Who are we?
VVOB – education for development is an international non-profit organisation with over 40 years’ experience in strengthening the quality of education systems in Africa, Asia and South America in close partnership with ministries of education and their institutions. VVOB’s Global Office, based in Brussels, directs, supports and coordinates the organisation worldwide.
We implement our programmes and projects with one shared passion: to ensure the improvement of quality education. In striving for that ambition, we place our values ‘commitment’, ‘integrity’, ‘respect’, ‘quality’ and ‘innovation’ central.
Do you share our ambition to ensure that learners around the world can enjoy their fundamental human right to quality education, without exception? Are you convinced as well that quality education guarantees equal opportunities for everyone and is the key to a better world?
We are looking for a Grants Coordinator who will operate from our offices in Brussels, Belgium or Nairobi, Kenya. Do you want to take on this challenge? Then continue reading!
Position in the organisation
VVOB is a growing and ambitious organisation with a diversified funding base. This requires an optimal management of our grants and contracts. As our Grants Coordinator, you will play a key role in the development of new projects, contract negotiation and monitoring compliance of projects in implementation. You will be part of our programme team, led by our Global Director of Programmes. In this role you work closely together with several other positions within the organisation, such as your fellow Grants Coordinator, the Global Strategic Education Advisors, HR, Finance, Communication and of course with our teams in the VVOB country offices.
Result areas of this position
You ensure that VVOB is always ready to respond quickly to new funding opportunities and you support colleagues in calculating budgets, writing concept notes and full project proposals.
You coordinate the drafting and reviewing of agreements with funding and consortium partners.
You develop, follow up and improve processes and tools that cover all financial, administrative, and reporting needs per project/programme and share relevant lessons learned with the organisation.
You coordinate among departments and country teams to ensure that reports to our funders are qualitative and go out on time.
You are both an internal (for colleagues) and external (for funding partners) point of contact for questions related to financial, administrative, and other requirements related to the funding partners.
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