The Senior Associate will bring technical expertise in trust-based grantmaking practices to support Women Deliver in directly resourcing advocates, primarily from global majority countries, to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and gender equality. The Senior Associate, Grant Management oversees and supports grantmaking across all Women Deliver workstreams, with a focus on grantmaking to adolescents and youth as part of the Emerging Leaders for Change program.
Additionally, the Senior Associate will support the
development and management of new and emerging grantmaking initiatives at Women
Deliver, including to organizations active in countering anti-rights movements
at local and regional levels. The Countering Anti-Rights portfolio of grants
will be identified and administered through an in-depth consultation with
affected stakeholders, preferably through participatory and trust-based
grant-making methodologies.
As this role will spend a significant level of effort
contributing to the Emerging Leaders program, this role will report to the
Senior Manager, Youth Engagement, responsible for directing the Emerging
Leaders work stream.
Responsibilities:
Grant Management (70%):
Guide Emerging Leader grantees[1] through the
creation of their grant project during the Emerging Leaders Journey creation
period (months 1-5 of the program inception)
Provide coaching and technical assistance to Emerging
Leader grantees in the implementation of their advocacy projects, in
partnership with other Women Deliver staff and Emerging Leader Program Mentor,
and serve as the grantee’s point of contact for their grant
Lead and facilitate grant- making participatory
processes such as co-creation sessions and youth consultations with Emerging
Leader grantees as needed
Work with the Countering Anti-Rights issue area
expert to develop a new grantmaking initiative for civil society actors working
to promote SRHR and counter anti-rights actors in local and regional contexts.
This will be guided by the findings of an in-depth consultation with
stakeholders affected by anti-rights movements in their SRHR work, and will
utilize trust-based and participatory methodologies.
Manage reporting and compliance of grants by:
Drafting and managing grant agreements, in
partnership with Women Deliver’s legal counsel and Senior Manager, Finance
& Operations
Overseeing due diligence requirements for new
grantees
Continuously reviewing and improving on reporting
practices to center learning for both Emerging Leaders and Women Deliver,
including finalizing initial reporting plans and designs for Program launch on
October 1, 2024
Working with grantees to identify key learnings
through reporting practices, and make real-time project adaptations based on
those learnings
Processing grant disbursements as designed in grant
agreements in partnership with the Finance and Operations team
Reviewing final learning reports from Emerging Leader
grantees and closing out of grants
Reviewing grantee financial reporting and supporting
documentation, in partnership with Senior Manager, Finance & Operations;
liaising with grantees on any necessary revisions or clarifications
Cultivating and managing relationships with any
fiscal sponsor organizations working with Emerging Leaders
Lead the design of and manage the implementation for
new grant making initiatives to resource advocates from global majority
countries.
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (15%)
Project manage all qualitative and quantitative
reporting on the Emerging Leaders’ Workstream, in partnership with the Youth
Engagement Team and the Senior Advisor for Design, Learning, and Impact.
Lead, in partnership with relevant focals and the
Senior Advisor for Design, Learning, and Impact, all qualitative and
quantitative reporting on all grantmaking initiatives, including the Emerging
Leaders for Change program and the Countering Anti-Rights initiatives, by
drawing out key results and learning for the organization’s Feminist Intentions
for Change framework and donor reporting.
Thought Leadership (5%)
Lead the ongoing adaptation and refinement of the
Emerging Leaders for Change grantmaking approaches, tools and processes,
including during the pilot phase (first cohort) and as new cohorts launch in
new regions, to ensure Women Deliver is modeling trust-based and youth-centric
grantmaking practices.
Serve as grant management technical expert to all
Women Deliver workstreams; this includes serving as a thought partner and
advising on emerging grant making opportunities in Women Deliver’s collective
action and convenings work.
Participate in grantmaking learning and knowledge
sharing opportunities internally and externally to support Women Deliver and
partners to model equitable and trust-based grantmaking practices.
Cross-team Support (10%)
Co-create with Youth Engagement team members grant
and financial management related capacity-strengthening trainings, workshops,
resources, and other relevant learning opportunities.
Serve as a key member of the Youth Engagement team
and contribute as requested to additional projects within the Emerging Leaders
for Change workstream, including but not limited to new cohort selection,
co-creation of Emerging Leaders Program convenings and events.
Qualifications
4-6 years of experience in program and grant
management, with an emphasis on equitable approaches to trust-based and/or
participatory grantmaking, in youth engagement, advocacy, sustainable
development, gender equality, or sexual and reproductive health and rights
required.
Experience working with and for adolescents and young
people globally, including those from diverse backgrounds, on social
change-focused campaigns, programs, or initiatives, and utilizes ways of
working that embody equitable youth engagement and co-leadership required.
Strong understanding of budget management and
monitoring, evaluation, & learning frameworks to both support grantees and
report out from the small grants program required.
Knowledgeable in any of the following: sexual and
reproductive health and rights, Women Deliver’s three issue areas (Climate
Justice, Countering Anti-Rights Actors, and
Universal Health Coverage), and/or adolescent girl
issues and rights strongly preferred.
Commitment to fostering an anti-racist and inclusive
workplace required.
Experience in program design and developing
grantmaking strategies desirable.
How To Apply
Please send a CV or resume and a letter of interest
to: careers@womendeliver.org
