Myanmar - Grants Manager

Myanmar - Grants Manager

Solidarites International

Yangon, Myanmar or Bangkok, Thailand

ABOUT THE JOB

General objective:

Under the supervision and with the support of the Grants & Partnership Coordinator, head of the Grants Unit, and working closely with program and support departments at coordination level, and with base teams, the Grants Manager’s primary role is to lead proposal development, be the focal point for the overall grant management cycle and ensure accountability to donors.

The main challenges:

• Grants and Funding structure of the Myanmar mission: high number of grants, with very heterogeneous donors and contracts configuration. Important share of programs implemented in consortium/partnerships (both national and international, in a position of lead or sub-recipient);
• Grants department under structuration (creation of a Grants and Partnerships Coordinator role, which will start just before the Grants Manager) in order to accomodate the high number of (regular) grants, the training and autonomization of teams, as well as the growing partnerships portfolio;
• Entry in the country is limited for expatriates, the position has to be considered as remote position until further notice.

Priorities for the 2/3 first months:

• Clear the closing of all grants related to Mocha cyclone response;
• Lead the lessons learning about Grants Management of the Mocha Response;
• Support the roll-out of the new RACI of the Grants and Partnerships Department at mission level;
• Lead the development of critical concept notes and proposals (BHA, LIFT-UNOPS);
• Contribute to revise the Grants Management related tasks of the Rakhine base (post-cyclone and adaptation to remote working).

YOUR PROFILE

Education/academic background:

• MSc in Humanitarian affairs, programming, International affairs;
• A first experience on a similar position;
• 3-4 years in the humanitarian sector.

Specific skills and experience:

• Grants management, donors' guidelines;
• Proposal writing and proposal development coordination;
• Experience in partnerships management and development;
• Remote work;
• Sense of coordination (internal, external);
• Team player.

Language:

• English (fluent - mandatory);
• French (strong asset) - number of Grants funded by French requiring communication in French to Paris;
• Burmese (strong asset).

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