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PURPOSE OF POSITION:
The Grants and Humanitarian Emergency Operations Director will provide leadership to a team of professionals that oversee operations for a large and varied portfolio of government, multilateral and private grants, both development- and emergency- focused. You will ensure the strong management of grants, donor relations and high quality deliverables. You will be responsible for tracking progress of grants programs/projects implementation, ensuring that timely and appropriate support is provided to field operations and that the strong technical and financial reporting requirements/standards of donors are met.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide strategic and operational leadership for implementation of WV Ethiopia’s (WVE’s) extensive and complex grants program across the country. Manage a geographically and functionally varied team of grant management professionals on a day-to-day basis to ensure high-level grant targets are met on a timely and cost-effective basis, to donor, international and WV standards. Provide strategic and operational leadership for the development and implementation of WV Ethiopia’s (WVE’s) humanitarian and emergency response programs in and out of WVE operational areas, including rapid response, recovery, mitigation, preparedness and resilience, all to WV partnership, Sphere, Red Cross Code of Conduct, and other international standards. Ensure that communities, FBOs, local institutions, government partners, and other NGOs are included during the planning processes to ensure programs are responsive to the particular field context Network closely with partner agencies, the UN, government and other global institutions to develop strong operational synergy, encourage innovative partnership and cooperation, and ensure maximum impact for the resources invested. Improve business practices in grant management through innovative approaches to building the capacity of both staff and the organization, looking at skills, practices, structure, systems, policies, strategy and approaches. Contribute to the strategic leadership of WVE as a member of the Senior Leadership Team Provide strategic and operational leadership for reviewing and developing operational plan for the Grants team to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness for managing operations; Monitor grants management operation to ensure high quality of grants administration across programs; Disseminate cross-program learnings to support efficient operations that further the goals of the organizations; Maintain functional grant systems and ensure responsiveness to inquiries coming from donors and support offices; Monitor the entire grant management process and ensure proper compliance to donor requirements and regulations, including with sub-grant partners; Train partners on grants management, donor regulations, and required reporting systems
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
REQUIRED: Post Graduate degree in International Development Studies or in a technical discipline related to development work, including health and nutrition, livelihoods, water and sanitation, etc At least 10 years of experience in the development and humanitarian sectors in increasingly more complex and senior management positions. At least 5 years experience managing multi-sectoral development or humanitarian operations Successful and verifiable qualification in managing institutional donor grants both in development and emergency contexts. Excellent planning and organization skills The ability to manage and work with a high level of complexity under constant time-pressure A high level of awareness of global, regional socio-economic and political issues. Strong empirical knowledge of the development sector, including generalist knowledge of development sectors, best practice approaches, and institutional donor expectations and standards. Strong empirical knowledge of the humanitarian sector including humanitarian charter, laws, standards, and coordination and response processes. Robust, flexible and dynamic people leadership and relational skills
PREFERRED: Negotiation and persuasion skills to seek funding commitments from donors Excellent time management Ability to work in high tension and high security risk situations. Ability to work in and contribute to team building environment. Perform other duties as required.
Working Environment / Conditions: Work environment: Office-based with frequent travel to the field where disasters strike and sometimes to insecure areas
in diverse cultural contexts, psychologically stressful environments and physical hardship conditions with limited resources. Travel: 30% domestic/international travel is required. On call: 15% May be deployed to other countries for months to share experiences and response
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