Principal Accountabilities
• Provide Award Management and Donor Compliance technical knowledge and expertise to the SCI-Led funding Project and advise on specific donor regulations, including on potential risks and challenges to inform cross functional requirements and solutions.
• Identifies where compliant awards require changes in other functions and supports other functional leads and experts in defining and delivering the necessary change.
• Lead the assessment and analysis of current and future donor compliance requirements across SCI-Led portfolio and develop guidance to Global teams and Country Offices on management, mitigation and oversight of such risks.
• Analyse award and donor compliance requirements across SCI-Led portfolio and recommend solutions and changes to current guidance to enable effective delivery of awards in a donor compliant manner.
• Identify and collate compliance related risks in the SCI-Led portfolio and collaborate with other teams to highlight such risks, interdependencies, and work towards solutions, in particular with the Finance BP and other cross-functional leads. Organise and lead design sessions, ensuring engagement and consultation of other impacted stakeholders, to design future state AM processes and procedures for SCI Led funding.
• Lead engagement with AMDC staff to define roles and responsibilities regarding award management and donor compliance, ensuring that all stakeholders are aligned with the organisation’s values of collaboration and accountability.
• Develop and maintain essential documentation and training materials to support the effective roll-out of new award management procedures across SCI.

Experience and Skills
Essential
1. Technical expertise: Substantial experience and expertise in leading a significant portfolio of awards, with a focus on donor compliance, financial efficiency, and achieving program objectives. Strong knowledge of complex donor regulations and compliance requirements in both humanitarian and development context including extensive experience of managing lifecycle of awards, from contract negotiation to closeout.
2. Stakeholder Management: Demonstrated ability to lead and collaborate effectively within cross-functional and cross-culturally diverse teams.
3. Interpersonal skills and communication: Strong interpersonal and relational skills, capable of building relationships with stakeholders, leadership, and team members to ensure successful project delivery. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to advocate for the project and maintain clear, transparent communication with all stakeholders.
4. Systems Development: Proficiency in developing and implementing robust systems, tools and processes to manage the award lifecycle including reporting, compliance, and performance management.
5. Analytical and Problem-solving: Strong analytical skills to interpret financial data and complex regulations, and to proactively identify issues and develop innovative solutions for effective award management.
6. Change management: Proficient in managing change, with the ability to communicate impacts and requirements to diverse groups. Experience in deploying change projects, demonstrating successful implementation and management of changes.
7. Capacity building and training: Aptitude for capacity building and training, ensuring sustainability and consistent practices within the function. Experience in developing and delivering training that aligns with organisational practices.
8. Diversity and inclusion: Ability to conduct practices that foster an inclusive environment, appreciating the value of all team members. Considerable experience in promoting and implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion principles in international humanitarian or development contexts, demonstrating cultural competency and respect for diversity.

Education and Qualifications 
Essential
Qualifications:
• Proficient in Donor and stakeholder engagement, providing transparent and accurate reporting to maintain their trust and support
• Training in donor regulations, sub-award management or risk management

Desirable
Education:
• Advanced degree in International Development, Project Management, Business Administration, Finance, Humanitarian/Human Rights or other related field.
• Professional certifications such as Project Management (PMP, PMD Pro, PRINCE2) or Chartered Institute of Management Accounts (CIMA) or other Financial accounting qualification (e.g. ACCA) is highly desirable.