Program Manager, International Funds NGO Job CDP

Program Manager, International Funds Job

Primary responsibilities include:

Grants management and administration

• Support the international funds team with planning, implementing and evaluating progress on program outcomes and departmental objectives, milestones, timelines and budgets.
• Play a lead role in researching and sourcing potential new grantee partners, emphasizing locally-led organizations that have strong connections in affected communities and share CDP’s values.
• Introduce and represent CDP’s mission and work to potential new partners, discussing initial concept ideas and determining programmatic alignment.
• Effectively steward the grantmaking process through the Blackbaud Grant Management (BBGM) system for all international grants.
• Lead the review and processing of partner requests for no-cost extensions, grant amendments and budget variances.
• Research organizations within each funded geographic region that have, or will likely, be critical to disaster response and recovery efforts.
• As delegated by the program officer, plan and organize site visits to understand the needs resulting from specific disasters and to aid in identifying and stewarding grantee partner relationships.
• Collaborate with CDP’s cross-functional teams to ensure that impact stories are sourced, well-drafted and aligned with organizational and thematic program priorities.
• In collaboration with the program officer and relevant functional areas within CDP, help identify and develop methods and systems for analyzing grant impact and effectiveness.
• Provide administrative support as needed.

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Knowledge management and system administration

• Create and update records of organizations, contacts, requests and deliverables in the BBGM system.
• Maintain records of minutes and action items from internal and external meetings and ensure appropriate follow-up on behalf of the international team.
• Edit, publish and send out grant applications and requests as directed.
• Act as point of contact for development, communications and finance teams’ inquiries or requests related to administrative elements of international grants.
• Coordinate all grant reporting efforts with grantee partners, including tracking in BBGM and filing reports in Dropbox.
• Capture and document key learnings, innovations and promising practices identified through grantmaking.
• Support team in collecting, tracking, analyzing and synthesizing data and conveying information in easy-to-understand, appealing formats.

Research and organizational support

• Conduct primary or supplementary research into potential new or ongoing disasters and crises (context, needs, gaps, actors) and synthesize data in digestible, reader-friendly formats as requested.
• Become knowledgeable about CDP’s funding interests, services and culture.
• Participate in and, at times, chair team discussions concerning grantmaking strategies, program management and process improvement.
• Act as a thought partner to the program officer and other department staff in identifying effective and innovative ways to advance CDP’s mission and maintain and enhance our reputation as a leader in fund management, grantmaking and coalition building.
• Support CDP’s organization-wide effort to ensure proper meeting hygiene through planning and preparation, setting agendas, sharing minutes, and ensuring appropriate follow-up.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• ≥5 years of progressive experience in philanthropy or the nonprofit sector.
• Knowledge of and/or interest in disasters and/or global humanitarian crises and the systems and actors poised to address related issues.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and verbal communication skills.
• Proven experience with general project administration and management.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking with precise attention to detail.
• Ability to work effectively, independently and remotely with minimal direct supervision while working collaboratively with internal and external constituents.
• Possess a strong sense of personal responsibility for one’s work and that of the team, which includes monitoring priorities and deadlines and flagging issues to the program officer on a timely basis to ensure the team meets its goals.

Preferred skills and qualifications

• Grantmaking experience.
• Experience working internationally in a disaster or development context.
• High proficiency in using MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Characteristics

• Commitment to the values intrinsic to CDP’s mission and strategy, including the centrality of local leadership, equity and service to marginalized and vulnerable communities.
• Entrepreneurial spirit.
• Team player.
• Sense of humor.

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