Save the Children, the world’s largest independent organization for children, delivers immediate and lasting improvements to children’s lives all over the world.

Save the Children (SC) works to promote every child’s rights to survival, protection, participation and development as set forth in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.  The current programme focuses on the following core sectors: Health and Nutrition; HIV/AIDS prevention; Care and support; Education; Child protection; Child-focused emergency preparedness and response; Climate Change adaption Child rights agenda, including Civil society development, Economic opportunities, Child poverty Research, and Advocacy for child-friendly development policy and practice.

Position

      Award Management Officer

Quantity

      01

Location of work

      Hanoi

Remuneration & Benefits

• Salary: Negotiable
• Benefit package: 
• Insurance as Vietnam’s Labour codes,
• 20 days of annual leave per year,
• Annual health check
• Premium private healthcare insurance for employee and dependents
• Other incentives
• Training and development opportunities

Tasks and Accountabilities

Developing self and others

• Work with other team members to support team activities
• Build relationships with members of other teams i.e. finance, PDQA and implementation/operations
• Involvement in capacity building to build skills in Award management cycle

Communicating with impact, negotiation and coordination

• Input into high quality ‘donor ready’ proposals and reports as designated by the Award Manager
• Communication with budget holders, program staff and partners to obtain inputs into key processes and up to date budget figures
• Process lead for go/no go assessments at country level

Compliance (systems, processes, donor)

• Learn and follow SCI processes and relevant donor requirements
• Understanding of the AMS system, maintaining and driving data quality
• Provides information on donor compliance requirements for submission of proposals
• Ensures that appropriate Awards risk assessments are completed in a timely manner and approved before submission
• Ability to use AMS reporting to monitor awards and plan for key processes i.e. donor reporting
• Assist the team to understand donor compliance requirements relating to award management including budgeting and reporting, and ensure deadlines are met
• Basic understanding of donor compliance and development of compliance checklists if needed

Monitoring and analysis

• Process lead for development of narratives and initial budgets for simple/low risk proposals including liaising with program teams and finance to ensure this has been fully costed
• Financial analysis skills to perform award monitoring processes and identify any issues for further analysis
• Ensure donor budget lines in AMS are as needed for donor reporting requirements

Portfolio management and strategy

• Run reports from AMS to support the AM team with monitoring of the Award Portfolio
• Perform monitoring and analysis activities when required and work with Awards Manager to resolve any issues identified
• Problem solving skills to address and work through issues when they arise.

Requirements

• University degree in International development, business administration, finance and/or experience working in a related role
• Experience managing grants, contracts & sub agreements with knowledge of major funders’ guidelines (e.g. USAID, ECHO, DFID, CIDA, SIDA etc.) 
• Relevant experience managing donor funded projects with International NGO’s particularly those addressing human/children’s rights and those  applying partnership approaches
• Strong analytical skills, computer literacy and excellent documentation skills are a must.
• Ability to work well with a team and establish relationships with other teams/offices
• Cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Highly developed interpersonal and English communication skills including influencing and negotiation
• Experience working with implementing partners and managing sub awards/grants
• Excellent time management and planning capacity

HOW TO APPLY:

Please send your CV and cover letter (in English) to email address: [email protected]

Deadline: 28/6/2017

Any question please contact: Ms Quyen.

Tel: 0243 8265118