Coordinator - Grant Management

Job Description

Title: Coordinator - Grant Management

Company Name: Wildlife Conservation Society-Bangladesh

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: Tk. 80000 - 120000 (Monthly)

Experience:

Published: 2025-08-17

Application Deadline: 2025-08-31

Education:

• Master of Commerce (MCom) in Accounting
• Master of Commerce (MCom) in Finance

• Minimum Masters Degree in Accounting / Finance, administrative or relevant fields

• Minimum 5 years of successful experience working in similar positions with international organizations and/or NGOs

• Extensive knowledge and experience in computer-based financial systems and those in the SAP system.

• Extensive knowledge in the policies, rules, regulations, safeguards and cultures of common donors – such as Blue Action Fund, World Bank, INL, DEFRA, GIZ, EU, Ocean5, etc.

• Good skills in the English language.

• Strong leadership skills, including visionary, pragmatic, analytical, innovative, flexible, system thinking, mentoring and executing skills.

• Strong communication skills, including careful listening, synthesizing and analyzing, empathizing, mediating and negotiating, problem solving and consensus building skills.

• Strong multi-task management and time management capacities to meet all priorities and deadlines.

• Bearing an honest, integrity, humorous, optimistic, cooperative, patient, tolerant and perseverant personality.

Bangladesh Program Overview: WCS has been actively engaged in Bangladesh since 2004, aiming to save wildlife and wild places through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature. We currently have Terrestrial and Marine Conservation Programs that are supported through Educational Outreach and Finance Programs. WCS Bangladesh works closely with government and community partners to advance science-based and community-informed marine conservation solutions that optimize the protection of threatened marine wildlife and their priority habitats and sustain coastal fisheries and livelihoods.

Job Purpose Summary: The primary objective of this position is to establish an efficient grant management system for the WCS Bangladesh Program. The Grant Officer will ensure the quality of grant management throughout the entire grant lifecycle, from inception to closeout. This role involves maintaining effective coordination and communication with both the WCS Bangladesh Technical Programmatic Teams (Marine and Terrestrial) and the Operational Teams (Finance, Admin, and Human Resources) in the Dhaka and Khulna offices. The Grant Management Coordinator will be responsible for ensuring compliance with internal WCS policies, national legal requirements, and donor requirements, as well as overseeing procurement and asset management.

The Grant Management Coordinator will maintain coordination and consultation with the WCS Bangladesh Country Director, Finance Manager, and the Regional Grants Manager to ensure donor compliance.

Major Responsibilities:

The key responsibilities of a Grant Management Coordinator at WCS Bangladesh focus on the coordination of Technical teams (marine and terrestrial conservation programs) across various operational teams (Finance, Admin, Procurement and HR). The role involves overseeing the entire grant lifecycle from inception to closure, ensuring compliance with donor requirements, and maintaining accurate documentation for audits. Additionally, the CGM should focus on improving grant compliance procedures, sharing relevant information among team members, supporting audit processes, and representing WCS to partners and donors. However, the detailed responsibilities of this position are as follows: