Grants Manager at Winrock International

Winrock is seeking a professional to oversee the grants under contract for an anticipated USAID-funded project in Zambia to scale up clean cooking technologies and fuels, while reducing charcoal production and use. The Grants Manager will help to develop, create, and manage a granting mechanism for the project utilizing industry best practices. This position is contingent on receipt of donor funding.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Publicize challenge grant opportunities, and coordinate and manage proposal review process

• Ensure grants align with program alternative livelihoods objectives and respond to local needs
• Build financial and administrative capacity of grantees as needed and coordinate with project technical staff to assist grantees to achieve their targets and milestones
• Coordinate with relevant Home Office Management team, Contracts staff, program staff to develop, analyze, review and negotiate contract documents related to program’s challenge grant component
• Review sub-award modifications, if any
• Notify COP, DCOP and Home Office of problems and risks, and initiate mitigation measures
• Provide guidance and advice to program staff on compliance and capacity development issues
• Vet all issues outside of standard policies and procedures with Home Office
• Maintain high ethical standards of integrity; respect confidentiality and represent Winrock International at all times

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

Education:

• Degree in business, finance, or related field

Work Experience:

• A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible professional experience
• Zambia experience

• Experience administering and managing grants-under-contract working for an USAID implementor

• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with private sector and NGO grantees
• Experience managing challenge grants and/or similar grant mechanisms, including but not limited to in-kind grants and FOGs

• Experience with building capacity of grantees
• Experience supporting alternative livelihoods projects

Skills:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Financial management skills and experience
• Sound knowledge of international donor contracts, financial and accounting regulations and procedures, particularly USAID contract regulations
• Computer literate in word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software (Microsoft)