Grants and Compliance Manager at Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

Key Responsibilities Include.

• Responsible for providing program and operations teams with general grants management support, advising on donor compliance and GAIN regulations, and ensuring grant deliverables are achieved on time.
• Liaise with the finance department to monitor GAIN Nigeria and partner budgets and spends.
• Develop and maintain processes and procedures for robust grant management.
• Ensure internal grants and general compliance tracking systems and associated processes meet GAIN and donor standards.
• Interpret donor regulations to the GAIN Nigeria program team, local partners and CBOs/subgrantees.
• Provide ongoing technical advisory support to improve compliance practices across departments.
• Lead the development and maintenance of reporting templates according to donor requirements and preparation of grant reporting schedule management.
• Engage and manage donor relationships, including supporting donor visibility and representation.
• Oversee operational risk monitoring and management including risk mapping, defining and implementing action plans, risk management, incident management systems ensuring corrective and preventive actions.
• Manage the subaward relationships between GAIN Nigeria and its subrecipients.
• Interpret all subawards to ensure compliance with donor policies within legal and statutory requirements and prepare monthly summary reports.
• Implement the organization's subaward management system for selection, approvals, awarding, monitoring and closing program subawards, including designing and providing templates for expressions of interest, request for applications, and selection evaluation tools.

About You

• The ideal candidate will lead the effective management of donor-funded programs, ensure full compliance and drive innovation and continuous improvement. The candidate will bring strong grant management expertise, with the ability to identify risks, anticipate challenges, and develop practical, forward-thinking solutions. Experience managing the Subaward relationships between an organisation and its subrecipients is required combined with ability to build their capacity for effective grant management.
• You will demonstrate clear, structured thinking, sound judgment, and a proactive approach to problem-solving, with a keen ability to assess how decisions impact broader organizational priorities.