Role Purpose: As a key member of the Regional Programme Operations team, you will be leading Awards (grants) management support across East and Southern Africa.
- Working in close collaboration within the Regional Office with the supply chain, finance, advocacy, HR, security, and operations managers, you will ensure that all country offices operationalize optimally the awards management cycle that SCI new programming model requires.
- In particular, you will shape country offices award management processes so that they are effective and compliant.
- You will be the key focal point for all compliance and awards systems and tools management related issues.
- You will actively manage the review of all relevant awards at regional level and play a key role in coordinating multi-country regional awards.
- Building on the experience you will gain in implementing the new SCI award management tools, you will identify best practice and short comings and work to improve these processes and tools in collaboration with the centre
Contract Duration: 12 Months
Qualifications· Post graduate degree
Essential
- Excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a demanding workload comprised of diverse and challenging tasks and responsibilities
- Proven track record of active contribution to a senior management team, and providing strategic support across multiple sectors and/or regions
- Extensive experience with NGOs with increasing responsibilities including a proven experience of establishing and running the award management function in the field
- Knowledge of the requirements of major institutional donors including budgeting, eligibility issues, compliance management, and reporting; experience of engaging with donors at a strategic level ·
- Well-developed skills in staff management.
- Proven coaching and capacity building skills ·
- Understanding of the financial aspects of award management, and understanding of operations and programming ·
- Very strong attention to detail, problem solving skills, and ability to analyse trends ·
- Computer literate (i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook, Internet Explorer, financial systems) ·
- Cultural awareness and ability to build relationships quickly with a wide variety of people
- Patient, adaptable, able to improvise, and communicate clearly and effectively under pressure
- Strong communication (written and spoken) in English, and strong interpersonal skills, with experience in managing multicultural teamsDesirable · Experience with award management policies, procedures and systems and Save the Children's award management system (AMS) · Understanding of financial reporting from Save the Children's accounting software (Agresso) ·
- Experience of Project Management, M&E Management or Funding Coordination
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