Regional Grants Manager at WV, Singapore_Deadline:2-Mar-2012

Position Title:	Regional Grants Manager - SAPO	Application Deadline Date:	02 Mar 2012
Position Location:	HCI in Asia National office	Position Start Date:	13 Apr 2012
Region:	Asia	Position End Date:	12 Apr 2014
Requisition Category:	International	Recruitment Priority:	Need Immediately
Country Name:	Singapore	Program/Office Name:	TBD
City/Province:	HCI in Asia National office	Employee Type:	Home Country Intl. (HCI)
Job Grade Level:	164	Recruitment Status:	Advertising in Progress
Is this a family post?	Family - Spouse with Children
		Requisition Num:	2012AITNIL-8RAMKZ

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

To participate and support the Regional Finance Director in ensuring standards of excellence through grants financial management, accountability and integrity, and supporting grant acquisition in WV South Asia & Pacific National and Program offices.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Grants Financial Management:
• Conduct Quarterly review and analyses of grants financial reporting to ensure timely submission and compliance with WV policies and award requirements.
• Provide feedback and analysis to NOs on areas with significant over- or under spending and/or any other risk areas.
• Ensure appropriate grant financial and monitoring frameworks are in place, and operating satisfactorily, in each National Office to support ministry objectives.
• Explore ways to reduce overhead costs on grants to ensure WV’s competitiveness without comprising ministry quality
• Liaise with NOs to ensure timely reimbursement of funds used to pre finance multilateral funded programs implementation
• Participate in planning, budgeting and year End Closing process
• Provide expert consultation regarding the implementation of cost allocation methodology (CAM) at project/grant level
• Provide Quarterly update on the region grants portfolio in collaboration with FRSC and national offices
  
  Grants Budget/Planning
• Work with SOs in large scale (budget over $1m) proposal design workshops and review proposal budget to ensure grant proposals have adequate provision to cover CAM expenses
• Work with NOs and SOs to prepare and/or review proposal Budget amendments, and extensions of the life of an award any other award budget modification
• Participate and Support the region’s financial planning and budgeting processes
  
  Grants Acquisition/Networking:
• Work with the grant acquisition and management team to promote effective relations and support to National Offices prioritized to grow grants or balance their funding portfolio
• Build relationships and credibility with donors, using previous success and documented best practices in grants management focusing especially on the priority bilateral donors of the NOs and other multilateral donors
• Work with the grants acquisition team in identifying new grant funding opportunities in coordination with the SOs and inform the NOs
• Develop and maintain good professional networks with the NO Grant Managers, SO IPGs, and NO Finance Directors
• Grant Capacity building
• Coordinate and Facilitate capacity building initiatives at National/Regional Office especially as it relates to grants management and grants compliance.
• Ensure succession planning for NO Grant Finance Managers are in place
• Participate in and/or co facilitates large scale grants start up workshop in collaboration with the NOs and respective SOs.
• Develop a pool of grant experts, create an environment of experience sharing and promote best practices within the region
• Risk management
  

Audit Recommendations :

• Coordinate with NO to assure follow up actions and implementation of audit recommendations and addressing common audit findings.
• Participate in large scale grants audit preparation with national/program offices and support the National /program offices to provide required information and address disallowed costs

• Risk assessment For Grants approval
• Ensure that national offices are completing the risk assessment for grants approval protocol
• Review risk assessment for grants approval received from national offices in light of mitigating risk.
• Ensure that regional approval is provided to national offices in due time and according to WV policy

• Award Terms interpretation
• Provide in collaboration with the SOs core team, expert advice on interpretation of award terms and ensure that grants implementations are within the requirements

Internal Control Systems:

• Assist in the development of financial policies and procedures to ensure compliance to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, WVI finance policies, and Government and other donor regulation

• LDRs/CAM implementation monitoring
• Work in collaboration with the national offices in the region to ensure proper implementation of the LDRs database system and Costs Allocation Methodology (CAM).
• Work with FRSC staff to address any issues pertaining to LDRs database implementation

• Large Scale grants close-out
• Assist NOs in the preparation of large scale grants closeouts plan
• Ensure proper implementation of the large scale close out plan to ensure compliance with award requirement

• Regional representation at various grants community forum:
• Represent the region in the grants community forums (internal and external to WV)
• Participate into Global Grants Community working groups
Others
• Carry out additional responsibilities as assigned by the RFD and the GGC Director
• Attend and participate in devotional meetings.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

REQUIRED:
• Bachelor Degree in Finance
• Strong understanding of systems design and implementation protocols
• Strong inter-personal skills, and proven team-player
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities
• Able to solve complex problems and to exercise independent judgment
• Able to work in a cross-cultural environment with a multi-national staff
• Must be a committed Christian, able to stand above denominational diversities.
• Attend and able to lead in devotions and Chapel services.
• Perform other duties as required.
PREFERRED:
• High level computer literacy and knowledge of spreadsheet applications.
• Solid knowledge of accounting principles financial systems budget/cash-flow monitoring and internal accounting controls.
• 10 years experience with government grant regulations and financial reporting requirements.
• Strong experience in establishing and enforcing common protocols and standards throughout a large organization.
• Senior leadership experience in strategic financial management.
• Track record of successfully training developing/mentoring and supervising finance and grant staff

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