Chemonics UK seeks a Grants Manager to support education programming in Northwest Syria. The project aims to provide children living in Northwest Syria with safe, inclusive, and quality education that meets their specialized learning, psychosocial, and protection needs. The Grants Manager will be responsible for the overall management and administration of a number of grants awarded by the Chemonics grants program with funding from the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO). This position will be based in Gaziantep, Turkey. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.
Background:
More than 2 million Syrian children are out of school, and more are at risk of dropping out; more than 90 percent of Grade 3 children are not reading at grade level, and numeracy rates are similarly low. Nearly 6 million Syrian children need educational assistance. Helping communities, education authorities, and other service providers determine what quality and relevant education entails, and how to monitor and evaluate key learning outcomes, is a challenge in non-regime-controlled areas. Moreover, rebuilding and operating successful education systems is an ongoing and long-term challenge. While maintaining a humanitarian dimension to the education response, in opposition areas, a strategic shift is occurring toward a longer-term approach toward quality learning outcomes. This requires continued strengthening of systems and policy promotion frameworks. It also requires deliberate and specific planning to scale up access and adopt a strong focus on quality, inclusion, equity, and child protection.
Position Description:
The Grants Manager will be responsible for ensuring compliant, effective, grants management throughout the entire grants lifecycle. The Grants Manager will contribute to the grant design, competition, pre-award risk assessment, award monitoring, and grant closeout and support implementation of the assigned portfolio of grants through NGO partners.
The Grants Manager will adhere to and act in accordance with Chemonics’ professional code of ethics, “Living Our Values,” and will make the principles of the code a part of the program’s culture and operating procedures. S/he will uphold Chemonics’ safeguarding standards at all times and will promote a safeguarding culture among partners, beneficiaries, and staff. S/he will also foster and maintain good relationships with potential and actual grantees, will disclose any affiliations that could be perceived as a conflict of interest, and will maintain confidentiality regarding program activities.
Responsibilities Include:
- Oversees the development, implementation, and administration of the number of grants that are assigned to them, providing support in terms of Chemonics and/or FCDO compliance and grants management protocols
- Monitors grant disbursements and payment schedules, liaising closely with other colleagues including the Deputy Team Lead and program points of contact to make grant payments in a timely and compliant manner
- Reviews grant packages/ grantee’s financial reports and prepares payment requests incompliance with Chemonics’ procedures and FCDO regulations
- As needed, participates and assists in assessing grantee capacity and participates in grant kick-off meetings to serve as a resource for any questions related to grant administration and compliance
- Serves as a resource to help programme technical team to answer questions and resolve issues related to grant compliance, grant payments, grant design, documentation, and other areas
- Closely liaises with and provide all necessary assistance to their supervisor and other team members on issues related to grants administration and management
- Ensures full compliance with corporate grants policies and applicable donor regulations and manage the issuance of solicitations for proposals for grants, if applicable
- Assists in evaluating applications for grant funding, including preparation of written reports on the process of evaluation and results of selection, if applicable
- Support in the production of grant agreements and modifications, supervising the compliance and financial documentation and support technical aspects and general grants management
- Contribute to the preparation of periodic reports to the client on progress towards programme results
- Conduct due diligence with downstream partner and report the monthly progress
- Follow up with the asset register and make sure it is reported by grantee monthly basis
- Continuously apply learning, innovations and best practices from project evaluations, field visit reports, and project reports (both internal and external, including other NGO and donors) to new grants
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Bachelors’ degree in a relevant field, or equivalent relevant experience
- Demonstrable experience working experience in a grants management role, preferably for donor-funded development projects and UK in particular
- Strong understanding of Chemonics’ grants management processes and donor regulations governing grants administration
- Knowledge and understanding of Syria context, conflict and security situation in Syria, previous experience in Syria strongly preferred
- Ability to work with culturally and geographically diverse staff
- Excellent communication, and writing/reporting skills
- Team player with the ability to also work independently
- Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
- Professional proficiency speaking, reading, and writing English required. Professional proficiency in Arabic required
Period of Performance:
The assignment is long-term through the life of the relevant donor contract
Location of the assignment:
The assignment will be conducted in Gaziantep with intermittent travel
Supervision and reporting:
The Grants Manager will report to the Deputy Team Lead
Application instructions:
Please send an email with your CV and cover letter attached and “Grants Manager” in the subject line to SYR-SEP-HR@chemonics.com by January 2, 2024.
We will review the applications on a rolling basis. No telephone inquiries, please. Chemonics will contact finalists.
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