Job Details
Role Purpose: The Award Management Director will provide the primary award management inputs for both development and humanitarian programmes, and on-going support to develop best practice award management procedures and processes. The role has three main aspects to it: lead the Country Office award management team; capacity building of staff in their award management professional development and contributing to the development and advancement of award management processes and systems
Contract Duration: 7 months
Location: Nairobi
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
Post graduate qualification in Finance management, Grants management or equivalent
At least 5 – 7 years’ experience in a similar positions
Excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a demanding workload comprised of diverse and challenging tasks and responsibilities.
Proven track record of active contribution to a senior management team, and providing strategic support across multiple sectors and/or regions.
Extensive experience with NGOs with increasing responsibilities including a proven experience of establishing and running the award management function in the field.
Knowledge of the requirements of major institutional donors including budgeting, eligibility issues, compliance management, and reporting.
Experience of engaging with donors at country strategy levels.
Experience of and well developed skills in staff management and supervision.Proven strong coaching and capacity building skills.
Very strong capacity for attention to detail, problem solving, and analysis of trends.
Computer literate (i.e. WORD, advanced Excel, Outlook, Internet Explorer, financial
systems).
Cultural awareness and ability to build relationships quickly with a wide variety of people
Patient, adaptable, flexible, able to improvise and remain responsive and communicate clearly and effectively under pressure
Strong communication (written and spoken), and interpersonal skills in English, with experience in managing multicultural teams
Desirable
Experience with Save the Children award management Policies, procedures and systems and Save the Children’s award management system (AMS)
Understanding of how to produce financial reports from Save the Children’s overseas accounting software(Agresso)
Experience of Project Management, M&E Management or Funding Coordination
Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent.
Disclaimer:
Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents
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