United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Humanitarian Grants Compliance Officer

Organization: World Vision
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 28 Sep 2014

£30,776 pa +good range of benefits Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

World Vision is the world’s largest international children’s charity. Every day we bring real hope to millions of children in the world’s hardest places as a sign of God’s unconditional love. At World Vision, our aim is simple – to keep every child free from fear. We are also proud to be voted one of the Top 100 ‘Best Not-For-Profit Organisations to Work For 2014’.

Operating as a Grants Compliance Officer within our Humanitarian and Resilience team, you will, take a lead role in all aspects of humanitarian grant contract management and compliance. This includes ensuring standards are understood and adhered to by colleagues within World Vision UK as well as those in National Offices (particularly in emergency and fragile states).

Using your expertise in financial processes and reporting, procurement/grant applications, donor and complex contractual requirements, audits, financial and risk management will be a crucial deliverable for the Grants Compliance Officer.

It will be essential to build strategic and supportive relationships with key stakeholders to achieve the optimum standards of financial management and accountability.

Role essentials:

• Strong project management skills and the ability to manage complex grants in multiple locations from a broad range of donors.
• Analytical skills along with the ability to communicate complex donor regulations to stakeholders will be key.
• You will also be expected to promote a culture of excellence to ensure WVUK’s core values and principles are implemented in our grants
• Experience of working in a humanitarian context will be an advantage
• Willingness to work flexibly in response to emergencies and travel internationally to emergencies and fragile states is an essential part of the role

In addition to the salary offered, you’ll enjoy benefits including pension, subsidized gym membership, generous holiday entitlement and free parking.

How to apply:

This is a fantastic opportunity to utilize your skills where they really matter. If you have the qualities required to succeed in this great position, please visit our website http://www.worldvision.org.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ where you will be able to see the full advert, job description and online application.

Closing date: 28th September 2014

Interviews will be held on: 8th and 9th of October 2014

We are an equal opportunities employer