Grants Manager
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Business Administration, Banking / Finance, Exec. / Management
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Negotiable
Manage transparent, inclusive grant-making that strengthens climate resilience and water governance with partners across Cambodia.
- Full-time, immediate start, 12-month contract
- Reserved for Cambodian Nationals
The Grants Manager will lead ACP4Climate’s grants portfolio under the direction of the Operations and Grants Lead, ensuring grant-making is transparent, compliant, inclusive, safeguarding-informed and aligned with program outcomes.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Lead the full grants cycle from planning and solicitation through to award, monitoring, reporting and close-out.
- Manage transparent, competitive and accessible grant processes for local, subnational, civil society, community, private sector and underrepresented partners.
- Ensure grants comply with ACP4Climate, Tetra Tech, DFAT, financial, safeguarding, PSEAH, child protection, fraud, GEDSI, risk, audit and reporting requirements.
- Coordinate grant documentation, due diligence, agreements, budgets, milestone schedules, payments, amendments, partner reports and records.
- Monitor grant implementation, expenditure, forecasts, milestones, partner performance, compliance, safeguarding risks and GEDSI commitments.
- Work with technical, MERL, GEDSI, safeguarding, finance, operations, subnational and corporate teams to support quality delivery and timely payments.
- Strengthen partner capacity in grant compliance, financial management, milestone reporting, safeguarding, GEDSI-responsive implementation, documentation and risk management.
- Conduct field monitoring and support partners to improve implementation quality, accountability and evidence of results.
- Supervise and mentor the Grants Specialist and field-based Grants and MERL Officers.
- Support audits, maintain grants records and databases, update grants tools and improve ACP4Climate grants systems.
Expected Profile of Candidates
Languages:
- English - Fluent
- Khmer - Fluent
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in finance, business administration, management, international development, or a related field
- Master's Degree is preferred
Skills & Knowledge:
General & Technical Skills
- Minimum 5–7 years’ experience in grants, subawards, or partner fund management, preferably on DFAT or other donor-funded programs.
- Demonstrated experience managing the full grant cycle, including solicitation, due diligence, award, implementation monitoring, financial review, reporting, modification, and close-out.
- Experience managing performance-based or milestone-based grants, including milestone design, verification, payment documentation, and partner performance management.
- Experience supporting local organisations, community-based organisations, civil society, private sector, or other local partners, including capacity strengthening.
- Demonstrated ability to support inclusive and accessible grant-making, including with women’s organisations, organisations of persons with disabilities, Indigenous Peoples, marginalised groups, and local partners.
- Strong written and spoken Khmer and English.
