About Us

GOAL has responded to the world’s major humanitarian crises since its founding in 1977, working with vulnerable communities in 15 countries across the globe with a dedicated team of 3,500 personnel. While GOAL continues to be an agile first-responder to humanitarian crises, it is also committed to working with vulnerable communities to help them survive crises and support them on the road to recovery.

Job Purpose

The Desk Officer is responsible for ensuring the coordination of information between Head Office and the country programmes, particularly regarding donor submissions and contracts, programme and organisational information, and provision of overall programme support. Reports to their Regional Director.

This includes facilitating the provision of wider Head Office support to the Country Director and senior in country team for the effective implementation of the country programme.

At Head Office and at international level, the Desk Officer is the first point of contact for all information on assigned country programmes. Specifically, the Desk Officer:

• Provides head office support and coordination during development of submissions to donors, and throughout the grant management process.
• Represents country programmes internally at HQ, including during operations and Project Review Committee meetings.
• Represents GOAL and country programmes externally with donors and in related fora.
• Provides first line of contact between Head Office departments and assigned country programmes.
• Facilitates and supports the Country Directors in the creation, implementation, monitoring and reporting of Country plans and programmes.
• Links country operations with all other Head Office departments, other country programmes and GOAL technical staff in respect of assigned countries.

Key Areas of Responsibility: 

• Submissions, grant management and donor liaison
• Representation and visibility
• Programmes support and information management
• Programme knowledge
• Financial accountability
• Human resources
• Logistics
• Safety and security

Key Requirements:

Essential

• A Bachelors’ degree and demonstrable, relevant experience and/or a Masters level degree (or higher) in Development or related field.
• Experience in proposal and report writing, ideally within the development context and/or to institutional donors.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of major institutional donors, including familiarity with key donor priorities and grant implementation, monitoring and evaluation guidelines.
• Appreciation of the aims and objectives of GOAL.
• Adept in use of Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Fluent in spoken and written English with strong analytical skills.

Desirable

• Ideally, a minimum of two years practical field experience in emergency humanitarian and/or development programs, with a particular focus on grant or programme management, preferably within one or more of GOAL’s programme countries.
• Specific knowledge or experience of GOAL’s thematic programme or sectors.
• Fluency in French

**GOAL offers staff flexible working with our hybrid model, we require our HQ employees to work 2 days per week from our office in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin**

GOAL is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees. We know that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling GOAL’s commitment to equal employment opportunity and equal treatment. GOAL does not discriminate against any employee or volunteer; or any applicant for employment or volunteering on the basis of age, gender identity, ancestry, political opinion, civil status, medical condition, ethnic background, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

Accountability within GOAL

A commitment to GOAL values and GOAL’s integrity framework is critical to working with GOAL. Any candidate offered a job with GOAL will be expected to adhere to the following key areas of accountability: 1) Comply with GOAL’s policies and procedures with respect to safeguarding, code of conduct, health and safety, confidentiality, do no harm principles and unacceptable behaviour protocols; 2) Report any concerns about the welfare of a child or vulnerable adult or any wrongdoings within our programming area; 3) Report any concerns about inappropriate behaviour of a GOAL staff or partner.

Safeguarding

Children and vulnerable adults who come into contact with GOAL as a result of our activities 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.

General Terms and Conditions

This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves the right to change this document.

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