Grants Program Support Officer - Nairobi, Kenya - World Vision
Description
ABOUT THE COMPANY
World Vision is an international Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation working in almost 100 countries world-wide to create lasting change in the lives of children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
JOB SUMMARY
This role provides administrative support to Regional Resource Development Unit, Regional Advocacy and Campaigns Unit and Regional Communications Unit. For assigned Regional post, the Grants Program Support Officer (GPSO) will provide program development, grant management, and resource acquisition with high standards of appropriateness, timeliness, and effectiveness. The position serves as the partner/donor external engagement focal point in the region by serving as the lead Proposal Pro facilitator, tracks and assesses external engagement by East Africa Regional Office (EARO) and National Offices (NO) staff, and develops external engagement material in coordination with Communications Department and IP&S.Required Professional ExperienceExperience in establishing and managing a database or capable of managing a database.Experience in working with, coordinating and supporting National Offices.Excellent English languages skills; written and verbal.Demonstrated writing skills and working with excel spreadsheets.Innovative and the ability to think outside of the box.Team player; the ability to work as part of a diverse team to achieve the overall goal.Required EducationEducational level required: Bachelor Degree in social sciences, strategic management, business administration
RESPONSIBILITIES
25%Resource Acquisition and Grant ManagementManage and track all funding opportunities shared with National offices ( NO's) by Regional office ( RO) , Support Office (SO), Global Centre (GC) and donors and ensure this is part of the donor landscape analysis for the RegionManage and update the Donor/Partner Engagement Plan by Technical Advisors and GAM UnitTrack and monitor external engagement in EAR and disseminate to NO, RO, and SO staff to ensure strong donor/partner relations and strategy alignment and increased resourcesIn collaboration with Technical Advisors and Communications Department, maintain up-to-date capacity statements for external stakeholders that can be presented at short notice.Coordinate with EAR Grant Finance to support in effective and reliable monitoring and management of development, emergency and rehabilitative programs.Review and provide support to proposal development in the region and the National Offices.20%Capacity Building Facilitator and CoordinatorEnroll selected NO staff to the Proposal Pro online Training and produce NO staff status and performance reports by tracking Proposal Pro module completionPlan, Coordinate & Facilitate Proposal Pro face to face workshop in NOs that have completed the online modulesFollow up on a quarterly basis using the blended learning approach and ensure that NO Proposal Pro participants are utilizing the training skills in developing proposals, donor engagement and budgeting and ensure certification of participants after writing the required number of proposals.Identify gaps in the NOs and any Grant related training needs that they may have through constant communication with the GAM Leads and identify experts to address the needs NOs require20%Risk Mitigation and Risk AssessmentReview the risk assessment for grant approval forms submitted by NOs to ensure risks are well articulated, staff qualifications and experience are well document, mitigation strategies are clearly outlined, risks are correctly ranked as low, medium, high and ensure RO sign off by RDU, relevant LC, Regional Finance, Regional Leader and Global Field OperationsEnsure that all risk assessment for grant approval above US$1 million are reviewed and signed by RO and Global Field OperationsManage and track all No-Go decision that are taken by NO & RO and produce a trend analysis on a quarterly basis showing value of opportunities not pursued by each NO, donors, and the reasons for the no-go decision. Share this information with NOs to ensure that they conduct post no-go reviews to inform their future go/no-go for similar opportunities.Conduct a quarterly analysis against the RAF's submitted and produce a report15%Administrative Responsibilities Administrative support to Regional Communications, Resource Development, Advocacy and campaigns DirectorsCoordinate and plan for team meetings and conferences (f2f and online);Support team members to make travel arrangements;Coordinate and plan for Webex meetings for the departments as they arise;Coordinate and consolidate the team inputs for monthly and quarterly reports10%EAR GAM Hub CoordinatorSurvey NOs, RO, and SOs to attain their priorities, assess the results, identify key experts throughout the partnership to address their concerns, and coordinate development of the agendaCoordinate logistics and accommodation of local and international attendees the Come up with the Agenda for the meeting in collaboration with the RDU TeamDevelop a GAM HUB Report and Action Plan to disseminate to all stakeholders5%EAR GAM DatabasesManage EAR Regional GAM database on WV website and ensure information is updated on a quarterly basis.Regularly inform NO GAM Teams regarding new information and circulate the relevant link on a regular basis for easy access and reference for NO staffCollect key best practices related to GAM process from National Office and ensure that there are posted into the database and shared during the GAM Hub meetings.Circulate best practice information and documents from Global GAM CoP to NOs & SOs for institutional learning as part of the GAM Hub5%OthersCarry out additional responsibilities as assigned by the Regional Resource Development DirectorAttend and participate in devotional meetings
REQUIRED SKILLS
Project management, Reporting, Stakeholder communication, Capacity planning, Project implementation, Communication
REQUIRED EDUCATION
Bachelor's degree