GNO Regional Grants Support Manager WACA

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and are now active in more than 80 countries.

1. OPPORTUNITY

The Regional Grants Support Manager,will be responsible for supporting the financial planning, budgeting, reporting and financial monitoring of GNO’s grant portfolio in West and Central Africa with project partners. He/She will also Ensure that the project configuration in the ERP system is correct and follow up with project partners to apply necessary corrections and adjustments in collaboration with the COs and Audit Follow-up (short and long term) -> support audit processes and follow up action points independently. Under his responsibility it will be a matter of strengthening the capacity of the project team CO / implementing partners on financial management and donor compliance through periodic trainings (in particular EU INTPA, ECHO, BMZ, GFFO, private donors) and special topics (including fraud prevention, risk assessment, financial quality) and to develop and implement strategies to minimize financial risks and contribute to GNO’s business development and fundraising. He/She will be expected to undertake regular Travel to the region in agreement with and at the request of the GNO (start-up workshops, follow-up travel, internal audit, proposal development, project closure) and provide on-site financial and compliance support to Plan Germany-funded programs in the WACA region. In addition, the post holder, like all staff, is responsible for ensuring that Plan International’s global policies on safeguarding children and young people and gender equality and inclusion are fully integrated in line with policy principles and requirements, including relevant implementation standards and guidelines applicable to their area of responsibility. Key relationships will be Plan Germany, relevant Country Office Staff and relevant WACA Hub Staff.

2. ABOUT YOU

As a Regional Grants Support Manager (WACA), you must have a university degree in management, accounting, economics, project control or comparable training with professional experience (5+ years) in project financial control. He/she should also have experience with national and international donors and their guidelines is an advantage, and very good knowledge of MS Office (in particular MS Excel) and IT-based project management systems (e.g. SAP), and of the French language. very good French and English language skills are essential; German and other language skills are an asset.

JD GNO Regional Grants Support Manager WACA

Location: Yaounde C.O

Reports to: Finance Manager of the Host Office/ Team leader Controlling & Compliance

Grade: D2

Closing Date:25/12/2023

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

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