Grants Manager, Haiti

POSITION SUMMARY

Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited, and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?

If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.

The Grants Management Manager is responsible for leading and managing all proposal development efforts for the Haiti office, including existing and new programmatic initiatives. This involves leading the process of developing narratives, budgets, and relevant attachments and coordinating inputs from all other staff relevant to the initiative at the field and home office level. The Grants Management Manager also maintains working relationships with donor, cluster leads, consortium members, and institutions at the Port au Prince level. The Grant Development Manager also identifies partners for joint partnership and implementation of programs and ensures further expansion of the Country office.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Lead the development of all new and amended public funding proposals originating from the Haiti country office including narratives, budgets, and relevant attachments
• Identify potential funding opportunities and lead development, monitoring, and mitigation of key risks in program development and quality
• Lead grant design and start-up workshops and ensure the quality of handover to operations for project start-up and implementation
• Ensure high-quality systems and processes for grant acquisition are maintained, as well as systems for Acquisition Knowledge Management to meet organizational needs and standards
• Closely work with the Director of Programs and MEAL Manager for the development of the Country Strategy and proper implementation of the strategic plan at the Country Office in alignment with the Home Office Strategy
• Work with Director of Programs and MEAL Manager to come up with a Country Resource Acquisition strategy
• Coordinate among relevant program, finance, and operations staff for inputs on proposal materials
• Represent WRH with donors in Port au Prince including but not limited to USAID/BHA, EU, World Bank, and UN agencies
• Advise the Country Director and other senior management on strategy for program development and Go/No-Go decisions for specific funding opportunities
• Collaborate with the Program Officer and other support staff at the Home Office to develop USAID/ BHA and other donor proposals and other proposals being led at the home office
• Serve as the point person for WRH in any consortium development proposals in which WRH is a sub-recipient
• Work with the Program Officer at the Home Office to respond to support the development of private fundraising (foundations, major donors, and churches) materials and asks
• Support the WRH programs staff in monitoring and donor compliance for large awards as defined by the Country Director
• Work with other Program and M&E Staff in reviewing and finalizing all reports before submission to the Country Director or external audiences
• Build the capacity of other staff in key competency areas related to program development
• Support WR Haiti communication strategy especially in improving its Newsletter to the local and external audience satisfaction
• Any other tasks as assigned by the line manager

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Demonstrated flexibility, adaptability, and ability to manage multiple projects at once
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Experience in developing and/or managing grants from public funding (USG, UN, EU, Multinational Donors, etc.)
• Ability to understand, develop, and advise on budgets
• Conflict resolution and negotiation skills; interpersonal and cross-cultural sensitivity and experience

REQUIREMENTS

• Mature and personal Christian faith
• Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
• Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
• Bachelor’s degree in a humanitarian field required, development studies, health or nutrition area desired, Master’s degree preferred
• 2-3 years experience in humanitarian response, and at least one year in a resources acquisition management role is a plus
• Demonstrated experience managing people whether directly or through the influence
• Excellent, professional English writing skills are essential for this position
• Excellent oral English and French communication skills

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations
• The ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-15 pounds
• Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand, and finger dexterity, including the ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application information
• The employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• General office setting
• Great lengths of time working on computer, reading from computer screen, entering information, standing at copier or fax machine, and some time on the phone or in skype meetings may be required
• Year-end archiving activities involve repeated lifting and bending
• Physical, emotional, and intellectual demands
• Equipment used: Employee computer (desktop or laptop), printer, and copier
• All of the above duties and responsibilities are essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodation. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills, and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Individuals may be required to perform any other job-related instructions as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation. This position description is not all-inclusive and is always under review.

World Relief offers a competitive benefits package (25 hours + per week)

World Relief contributes to monthly premiums:

• Medical
• Dental

Additional Benefits

• Offer 16 Paid Holidays!
• Vision
• Offer Paid Sick and Vacation Leave
• Paid Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Parental Leave
• FSAs: Medical & Dependent Care, & Commuter Funding
• Supplemental Life Insurance (employee, spouse, and children)

World Relief pays 100% for eligible employees:

• Group Term Life (employee, spouse, and children)
• Long-Term & Short-term Disability
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)
• Long Distant Travel Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

World Relief – Retirement:

• 401K & Roth
• WR matches up to 4%, then an additional quarter percent up to 10%
• Eligibility: Full Time is eligible after 3 months of employment. Part time is eligible after 1000 hours in a year

World Relief Discounts (Immediately Eligible):

• Verizon
• Pet Insurance through Nationwide
• Home and Auto insurance through Liberty Mutual

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

For World Relief staff, a strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Legal Background in the United States

World Relief is both an equal opportunity employer and a faith-based religious organization. This means that we conduct hiring without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, sex, marital status, parental status, membership in any labor organization, political ideology, or disability of an otherwise qualified individual. The status of World Relief as an equal opportunity employer does not prevent the organization from hiring staff based on their religious beliefs so that all staff share the same religious commitment.

Pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 702 (42 U.S.C. 2000e 1(a) World Relief has the right to and does, hire only candidates who agree with World Relief’s Statement of Faith.