Manager, Grants Management (LEGD Project)

Job Description

Title: Manager, Grants Management (LEGD Project)

Company Name: Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST)

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters of Social Science / Masters of Economics / MBA in Finance

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ BLAST is a leading national legal aid and human rights organization providing legal advice, mediation, and litigation services, and undertaking advocacy to ensure the rights of women, men and children living in poverty or facing discrimination/social exclusion. BLAST works through its Head Office in Dhaka and 25 District-level Offices with 2600+ panel lawyers and 100+partner organizations.
∎ Position Description: BLAST is looking for a Manager, Grants management for its Legal Empowerment and Gender Diversity (LEGD) project. The Manager, Grants management (LEGD Project) must be a highly motivated individual with a proven track record of work on LEGD project management and donor reporting, and will coordinate and lead the project activities. The Manager, Grants management (LEGD Project) will help facilitate BLAST`s efforts to implement law and policy reform to eliminate gender discriminatory provisions and practices that hinder access to justice for LEGD victims in Bangladesh.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Supporting the effective small grant management and ensure successful implementation by tracking deliverables, update progress status of project activities,
∎ Supports and coaches small grantees to manage project documentation and compliance issues,
∎ Monitors and tracks project expenditures against budgeted expenditures and develop and implement grants management guidelines, policies, and protocols
∎ Assists in small grantee partner relationships related to post award management.
∎ Collaboration with the Development Team, proactively identify, assess the feasibility of, grants, and pursue public, private and global grant opportunities that match the mission and strategic plan of the BLAST.
∎ Develop and write proposals, case statements, letters of inquiry and other correspondence to donors and government agencies, foundations, corporations and other entities.
∎ Support the Development Team in the completion of grant proposals.
∎ Assist the Development Lead to negotiate and complete agreements and budgets with grant project development teams.
∎ Review all grant related reports. .
∎ Research, compile and analyse data relating to grants, and identify trends and best practices in terms of key interventions.
∎ Ensure compliance with all pre- and post-grant policies and procedures.
∎ Promote the organisation's mission with donors.
∎ Participate in staff, partner and other meetings on behalf of BLAST as required.
∎ Engage and co-ordinate interns and volunteers in grant-making and related reporting.
∎ Support grants team as required.
∎ Perform any other tasks as and when required by the management.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Demonstrated experience and capacity to undertake and manage for grants related tasks.
∎ Excellent writing skills in English.
∎ Good interpersonal skills.
∎ Ability to work autonomously and in teams, take initiative, manage priorities.
∎ Ability to optimize teamwork, learning and efficiency.
∎ Proficient in MS Word/Excel/Powerpoint, and other data processing software.
∎ Women are encouraged to apply

Salary: Tk. 70000 - 75000 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Costs in relation to any field work will be borne by the organization.

Application Deadline: 12 Sep 2020

Company Information:
∎ 2 Sep 2020
∎ Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST)
∎ Address : YMCA Development Center, 1/1 Pioneer Road, Kakrail, Dhaka-1000.
∎ Web : www.blast.org.bd
∎ Business : BLAST is one of the leading legal services organizations in Bangladesh, and the only one that provides access to legal aid across the spectrum, from the frontlines of the formal justice system to the apex court. It prioritises support to women, men and children living in poverty or facing disadvantage or discrimination. It also provides legal aid, advice and representation across a range of areas, including civil, criminal, family, labour and land law, as well as on constitutional rights and remedies, providing access to judicial remedies alongside alternative dispute resolution wherever appropriate. Alongside individual legal aid, BLAST undertakes strategic litigation, or public interest litigation, as a key part of its advocacy for law and policy reforms to ensure effective legal protection of rights.

Category: NGO/Development

Source: bdjobs.com

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