Grant Acquisition Management (GAM) Manager

Location: [Asia & Pacific] [Nepal]

Town/City: Lalitpur
Category: Field Operations
Job Type: Fixed term, Full-time

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

The purpose of this position is to provide leadership in growing WVIN’s grant funding pipeline as well as in designing WVIN’s Grant
Acquisition and Management (GAM) systems and ensuring they are implemented effectively so that WVIN grant projects meet donor
requirements.

The position is responsible for managing the GAM unit and leading cross-functional teams in the developing of winning grant project
designs and proposals. The position is also responsible for facilitating effective handover processes for awarded grant projects to
Operations division for implementation, and for monitoring progress and providing advice to Operations during implementation to
ensure donor requirements are met for all grant projects. The position is the GAM liaison point for donors and support offices and is
responsible for building relationships and facilitating strategic positioning with these external stakeholders.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategy and System Development:

Develop and implement strategy to grow WVIN GAM pipeline to 43% of income (or USD6.8m annual income) by 2020.

Develop and ensure effective implementation of GAM systems, including business processes, risk management, go-no-
go decision making, documentation, monitoring and tracking systems, etc.

Provide regular updates to senior management team on grant pipeline progress. Early identification and escalation of
issues in grant performance to ensure risks are managed.

Contribute to WVIN national and sector strategy development. Ensure grant projects align and contribute to WVIN
national strategy outcomes and targets.

Oversee the GAM Finance Officer and coordinate with Finance division to ensure financial management systems and
 capacity are in place for effective reporting on grant project expenditure to donors and support offices.Carry out roles and
responsibilities according to WV mission, vision and core values.

Attend and participate in devotional meetings.

Grow the WVIN GAM Pipeline:

Monitor, identify, review and pursue steady stream of grant funding opportunities.

Review grant funding opportunities and facilitate go-no-go decision making processes with senior management team.

Facilitate cross-functional project teams to develop strong grant project designs.

Ensure WVI minimum project design standards and documentation standards are met.

Ensure WVI project design requirements are met for all proposed projects and quality design processes are followed
using international best practice and programmatic processes (problem identification, logframe development, M&E
planning etc).

Oversee GAM Finance Office and coordinate with Finance division to ensure accurate budgets are developed for each
grant project meeting WVI LEAP budgeting standards.

Ensure proper management of GAM documents.

Liaise with Operations to ensure quality reporting is delivered on time to donor and support offices on grant projects.

Stakeholder Relationship Management: (Institutional Donors and WVI Support Offices)

Network to broker new partnerships and build new relationships with grant donors and potential consortium partners in
Nepal.

Maintain regular dialogue and conduct regular meetings with WVI support offices and donors to build relationships, trust
and strategically position WVIN as a priority partner for funding opportunities.

Develop strategies and plans for effective stakeholder relationship management.

Work collaboratively with WV Support Offices to develop strong grant proposals and meet deadlines.
Staff Management:

Work with P&C to recruit and effectively manage GAM unit staff.

Conduct all required performance management processes, including managing staff professional development plans.

Assess WVIN staff capacity with regard to GAM.

Develop capacity building plan and deliver training and activities to build the necessary GAM skills of key staff across
WVIN.

Conduct monthly staff meetings and one-to-one sessions to provide regular coaching and mentoring with all direct
reports and other key GAM related staff.

Professional and Personal Development and other:

Demonstration and understanding of and commitment to World Vision’s Core Values in the approach to work and
relationships.

Performance review completed and personal development goal achieved.

Update information and knowledge gathered through participation of meeting, training, workshop and exchange visit.

Any other reasonable tasks requested by the line manager to support the quality of programming for WVIN.

Support a relief response for the relevant sector or as a member of the National Disaster Management Team.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

Masters in field related to international development.

5 years experience in successful proposal writing and management of proposal development teams, program design,
grant acquisition and grant management for international development NGOs.

2 years experience in team management, track record of success in motivating teams and inspiring teamwork and of
successfully training, mentoring and supervising grant staff.

Track record of success in networking, partner and donor relations.

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 Experience in project management with government and multilateral agencies grant funded projects and experience in
grant compliance procedures for major bilateral (DFATD, USAID and DFAT) and multilateral donors.

Experienced in development of complex health (nutrition, TB, HIV, maternal child health), resilience, education, child
rights & protection and/or Income generation and Livelihoods grant project proposals.

Experience in developing and managing complex grant project budgets and financial reporting, strong financial
awareness.

Preferred:

World Vision Proposal Pro training certificate.

Applied training in results logic and program design.

Budget and financial management training.

Working knowledge of the WV Partnership preferred and ability to interface sensitively with people from various
departments in both field and support offices.

Work Environment/Travel:

The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 15% of the time.

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