WATAN is looking for a highly motivated individual, graduated from university, who would be interested in joining us for a valuable experience in the Syria Response as Head of Grants Management and Design Unit.

The programmes to be covered are: FSL, WASH, Shelter and NFI, Early Recovery, Protection, Education, Civil Society, Health.

The candidate should have previous experience in preparing proposals, manage grants, reporting, creating tools and methodologies.
 

• Minimum Education Degree: Bachelor’s or MA degree
• Languages: Essential: English 
• Highly desirable, PMP certification.
• Highly desirable, involvement in donor negotiation discussions.
• Highly desirable, successful track record with ECHO, DFID, USAID, EC, other international donors.

Abilities and Personal Skills

• Strong communication, writing and reporting skills
• IT skills ((Microsoft Office, Internet)
• Proficiency in English; Arabic - Desired
• Previous experience in writing and designing proposals/tenders, grant management and preparing reports
• Knowledge of the Syrian environment and of the NGOs’ sector 
• Previous experience in an NGO will be highly desirable, but not mandatory
   

• Oversee the activity of the Unit and of the staff.
• Prepare plans for Proposal writing, reporting and grants management.
• Prepare strategic proposals over 500,000$ value.
• Design projects in collaboration with the programme team.
• Coordinate the management of strategic contracts.
• Verify and approve proposals and reports received from the programmes staff, proposal writers and reporters.
• Prepare strategic growth plan for the organisation to secure funding.
• Engage in different negotiations with donors to secure funding.
• Prepare procedures and tools for writing proposals, reporting and grant management.