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JOB TITLE: Grants Officer (F/M)
JOB LOCATION: Maiduguri, Borno
Employment Type: Fixed-term Contract
Duration: 12 months
Job Status: Employee
Starting date: 02/01/2023
JOB DETAILS:
- Under the supervision of the program coordinator in charge of programs, you are responsible for donors proposals and reports writing.
- You work in close collaboration with the program support officer and institutional funding officer and with the desk manager at HQ.
- You ensure donors requirements, rules and regulations dissemination and acceptance by key staff and serve as the focal point for the mission communication initiatives/strategies to promote visibility on MdM works in Nigeria.
Main Responsibilities
Donors Proposals and Reports Writing:
Proposals:
- Support in the coordination and the writing of proposals.
- Provide timelines and ensure timely submission to HQ.
- Make sure that the proposals match the MdM strategy in Nigeria.
- Review the different contributions (especially from the program department), share comments to the team.
- Make sure that all indicators are SMART and target realistic.
- Be the focal point at mission level for HQ for grants/reporting, and consider donor compliance and guidelines to ensure adherence.
Donor’s and Internal Reporting:
- Support country mission in the coordination and writing of donor reports.
- Ensure timely submission of reports to HQ.
- Ensure adherence to donor deadlines, including developing and disseminating timelines to relevant staff.
- Support by taking the lead in the writing of certain parts of the reports (non-technical part) and help in the compilation of the different contributions
- Ensure consistency among the different components of the reports
- Act as the focal point for report related queries and take the lead in the preparation of the monthly MdM situation report.
Donor Engagement:
- Maintain overview of all donors’ requirements, rules and regulations and ensure their good dissemination and acceptance by key staffs.
- Carry out regular donor mapping exercises and identify new funding opportunities.
- Maintain a database of current and expected call for proposals.
- Support the mission in the organization of external audit or evaluation.
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)/Partnership agreements:
- Support in the writing of needed operational MOU or amendments
- Take the lead in the preparation or review of MOU between MdM France and other MdM chapters
- Act as the focal point for HQ and liaise in priority with the emergency unit
Profile
- Master’s Degree in the following or related field: Humanitarian Management, Development, International Relations.
- At least 2 years of experience in a similar role.
- Demonstrated experience of coordinating and preparing strong narrative and financial reports for a variety of donors.
- Understanding of donor compliance, especially for OFDA, GFFO and ECHO.
- Training and capacity-building experience.
- Ability to work in an unstable and volatile context.
- Excellent knowledge of Windows environment (word, excel).
- Languages: English is mandatory (oral and written), and knowledge of country languages such as Hausa or French would be an asset.
- You are committed to MdM’s values as an organisation and motivated by its non-statutory, NFP model.
Conditions of Employment
- Gross monthly salary: 2,660 euros
- Based in Maiduguri with regular field visits to sites of intervention or assessment
- Premium equal to one month salary paid in two instalments – minimum of 6 months seniority required
- Expatriation bonus (10% gross salary per month)
- Transportation cost, vaccines and visas covered
- Guesthouse housing
- 22.5 RTT (recovery days) per year
- 5 weeks of paid leaves per year
- Health insurance (60% covered by MdM and 40% by the employee)
- Insurance (repatriation…)
- Teleworking agreement for positions eligible to telework: 110 days/year (minimum of 1 day per week onsite), minimum of 6 months seniority required
- Given the current circumstances of Covid-19 pandemic, we are taking special measures to apply health protocols and hygiene measures to guarantee the safety of our staff.
- Médecins du Monde promotes trainings and internal mobility.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.