prepared and how you ensured compliance.
How have you collaborated with finance teams in the past? Collaboration is key; they want to see your teamwork skills. Pro members can see the explanation.
What strategies do you use to stay updated on grant regulations? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Describe a time when you led a project cycle meeting. What was your approach? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
How do you handle budget variances in grant management? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Added 3 years ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: rescue.org