Grant Acquisition and Management (GAM) Manager

World Vision International Şanlıurfa
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World Vision International - Turkey :

Join and be part of a global relief, development and advocacy NGO, dedicated to work with children, families & communities to overcome poverty and injustice. World Vision International was established in 1950 & operates in nearly 100 countries worldwide.

World Vision is committed to the protection of children and we do not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with children. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.

 

Position Title: Grant Acquisition and Management (GAM) Manager

Location: Şanlıurfa , Turkey

If you meet our requirements, please submit your English resume with a cover letter via below website, only applications submitted via our website are accepted.

https://careers.wvi.org/jobs/field-operations/grant-acquisition-and-management-gam-manager-jordan/14916

 

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:

 

World Vision is seeking a candidate to lead the Grant Acquisition and Management (GAM) team for its Syria Response, inclusive of all grants in Syria, Jordan and Turkey. The role will manage the GAM team (4-6+ staff) located in both Jordan and Turkey (pending funding). The GAM manager will provide leadership and guidance across departments in the prepositioning, development, planning, acquisition, management and reporting of World Vision’s portfolio in Syria, Turkey, and Jordan. The role will create, improve, and embed Grant Acquisition and Management systems and process throughout various response departments in order to strengthen and strategically direct World Vision’s Syria Response portfolio.

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

Lead Grant Acquisition and Management Office:

  • Ensure coordination across departments and across country contexts through streamlined work processes, team meetings, development and updating of GAM business plan.

  • Role model GAM business practices and design leadership function.

  • Facilitate capacity building across the WV Syria Response related to donor engagement, strategic project design, compliance, reporting and WV GAM processes.

  • Ensure the WV Syria Response is compliant with the grant policies, e.g. new staff is informed of and understand the Grant Management Minimum Standards as well those Standards for Sub-grantees.

  • Manage, directly and indirectly a team of at least four staff as part of the WV Syria Response GAM team.

  • Convene GAM team meetings, staff capacity building assessments and support identification of training or staff development opportunities within and outside WV (e.g. ECHO trainings, RDMT, Proposal Pro, G2G, grant solutions).

 

Grant Acquisition and Management:

  • Support the office in maintaining donor engagement by developing and maintaining effective relationships with donors and support offices to establish partnerships, and market Syria and seek additional funding opportunities.

  • Provide function support and leadership in strategy formulation, implementation plan, execution and grant management to ensure alignment with the WV Syria Response Strategy.

  • Lead the development and roll out of a Grants Acquisition and Management (GAM) business plan in line with the WV Syria Response Strategy.

  • Develop, revisit, and adhere to the donor engagement strategy for greater grant stability and growth.

  • Monitor the WV Syria Response portfolio progress ensuring goals and objectives are achieved and non-financial grant requirements are adhered to (through the Grant Health Tracker).

  • Support strategy development in each of the countries by identifying fundraising opportunities and updating fundraising plans.

  • Map donors in accordance to strategic directions, and closely collaborate with Support Offices for early positioning with institutional government donors and coordinate with the WV’s 3UN team, and WV’s EUREP office.

  • Collaborate and negotiate with Support Offices on match needs and other resources (e.g. technical).

  • Lead the Grant Risk Assessment and Go No-Go process as per WV policy, and collect requested approvals for the WV Syria Response.

  • Lead the Grant Health Tracker Processes and ensure critical issues are escalated to SMT at the earliest opportunity with accountable measures for reolutions.

 

Proposal Design and Reporting:

  • Lead the growth and diversification of funding based on response office strategy by ensuring the GAM team plans, leads, develops and reviews concept papers and proposals for various projects for funding in order to achieve the WV Syria Response Strategy.

  • Ensure the GAM team serves across departments as lead facilitator on all proposal components (e.g. budget, procurement plans, risk assessments, etc.)

  • Coordinate actual project design, implementation, and evaluation in collaboration with the technical sector heads, zonal managers and key support functions.

  • Lead the GAM team to collaborate with WV Support Offices on grant designs, startup workshops, closeout workshops.

  • Should the grant opportunity size or significance warrant it, serve as the lead writer and grant acquisition specialist (e.g. >$5 million).

 

Quality Assurance, Accountability and Information Management:

  • Streamline programs processes to ensure timely and quality preparation of grant proposals, donor reports and other reporting requirements.

  • Ensure that GAM systems are in place using adequate tracking tools to support effective grant compliance and positive audit results, and that the grant team and field office staff understands this system and follows them accordingly.

  • Ensure that GAM systems are connected with MEAL and Technical Monitoring Systems and that GAM staff are conversant with those other Program Department systems.

  • Ensure alignment with WV’s established external engagement, GAM, partnering steps, and response strategies.

  • Incorporation of internal and international humanitarian standards (Sphere, HAP, etc.) into all project designs and implementation.

  • Work on monthly, annual and end-of-project narrative reports, situational reports and other reports as necessary in collaboration with the other departments, including internal and external reports.

 

Representation:

  • Ensure the WV Syria Response has strong relationships with key donors and personal connections to local representatives. Ensure this representation is tracked and recorded.

  • Develop and maintain strong relationships and information sharing with Support Office representatives.

  • Coordinate GAM news and lessons learned with the RO RDU.

 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

 

  • Must have a degree or equivalent in relevant fields of study such as International Development, Political Relations, Economics, Sociology, or other related field.

  • Knowledge of proposal and budget requirements and regulations of major donors including the OFDA, ECHO, DFID, UN agencies, German government.

  • Familiarity with humanitarian codes, minimum standards, principles and practice.

  • Ability to work with a reasonably level of comfort in high tension and high security risk situations.

  • Ability to maintain performance expectations in diverse cultural contexts and psychologically stressful environments.

  • Management experience.

  • Multiple years experience in humanitarian grant acquisition and management, including in conflict contexts and including high-value bilateral donors.

  • Proven track record for multi-sector grant management.

  • Experience coordination & consortium with INGOs and other key stakeholders.

  • Significant experience in international travel, including short notice.

  • Strong experience in donor prepositioning and engagement.

  • Experience using measurement and internal accountability systems effectively.

  • Excellent English communication skills (oral and written).

 

Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

  • Ability to facilitate the creation of cross-functional project teams and the development of strategies.

  • High degree of negotiation and persuasion skills.

  • Excellent time-management and prioritization.

  • Arabic or Turkish language is preferred.

  • 5 years’ experience in emergency response programming or similar humanitarian/social work involving grants.

  • Previous experience in WV or other comparable INGO.

 

Work Environment/Travel:

  • Up to 25% travel (internationally)