CRDF Global is looking for an experienced, and driven Grant Operation Manager. The role reports to the Director of Grants and will be responsible for the operationalizing the CRDF Grants Management vision and strategy, by establishing processes and solutions for end to-end grant management across CRDF.
Major Responsibilities:
- Develop, manage, and oversee best-in-class, high-impact grants managements operations across CRDF grant programs that aligns with our grants management strategy, donor requirement, urgency, available resources, and accountability.
- Liaise across CRDF teams to deliver high-quality, timely, and compliance-consistent grant processing and management.
- Play a key role in supporting the ongoing transformation effort to design and implement a high-impact, Donor and grantee-centric grant-making process. Be a driving force for positive change, identifying opportunities to adopt more effective business processes.
- Line-manage and support grants staff (based out of the Ukraine, Jordan and Arlington Hub) in the delivery and implementation of our current and future grant programs by ensuring the staff are positioned to support program delivery efforts and to meet agreed upon standards of quality, compliance, and performance. The Grant Operation Manager ensures that staff are aware of and adhere to CRDF Global grant policies and procedures. In addition to leading staff the Grant Operation Manager allocates grant work to team members and is responsible for the day-to-day management of a portfolio of complex assistance activities.
- Oversee the utilisation of Fluxx grants management system and simplifying and standardizing grants data collection and analysis.
- Lead on grants compliance, grants risk management and grants agreements.
- Performs pre-award risk assessments and develops and implements risk mitigation plans
- Reviews and approves subgrant/subaward financial plans
- Issues and negotiates subgrant/subaward agreements with award recipients
- Coordinates with internal and external stakeholders on all aspects of grants administration, ensuring subgrantee compliance with all federal rules and regulations and CRDF Global policies and procedures
- Maintains agreement files per federal audit requirements.
- Provides comprehensive financial monitoring of programs, including the review and approval of subgrantee payments and advance requests and completion of grant account expense reconciliations
- Providing accurate and timely grants management information/reports to Grants Directors, Senior Leadership Team, the Board and relevant Business Development team to enable effective decision making and strong proposals.
- Supports Business Development team with proposal activities including participation in proposal design, proposal writing and pricing
- Represent the CRDF grant team internally and externally.
- Leads on monitoring, evaluation and learning of the grant programs.
- Other duties as assigned
Cultural Requirements:
Trust
- Must operate to the highest standards of ethics and integrity
- Be accountable for performance to goals and objective of the position as set by leadership
- Be a reliable member of the team that the organization can count on
Teamwork
- Treat all people in a respectful and supportive manner
- Work collaboratively with others
- Be flexible and adaptable to change
Communication
- Seeks to achieve shared understandings when communicating
- Actively listens to others
- Respects and encouraged diverse perspectives
- Shares information openly and willingly
QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS:
- Demonstrable prior experience and knowledge with grant processing, grant making systems, compliance, and risk management.
- An understanding of USG grants compliance laws such as 2 CFR 200, 2 CFR 700
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