Grants Officer – EU SEE LOT 2
Full time @CIVICUS posted 6 months ago in Grants Management Shortlist Email JobJob Detail
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Career Level Others
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Experience 5-6 years
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Gender Any
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Industry Civil Society Development
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Qualifications degree-bachelor
Job Description
About CIVICUS
CIVICUS exists to defend people power. As a growing global alliance of over 15000 members in over 185 countries, we work together to monitor violations of basic civic freedoms, call out the perpetrators of violations and strengthen the power of people to organize by supporting a more accountable, effective and innovative civil society. We strive to promote excluded voices, especially from the Global South.
About the Role
CIVICUS is part of a new Consortium – the European Union System for an Enabling Environment for Civil Society (EU SEE Lot 2) and will be responsible together with Consortium members to coordinate different funding mechanisms including an Emergency and Sudden Opportunity funding stream with partners from Asia, the Middle East, the Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa and the Prevention and Pro-active Support mechanism that covers Sub-Saharan Africa, the America’s and the Caribbean.
The Grants Officer will work very closely with the Project Coordinator and the finance and operations teams at CIVICUS to review funding proposals and applications for grants and oversee the administration of funds provided to partners. The Grants Officer will support the monitoring of implementation of grants provided under the EU SEE Flexible Support Mechanism (FSM). They will support the processing of grants to recipients, support the process of accompanying grantees, monitoring and learning and develop timely financial and narrative reports. The holder of this position will support the co-design and implementation of internal grant making processes, platforms and tools to strengthen coherence across CIVICUS and avoid duplication.
Key Requirements
- Degree in social sciences, finance or accounting economics, international relations or other related subject areas.
- Minimum 3 -5 years working experience in civil society organization or related field, at least 2 years in a similar position
- Fluency in verbal and written communication in English, additional language proficiency in Spanish, French and/or Arabic is an advantage
- Experience in grant making to civil society and monitoring and evaluation of grants.
- Experience with budgets and in doing financial and narrative reports.
- Excellent IT skills, including experience with MS Office and Human Resource Information Systems.
- Commitment to CIVICUS’s vision, mission, values and ways of working.
- Demonstrated experience in providing high-level administration to grant-making process.
- Demonstrated meticulous attention to detail and respect for systems oversight.
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How to Apply
The closing deadline for applications is Close of Business on the at 11.59PM SAST on 8th July 2024. Interested candidates should fill out this form here and email their application to jobs@civicus.org.
Your application should comprise of
- A full CV, including educational and professional qualifications, a full employment history showing the more significant positions, responsibilities held, and relevant achievements.
- A covering note of not more than 1 page outlining your motivation for applying for the role.
Short listed candidates will be contacted by 15th of July 2024 to schedule interviews
