Funding Opportunities

• Adopt and implement an outreach plan targeting donors and partners, addressing unsolicited concept notes and identifying funding gaps.
• Coordinate with partners and represent UOSSM in partnerships and compliance within relevant working groups.
• Manage the organization’s registration processes in new countries and platforms.
• Manage and handle the administration of pre-award due diligence processes with all new sub-awardees. Identify specific risk factors associated with the award, and the identification and implementation of appropriate measures to manage those risks.

UOSSM OCAs and Donor Satisfaction

• Oversee UOSSM’s OCA operations management processes.
• Lead communications to ensure full compliance with donor requirements.
• Follow up on corrective actions resulting from UOSSM's institutional evaluations.
• Supervise the evaluation and selection processes of implementing partners.
• Manage the partnership assessment and evaluation process.
• Support the preparation and review of all necessary grants and partnership agreement documentation, ensuring alignment with UOSSM’s due diligence procedures, and escalate any issues affecting internal or external compliance to the Executive Director.
• Follow up on corrective actions arising from partnership evaluations.

Internal Organization

• Develop infrastructure for managing grants and partnerships, including policies, procedures, tools, and forms in accordance with approved standards and guidelines.
• Develop UOSSM’s funding plan based on the grants' status and update it regularly.
• Supervise the periodic updating of UOSSM’s grants and partnership portfolio.
• Maintain effective communication with all UOSSM departments, offices, and missions regarding grants and partnership management.
• Serve as the main point of contact with current and prospective donors and partners.

Accountability

• Promote and ensure compliance with grants standards and donor requirements.
• Ensure the UOSSM team aligns its practices with grant agreements and partnership commitments.

Supervision & Reporting

• Manage all internal and external grant reporting processes to ensure high-quality, accurate, and timely submissions that meet donor and organizational requirements, in coordination with program managers and coordinators.

• Provide capacity-building opportunities and training for program, operations, and partner staff on grant management, reporting, and donor compliance as needed.

• Oversee grant development processes, including proposal drafting, review, and submission.

• Supervise contracting processes with donors and sub-partners.

• Oversee the monitoring and follow-up of active grants.

• Prepare and issue monthly, quarterly, and annual reports on grants and partnership management