Associate Director, Opportunity Grants at Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure provision of administrative support for grant making activities and/or other opportunities by effectively managing resources and identifying administrative needs of various programs Oversee and manage the update of grants system with relevant grants / grantee information 
• Allocate Grant Associates to Opportunities as required 
• Accountable for reporting and other documents for compliance, accuracy, and readability 
• Accountable for the review of data to assure that it is accurate and complete in accordance with appropriate protocols 
• Oversee the enforcements of global GM policy, procedure and compliance across OSF and within Opportunities 
• Ensure cohesive working with program officers, grantees, and legal to help accelerate grant from ‘idea to out the door’ 
• Ensure that the team remains fit for purpose and appropriately resourced, leading on performance management on an ongoing basis 
• Creating structure and generating clear goals to enable the team to accomplish its objectives and helping the team analyse their effectiveness 
• Routinely generate Foundation Connect/GrantSmith reports and utilize grantmaking data to monitor progress on priority work, monitor and ensure timely processing of grants and grant payments, identify gaps in information, and to manage workload distributions. 

People Responsibilities (Total Team/DRs) 

 Yes (8 individual contributors) 

Key metrics 

• Effective resource management, data accuracy and compliance
• Facilitate, structure and coordinate early engagement
• Oversee and effectively manage advisory function of Grants Associates during pre-compliance
• Issue spot challenges and escalate accordingly
• Provide on-going learning and encourage adequate opportunity for growth/professional development.

Key internal relationships 

Director, Opportunity Grants Management; Associate Director, Policy, Knowledge & Training; Associate Director, Grants Data and Analytics; Associate Directors, Global Grants Management

Qualifications 

Essential: 

• University degree – BA or BSc 

Experience  

Essential: 

• Substantial management experience providing high impact leadership and effective resourcing across teams 
• Extensive prior experience with grant processing, grant making systems, compliance, and risk management 
• Thorough understanding of compliance law for US-domiciled foundations and reporting requirements for US-domiciled foundations administering grants to global grantees  
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale complex, cross-functional projects