Senior Grants and Partnerships Coordinator
Candidates interested in applying for the position should send their CV along with a cover letter to [email protected] by August, 24, 2020 . The subject of the email should state the position you are applying for. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
ABAAD is an equal employment opportunity organization.
JOB TITLE: Senior Grants and Partnerships Coordinator
LOCATION: Beirut, Lebanon
ABOUT ABAAD
ABAAD – Resource Centre for Gender Equality is a UN ECOSOC-accredited organization that aims to achieve gender equality as an essential condition to sustainable social and economic development in the MENA region.
JOB PURPOSE:
The Senior Grants and Partnerships Coordinator will maintain ABAAD’s competitive position in pursuing relevant funding opportunities. S/He will lead the production of high quality applications and ensure compliance with donors’ requirements and provide support in grants management cycle and partnerships.
REPORTING LINES:
Post holder reports to: Head of Programs
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Business Development:
- Work with ABAAD Head of Programs, Technical Coordinators and program teams to identify new partners and funding opportunities and maintain donors’ relationships
- Monitor and analyze trends in funding schemes and plan for new funding opportunities
- Ensure effective communication within the organization regarding opportunities and maintain an updated matrix
- Lead the design, planning and development of concept notes and proposals
- Maintain good practices and develop standardized business development tools and material
- Support program staff in maintaining relationships with donors, partner organizations and key stakeholders
Grants Management and Compliance
- Develop and maintain grant and project management tools and ensure program staff are aware of timelines
- Build capacity of program staff on grant management through trainings and one-on-one support
- Organize grant opening, review and closing meetings
- Support in producing quality donors reports (financial and narrative) and ensure their timely submission
- Maintain hard and soft copies of grants documents
- Support program teams in preparing contracts and agreements as needed
- Conduct periodic compliance reviews of grants
Partnerships and sub-award management:
- Maintain and develop standardized sub-awarding and partnerships procedures and practices
- Initiate partnerships and sub-awards opening, review and closing meetings with partners
- Ensure periodic tracking of sub-awards and partnerships on deliverables
- Ensure partners’ compliance with donors and ABAAD’s policies and procedures
Documentation and Learning:
- Maintaining data on past performance and organization capacity
- Support in program review and evaluations, ensure documentation of best practices and lessons learned and dissemination of information with program staff
- Support in the development of annual reports, program fact sheets, etc.
- Ensure timely reporting to donors, compliance with donors’ requirements and templates and support in editing reports as needed
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Minimum of five years of experience in grant management in an I/NGO with UN, European and US donors
- University degree in social science or related discipline, including gender and development;
- Knowledge of gender and gender equality;
- Demonstrated experience with coordinating funding proposals and progress reports
- Competence with Windows, Microsoft Office
- Fluent written and spoken English and Arabic; French are a plus
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
COMPETENCIES
- Demonstrated capacity to innovate and think creatively
- Efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results
- Calm in stressful situations
- Identifies priority activities and assignments
NOTE:
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- Lebanon