GOAL Syria Looking for Grants Officer – Amman , Jordan at Amman, Jordan Full Time

Job Description and Requirements
General Description of the Programme:

GOAL has been working in Syria since 2013, responding to the acute needs of conflict-affected communities. GOAL is working in Idleb Governate, both through direct implementation and through partners, delivering food, non-food programming to highly vulnerable populations, and provision of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) through support to Water units, as well as emergency support to recently displaced households.

GOAL has been working in North Aleppo Governate since 2019, through direct implementation and through partners, delivering food, non-food programming to highly vulnerable populations, as well as emergency support for recently displaced household.

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.
Information Management across Grants department. Responding to information requests, development of grants documentation and grants communication materials.
Arranging grant management meetings and ensuring meetings are scheduled, completed and archived.

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 calendars, 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 Team in 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.
Provide information management support as needed to other departments.

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;
Ability to multi-task;
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, with flexibility on work outside normal hours required

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;

Interested? Then apply for this position via clicking on the “apply now” button and fill out the application form. All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages). Both must be in English.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

GOAL has the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with GOAL at the same grade level and with similar job descriptions, experience, and educational requirements.

Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

The application deadline is 18 April 2023 , however, you are encouraged to apply immediately as we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, therefore we may withdraw the position before the advertisement’s closing date if a suitable candidate/s is identified .

Please note that GOAL does not charge a fee of any kind or any other financial obligation at any stage of its recruitment process (application, interview, processing, training, induction) or other fees, or request information on applicants’ bank accounts. GOAL does not work with intermediary institutions and individuals or employment agencies during the recruitment process. If any fee or payment requested from you at the application or any stage of the recruitment process, please do not respond .

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General terms and conditions 

Safeguarding

Children and vulnerable adults a must be safeguarded to the maximum possible extent from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings that place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury and any other harm. One of the ways that GOAL shows this on-going commitment to safeguarding is to include rigorous background and reference checks in the selection process for all candidates.

Accountability within GOAL

Alongside our safeguarding policy, GOAL is an equal opportunities employer and has a set of integrity policies. Any candidate offered a job with GOAL will be expected to adhere to the following key areas of accountability:

Comply with GOAL’s policies and procedures with respect to safeguarding, Code of Conduct, health and safety, data protection and confidentiality, do no harm principles and unacceptable behavior protocols.
Report any concerns about the welfare of a child or vulnerable adult or any wrongdoings within our programming area.
Report any concerns about inappropriate behavior of a GOAL staff or partner.

This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves the right to change this document. Any published closing dates are estimated.  Due to the nature of GOAL’s work we aim to fill vacancies as quickly as possible.  This means that we will close adverts as soon as we have found the right candidate and this may be before the published closing date.  We would therefore advise interested applicants to submit an application as early as possible.

Thank you.