Grants Manager

AMIDEAST seeks to hire a full-time Grants Manager. The Grants Manager will prepare grant proposal and application documents, orient potential grant recipients, oversee an adjudication process, and conduct monitoring and evaluation activities. The Manager will work with PFDP staff in the AMIDEAST Ramallah office and oversee grant compliance of new program components involving small, medium and large grants awarded to individuals, groups of individuals, and institutions using funding support from USAID. The contractor develop and use key elements of grants development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and set up any systems (templates, schedules, procedures) for sustainable grants management in collaboration with AMIDEAST Headquarters Grants and Awards staff and West Bank/Gaza accounting staff. The Manager will ensure financial arrangements are appropriate and in place.
Responsibilities include the following:
- Finalize a grants manual and prepare grant proposals and guidelines;
- Work with key AMIDEAST staff and USAID Contracts personnel to ensure that the grants process is USAID compliant;
- Manage the submission and award process for the grants in collaboration with the Grants Committee;
-Prepare grant contracts according to USAID and AMIDEAST guidelines;
- Ensure financial arrangements for payment and accounting are in place and followed;
- Conduct monitoring and evaluation activities for the grant programs;
- Assist the rest of the PFDP staff in implementation of other PFDP components.
Requirements:
- At least 2 years of USAID grants management experience;
- Strong familiarity with USAID grants management procedures;
- Excellent communication skills;
- An ability to work collaboratively with grantees, and independently in terms of scheduling and process;
- Familiarity with standard accounting procedures;
- Fluency in Arabic and excellent written and oral English;
-Flexible schedule and willingness to travel throughout the West Bank and occasional visits to Gaza;
This is a full-time position based in AMIDEAST’s Ramallah headquarters. Travel to all areas served by the PFDP program is required.
Applicants should e-mail a copy of their CV and cover letter to [email protected] by August 15, 2009 to Ms. Nariman Rajab, Senior Program Manager, PFDP AMIDEAST.