South Sudan: Grant Management Coordinator in South Sudan

What PAH is about:

Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) is a non-governmental organization employing people who want to make the world a better place. For over 25 years, we have been providing relief in big and small emergencies worldwide alongside with running missions in several countries in crisis. Our interventions of both humanitarian and development character have been carried out in 49 countries so far. We concentrate on ensuring sustainable and stable development of regions suffering consequences of war and/or natural disasters. We possess long-standing expertise in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), but also implement projects in Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL), as well as Shelter, Nutrition and Education. For more information, please refer to www.pah.org.pl

PAH in South Sudan

PAH has been working in South Sudan since 2006 as one of the first NGOs established in Jonglei State. We are a small team of committed individuals aiming at delivering tangible and sustainable change in the largest, most populous and most conflicted state of South Sudan. We are needs- and community based, hence aside drilling and repairing boreholes, developing accompanying O&M structures and innovative approaches to sanitation and hygiene promotion, we have also been developing our emergency response capacity. Our Emergency Response Team (ERT) mainly reacts to WASH and NFI needs of populations affected by conflicts and natural disasters, which have been on the increase for the past three years. Thanks to the expertise gathered over the years, we were also appointed to lead WASH Cluster in the state: we coordinate WASH emergency response with partners and hence make sure all vulnerable communities are served at the time of crisis.

Who PAH is looking for:

PAH in South Sudan is looking for a Grant Management Coordinator. The person will hold the following responsibilities:

· Liaise with local and national government and non-government stakeholders (including NGO and private sector bodies) active within their area of work and within the region;

· Represent PAH at the various cluster group and coordination meetings with UN/ NGOs, donors, partners and government;

· Ensure that all PAH projects are in line with the contextual dynamics and priorities agreed among stakeholders in South Sudan;

· Take responsibility for the completion of internal project progress reports due to the Head of Programmes;

· Contribute to the drafting of donor reports and other external publications;

· Analyse data to contribute to inform programmatic planning;

· Ensure lessons learned are incorporated into programme management decisions;

· Lead on the identification and management of new project design within sectors of WASH, Shelter/NFI, FSL, Nutrition and Education;

· Take responsibility for writing, editing and/or budget development of new proposals in coordination with the Head of Programmes;

· Represent Polish Humanitarian Action in identifying potential funding opportunities and communicating with local donor representatives;

· Take responsibility for developing clear exit strategies from the current emergency programme ensuring that it links into recovery and longer-term programming;

· Learn the new impact evaluation methodologies and consider the application of these methodologies in projects;

· Ensure accountability to all relevant stakeholders; including beneficiaries, local community, authorities, donors, partners, and other;

· Mainstream protection across all managed projects, ensuring staff are trained and applying protection approaches.

What PAH requires:

· Master’s degree in English, International Relations, PR, Business Management;

· At least 2-3 years in similar senior positions;

· Extensive proven experience in project development with institutional donors – ECHO, OFDA, DFID, Humanitarian Fund;

· Demonstrated experience in establishing and maintaining relationships with partners and stakeholder;

· Financial management experience in monitoring programme expenditure and budget variances;

· Previous experience with remote management of project staff;

· Previous experience from the region desirable;

· Self-starting and result-oriented profile;

· Good organizational and prioritization skills;

· Critical analysis and problem solving skills;

· Excellent written and spoken English skills;

· Proficient in MS Office.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please send your short resume (max. 2 pages), cover letter, salary expectations and a list of three referees to recruitment.ssud@pah.org.pl later than Thursday, 1^st March 2018