Job description
Duty Station: IOM Somalia in Nairobi*, Kenya
Classification: Professional Staff, Grade P3
Under the overall guidance of the IOM Chief of Mission (CoM), and under the direct supervision of the Programme Manager/Chief of Party and the Programmatic directives from IOM-OTI Global Programme Coordinator in Washington, DC, the successful candidate will manage and be responsible for organizing, tracking and managing all aspects of grant activities funded through a small grants mechanism, ensuring the thorough administration of all grant requirements from activity identification, development and submission for donor approval, and implementation monitoring towards completion. S/he will oversee all aspects of the donor-provided grant activity database as a means of tracking each grant from start-up through to close out.
The Grants Manager is the principle administrator of grant activities, with the overall responsibility of ensuring that grant content and process consistently meet programme objectives and IOM standards. S/he will strengthen and maintain the necessary administrative structures and inter-departmental processes, both within the Somalia Stabilisation Initiative (the Programme, hereinafter referred to as SSI) and between the programme and IOM Mission, in order to ensure grant transparency, smooth implementation, reporting, requisite controls and monitoring. S/he will also provide technical support and supervise the implementation of the Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for the programme.