Grants Officer – Amman, Jordan

General Description of the Programme:

GOAL has worked in Syria since 2013, providing food aid, basic needs and nutrition assistance, piped potable water, shelter support, and emergency relief for conflict-affected host and displaced communities. With several field offices in Idleb Governorate and an office in Azaz District in Northern Aleppo, GOAL currently reaches more than 1.3 million people with humanitarian assistance across Northwest Syria.

In addition to more than 800 field-based staff members who deliver aid and support inside Syria, a team of around 100 national and international personnel manage GOAL Syria’s programmes from offices in Turkey and Jordan, with technical and administrative guidance from GOAL’s Head Office and global advisors.

Job purpose:

The Grants Officer is responsible for:

• Supporting the Grants Team in in the development and submission of high-quality donor reports and proposals.
• General information management. Responding to information requests, development of grants documentation and grants communication materials.
• Arranging grant management meetings.

Duties, objectives and competencies

Grant Reporting

• Support the development of high-quality donor reports for the GOAL Syria grant portfolio e.g. act as a focal point on reporting, share templates and reporting calendards, compile review and edit inputs to create draft reports.
• Maintain online shared workspaces and provide templates and guidance to facilitate report development.
• Submission of donor reports on donor online systems.

New Business Development

• Support the Grants Teamin the development of high-quality concept notes, or proposals. This may include carrying out basic desk research, drafting or securing input from various GOAL departments, reviewing and editing proposal documents.
• Submitting project proposals on donor online systems.

Grant Information management

• Ensure comprehensive grant files are maintained up to date and are available for use by the wider GOAL Syria team by uploading them in SharePoint.
• Ensure up to date information on the grant portfolio is available by updating and sharing the grants tracker and reporting calendar on a monthly basis.

Other

• Support the Grants Team with grants management meetings (GMMs) e.g. development of GMM schedules, arranging GMMs, collating presentations, minute taking.
• Support the Grants Coordinator/Manager and other colleagues in the preparation of ad hoc internal and external grants documents and communication materials e.g. HQ or donor updates, project overviews, briefings.

Requirements (essential)

• A primary degree in any of the following: Social Sciences, Development Studies, or other relevant discipline;
• A minimum of one years’ experience on grant management, report and proposal writing, programme support to international humanitarian or development programmes;
• Fluency in English, with excellent written and oral communication skills;
• Demonstrable experience of reviewing and editing written communications and documents;
• Organized, attention to detail and ability to manage a significant workload;
• Ability to work under pressure, with minimum supervision;
• Good computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, etc.);
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact well with people of all backgrounds;
• Enthusiastic, committed and keen to work hard to achieve the objectives of the programme.

Requirements (desired)

• A knowledge of, or experience working on the Syrian humanitarian context is an advantage;
• Experience working on programmes funded by donors such as USAID, BHA, ECHO, OCHA, IOM with knowledge of their management requirements is advantageous;
• An understanding programme cycle management;