- Desired start date: 15/06/2026
Duration of the mission: 9 months
Location: Juba – South Sudan - The Grant Manager is the mission’s focal point on ensuring accountability to donors. In addition to the general Grant Manager tasks, the role will also focus on supporting project development and diversification of funding sources.
SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and natural disasters by meeting their basic needs for food, water and shelter. Particularly committed to the fight against diseases linked to unsafe water, the leading cause of death in the world, SI’s interventions provide expertise in the field of access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene promotion, but also in the essential area of food security and livelihoods. Present in some twenty countries, the SI teams – 2500 people in total, made up of expatriates, national staff, permanent staff at HQ, and a few volunteers – intervene with professionalism and commitment while respecting cultural norms.
General objective:
The Grant Manager is the mission’s focal point on ensuring accountability to donors. In addition to the general Grant Manager tasks, the role will also focus on supporting project development and diversification of funding sources.
Specifically, he/she will support the grants coordinator in:
- Contributing to the mission’s strategic development.
- Monitoring and identifying funding opportunities in line with SI country and global strategy.
- Overseeing compilation of timely and high-quality proposals, reports and contract modification requests for submission to donors and consortium partners.
- Monitoring compliance with donor procedures throughout the grant cycle and building capacity of new and existing staff on internal accountability tools and donor procedures.
- Proactively following-up on donor contractual obligations, from contracting to closing and archiving, and ensuring contractual obligations are known and understood by relevant staff/departments.
- Centralizing and preparing relevant documentation for external audits and audit report archiving.
- Developing partnerships with national partners and reinforcing SI localization strategy (tools, partner identification)
- Managing the partnership with other partners of consortiums
The main challenges:
Contributing to:
- the mission’s strategic development.
- Diversifying fundings sources in line with SI country and global strategy.
- Capacity building of field staff in terms of reporting, internal accountability tools and donors’ procedures.
- Increasing the quality of reporting and proposal development.
- Increasing RCO support capacities
According to experience,from EUR 2310 gross per month (2100 base salary + 10% annual leave allowance paid monthly) and monthly Per Diem of USD 700.SI covers accommodation costs,travel expenses between the expatriate’s country of origin and the place of assignment.
Breaks: During the assignment, a system of alternation between work and time off is implemented at the rate of 7 working days every three months (with a USD 850 break allowance, allocated by Sl). To these breaks periods, SI grants one (1) additional rest day per month worked.
Insurance package: Expatriates benefit from an insurance package which refunds all healthcare expenses (including medical and surgical expenses, dental care and ophthalmological expenses, repatriation) and a welfare system including war risks. Essential vaccination and antimalarial treatment costs are refunded.
Expériences / Formation
Expériences / Formation:
Education / academic background:
- Master Degree in humanitarian/development studies, social sciences, management or other related discipline.
- 3-4 years in the humanitarian sector
- 1-2 years on a similar position
Specific skills and experience:
- Experience in developing proposals for institutional donors.
- Experience in capacity building of staff.
- Experience in developing concept notes and strategy papers.
- Excellent writing skills & Excel usage.
- Experience in managing audits and compliance risks.
- Experience in budget follow-up.
- Experience in developing localization strategies.
- Good organization skills. Rigorous & detail-oriented profile
- Good coordination and diplomacy.
- Good stress management.
- Experience working with SI (or a similar organization) is an asset.
- Prior experience in South Sudan would be considered as an asset.
Language:
- Fluent in English, written and spoken. Arabic is an asset.
Salaire
Salaire, indemnité et durée de contrat: Negotiable
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