Grants Manager & Violence Against Women and Girls- vacancy

Job title:Grants Manager & Violence Against Women and Girls 
Location: London,United Kingdom
Deadline: Thursday, 11 July 2013
About the Programme
Investing significantly in scaling up its programme work in tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) CHASE and DFID's Research and Evidence Division (RED) have designed a joint five year,£18m Research and Innovation Fund (2013-2018) to address critical evidence gaps and improve the effectiveness of interventions to address VAWG (in stable and fragile contexts).

This fund will consist of two components: i) innovation grants; and ii) operational research and impact evaluations.

Under innovation grants, we will look to manage a set of between 10 - 14 grants to be given to organisations to implement innovative programmes or pilots to prevent VAWG that address a number of research questions.

Under the Operation Research and Impact Evaluations Sub-component we will develop an overarching research framework to guide the operational research and impact evaluation of existing and new prevention of VAWG programmes. This will include i) a selection of programmes funded independently, such as current DFID country programmes or programmes implemented by other donors, NGOs or national governments, as well as ii) a sample of the innovation programmes funded by the granting mechanism outlined in sub-component 1.

DAI is currently bidding for this opportunity and seeking an experienced, full time, London (UK) based Grants Manager

Duties and Responsibilities:

•     Working closely with researchers
•     Setting up grants procurement and management processes from scratch
•     Carrying out financial and organisation due-diligence on applicants

Requirements & Skills:

•     Carry out due diligence on applicants and ensure programme compliance with all donor contractual documents, reports, key correspondence
•     Manage the granting component of VAWG with overall responsibility for successful, sub granting to partners ensuring compliance with donor guidelines
•     Ensure robust systems are in place for financial management and accountability within partner organisations
•     Proactively identify compliance risks/issues and highlight to the TL
•     Maintain accurate and up-to-date information.

How to apply:
Development Alternatives, Inc. London
63 Gee Street, 2nd Floor
London, EC1V 3RS
Tel: +44 (0) 207 420 8600
Fax: +44 (0) 207 420 8601