Grants Manager (Hybrid)

IIE • Grant • Chiang Mai • 5d ago

Description

The Grants Manager for the Development and Inclusive Scholarship Program (DISP) leads the administration of the grant award process, providing general oversight from financial and administrative compliance and local capacity strengthening perspectives. This position helps design and disseminate partnership solicitations and works with prospective grantees to ensure financial resource plans are consistent with the objectives of the individual partner. The Grants Manager will also serve on the Grants Evaluation Committee during the pre-award process. This role assists with administering the grants in compliance with USAID regulations, including leading the monitoring of grantee implementation, tracking grantee deliverables, tracking funding transfers to grantees, and providing regular status reports.

Essential Functions:
• Oversees the grant implementation process from execution and signing of the award, monitoring and documenting grantee activities, administrative actions, as necessary, and reporting.
• Supports the Senior Technical Lead (local capacity strengthening) to develop Request for Proposal (RFP)/Request for Application (RFA), Request for Quotation (RFQ) and to disseminate to local organizations/vendors.
• Reviews grantee proposals, applications, and budgets for cost reasonableness and adherence to grants management strategy and policies.
• Provides regular assistance and troubleshooting for grantees throughout the process, providing both operational and technical support.
• Administers a large multi-year grant in compliance with USAID regulations, which includes leading the monitoring of sub-grant implementation, tracking sub-grant deliverables; tracking fund transfers to grantees and providing regular status reports.
• Manages a portfolio of grants under the contract requiring high-level grant management skills, including applying and evaluating milestone-based performance objectives.
• Establishes and maintains the system to ensure accurate grant documentation is in place for each new award in an auditable manner.
• Delivers and manages capacity strengthening to local partners organization.
• Supervises two Grants and Procurement Officers on their daily activities, and ensures they are trained in all grants policies and procedures.
• Reviews grant workplans and deliverables before disbursements are made.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

The Institute of International Education (“IIE”) has a hybrid work environment that allows team members a combination of in-office work and telework at any of the locations listed above.

Requirements

Education and Work Experience:

• Requires a bachelor’s degree and at least five (5) years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Extensive knowledge of purchasing under USG regulations.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience managing grants programs including facilitating the completion of all administrative steps required for the implementation of the full grant lifecycle process from solicitation to award to final closeout.
• Significant experience working with capacity strengthening with local organizations.
• Excellent written and oral English, Thai preferred.
• Ability to work independently, in teams, and across departments.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to organize and maintain large amounts of detailed information.
• Excellent organizational, technical, and analytical skills, ability to be self-directed, and with a strong operational focus.
• Previous experience working with developing reports and maintaining contracts and files.
• Ability to read and interpret documents/USAID rules and regulations.