Grants Manager
World Vision International
Total years of experience :8 years, 2 Months
UNICEF (USD 2.6m); UNHCR (USD 3.2m); OCHA (USD 3.6m); IrishAid Humanitarian Programme Plan (USD 820k); Private Non-Sponsored Funding (PNS; 1, 075k)
Develop winning cross-sectoral proposals in close coordination with the Program Development and Quality department (Technical and MEAL Units), including budgets, logframes and detailed implementation plans, in addition to advocating rationale to donor(s)
Collaborate closely with implementing partners, direct project staff and cross-departmentally to ensure successful target achievement and spending efficiency, including by regularly reviewing and tracking key project documents such as detailed implementation plans, activity plans, sourcing plans, financial reports and cash flow projection charts
Ensure activities are beneficiary-centered and of high quality by following up monitoring and feedback reports and aligning implementation processes with established SOPs
Regularly report project updates internally and externally, including by coordinating with colleagues/departments and donors to mitigate any target achievement/spending challenges
SDC (USD $1, 030, 000)
Established GBV awareness and gender-just policy advocacy campaigns in partnership with women's cooperatives and youth committees
Developed GBV and PSHEA training plans with Ministry of Labor and Family Protection Department
Facilitated MoPIC approval
Managed one project officer
UNHCR, DFID and ECHO; Southern Syria protection monitoring
Established local and remote teams; developed data collection tools; set up referral pathways
Supervised protection monitoring activities (household surveys, referrals, focus group discussions and key informant interviews)
Drafted monthly protection monitoring reports and disseminated widely within NGO/donor community
Contributed updates to Protection Working Group as representative co-lead
Locally managed two officers and one data analyst; remotely managed three officers and sixteen assistants
ARC, BPRM, DFID, ECHO and Sida; Jerash-based community center (also covering Ajloun); Ramtha youth CBO-embedded legal aid clinic
Led and drafted needs assessment, presenting outcomes to senior management and relevant components; established full-time and volunteer drop-in/outreach teams; procured operational needs; set up referral pathways; established local partnerships with CBOs and cooperatives
Supervised 1) community center and legal aid clinic drop-in activities (legal counseling and referrals) and 2) outreach activities (household surveys, follow-up visits and awareness sessions)
Established community leader social cohesion project to strengthen existing community dispute-resolution mechanisms within landlord-tenant and employment dispute contexts
Regularly reported progress/challenges and suggested solutions to senior management
Contributed updates to Irbid Coordination Workgroup
Presented projects to donors (work plans, area of operation/modality overviews and trends)
Contributed to strategy development through FGD field consultations at beneficiary, staff and partner levels; participated in multi-tier internal workshops
Managed one team leader, one officer and four assistants in Jerash; managed two team leaders, two officers and ten assistants in Ramtha
Notable Accomplishment
“Information through Innovation” concept note selected by senior management and Grants for USD $100, 000 NMFA Innovation Norway Project, proposing modernization of field data collection tools to ease staff access to SOPs, facilitate on-the-spot staff support in beneficiary counseling situations, provide a platform for service providers to provide updates, and streamline outcome monitoring
Established EPUs in partnership with Chambers of Industry; recruited full-time staff and consultants (e.g., career counselors); ensured meeting of HR, IT, procurement and logistical needs
Aligned field activities with work plans; supervised beneficiary job placements and on-the-job training processes/outcomes
Developed weekly success stories publicizing EPU solutions to pressing labor market issues; regularly reported progress/challenges and suggested solutions to senior management; reported activity progress to M&E
Provided input into work plans, GANTT charts, budget proposals and reports; drafted concept notes and TORs
Ensured meeting of procurement and logistical needs
Co-developed occupational standards with Vocational Technical Corporation and specialists from within respective occupations; engaged private stakeholders to garner cost-share support for occupational standards workshops
Developed weekly success stories; reported activity progress to M&E
Carried out humanitarian and sociological research on: civil society and NGO refugee response; gender roles, division of labor and barriers to the socioeconomic/political participation of Jordanian women; political reform
Drafted project proposals and concept notes; prepared financial agreements; undertook Arabic to English translations
Thesis: Human Rights Abuse by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), defended with no edits required
Nominations International Scholar Laureate Program on Diplomacy & International Relations Memberships Alpha Kappa Delta – International Sociology Honor Society Pi Sigma Alpha – National Political Science Honor Society Sigma Tau Delta – International English Honor Society
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