Search for Common Ground Hiring for Associate, Programs at Washington, DC Full Time

Title: Associate, Programs
Reports to: Senior Manager
Department: Programs
Team: Programs
Location: Washington, DC (USA)

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Team Summary*
The Programs team has oversight on the management of restricted grants to drive impact and ensure compliance. The Programs team for Central and East Africa supports in-country Directors and Managers to effectively follow Search and donor policies and procedures regarding grant implementation. This function commences with the signing of a grant and completes with the final close-out. This involves monitoring, reporting, and where appropriate, engagement with donors. It involves oversight on both program quality and compliance, working in close collaboration with other departments, including Finance, the Institutional Learning Team, Strategy Alignment, Program Quality, Communications, and Human Resources. The Programs team aims to build and strengthen the capacity of program implementation at Search and with partner staff in-country.

Responsibilities

• Actively supports report development and review.
• Supports program review, spending review, and forecasting.
• Actively supports contract review processes.
• Supports communications efforts.

Contributions

• Supports project teams in the preparation of timely and quality project reports for donors in compliance with donor and internal Search requirements.
• Conducts reviews of donor agreements and contracts and oversees the signature process with the US and Brussels headquarters.
• Supports the utilization of grants management tools in tracking program expenditures and forecasting project activities and expenditure in line with the approved budget and the work plan for both Search and partners.
• When called upon, participates in project start up, periodic project reviews, and project close-out processes, and ensures that these are documented, shared, and archived appropriately.
• Supports the Programs team in highlighting and documenting success stories and factsheets highlighting results of Search programming and serve as the communications’ focal point for the Central and East Africa region, coordinating between countries and headquarters.
• Maintains relationships with US based donors.
• May be called upon to participate in project design calls and provide input in proposal and budget review for strategic proposals.
• Deploys to country offices from time to time to provide technical and start up support based on need.
• Performs any other related task that may be allocated by the Programs Manager.
• Other duties that are broadly in line with the above key contributions as assigned.

Competency Behavior Indicators (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Engages and communicates effectively across functions and across teams.
• Participates in external meetings.
• Builds relationships and engages effectively with collaborators.
• Uses resiliency and exhibits flexibility and adaptability to changing tasks and team priorities.
• With oversight by the supervisor, writes technical sections for team documents, briefing materials, and presentations.
• Works across functions from a multicultural perspective that reflects consideration of other cultures, other viewpoints, and other ways of doing things.
• Sensitively recognizes ethical situations.
• Focuses on the key objectives of a task or project.
• Creates accurate, organized, and timely work.
• Is resourceful with time management and technology to prioritize tasks with limited supervision.
• Fluency in English. French is a plus

Type and Nature of Contacts
Interacts with others and handles problem situations with tact. Periodic external engagement as requested.

Education and Experience
Typically BS/BA with minimum 3 years’ experience.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements
Usual office environment conditions; ability to travel internationally at least 20%.

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Supervisory and Budget Responsibility*
None

Candidates must be eligible for work in the United States.
Applications are received until June 3 (included).

As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the position holder may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.

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EU citizenship is required for placement in our Brussels office

Only applicants invited for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please. Please see our website www.sfcg.org for full details of our work. All Search Employees must adhere to the values: Collaboration- Audacity – Tenacity – Empathy – Results. In accordance with these values, Search enforces compliance with the Code of Conduct and related policies on Anti Workplace Harassment, Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Conflict of Interest, and Anti-fraud. Search is committed to safeguarding the interests, rights, and well-being of children, youth, and vulnerable adults with whom it is in contact and to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for children, youth, and vulnerable adults. Search for Common Ground does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.

Job Type: Full-time