Grants Manager at Solidarites International

General objectives

• As part of the coordination team and reporting to the Country Director, and working closely with the program and support departments at coordination level, as well as the base teams, the Grant Manager is the mission’s focal point on ensuring accountability to donors.

Main Responsibilities:

• Donor relations
• Financing strategy
• Document development and review
• Contractual management
• External compliance
• Internal and external communication
• External audits

Priorities for the 2/3 first months:

• Follow up on the advancement of the financing contracts
• Coordinate mid-term and final reporting
• Develop relationship with donors representatives
• Engage internally and externally with different interlocutors to identify new funding opportunities

Your profile

Education / academic background :

• Master Degree in humanitarian/development studies, social sciences, management or other related discipline.

Specific skills and experience:

• Strong knowledge of donors’ policies and guidelines
• Strong knowledge of the project cycle management
• Strong knowledge of principled-based approaches and advocacy skills
• Excellent reporting and writing skills
• Previous experience and achievements in managing a consortium and strong partnerships with other NGOs (MoUs, negotiations, governance…)
• Proven ability to deal with donors and operational partners
• Technical knowledge in SI sectors of expertise (WASH, FSL, Shelter) is an asset
• Proven management ability, including ability to motivate and develop skills of team’s members. Must be able to make sound management decisions in difficult situations and also be able to work in a participatory manner with colleagues.
• Excellent communication, networking skills, organizational and prioritization skills, ability to multi-task
• Capacity to adapt and show organizational flexibility
• Cross cultural sensitivity and great team player
• Proven ability to develop adapted humanitarian vision and strategy
• Capacity to engage and manage technical staff and curiosity towards their expertise
• Experience working with SI (or a similar organization) is an asset
• Prior experience in Nigeria would be considered as an asset