Grants Team Leader at Pact World

Job holder’s roles and responsibilities:**

• Provide leadership and supervision to the grants team.

• Ensure strong links between the grants management and capacity building approach to maximize efforts to strengthen strategic partners and build in strategies to the grant making process.

• Ensure strong links between the grants management and M&E systems to improve grantee reporting and link to Pact requirements.

• Maintain grant documents and systems according to Pact’s standards and donor policies.

• Comply with Pact’s & USAID grant requirements and ensure understanding by all staff.

• Prepare grant documents that meet both grantee and donor requirement and allow for programmatic flexibility.

• Analyze, verify and review proposal budgets to ensure donor compliance.

• Ensure proper implementation and competitive processes for grantee selection and negotiation.

• Coordinate the proposal review process and ensure compliance with solicitations and donor requirements.

• Coordinate, design and carry out training courses for Peace III staff and partners.

• Oversee financial closeout of grants.

Qualifications and experiences:

• University degree in business administration, social sciences or related field.

• 3-5 years’ experience working in relief or development programs.

• Knowledge of USAID policies, regulations and reporting requirements.

• Strong written and oral communications skills.

• Experience in development projects, writing proposal, reports to donors and a good understanding of budgets.

• A team player, ability to work in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle pressure.

• Detail oriented, organized and able to manage competing urgent requests and priorities.

• Competence in common IT applications.