About Us
GOAL has responded to the world's major humanitarian crises since its founding in 1977, working with vulnerable communities in 14 countries across the globe with a dedicated team of personnel. While GOAL continues to be an agile first-responder to humanitarian crises, it is also committed to working with vulnerable communities to help them survive crises and support them on the road to recovery.
Job Purpose
Reporting to the Deputy Regional Director (Africa), The Programme Support Officer will play a vital role in the support of GOAL's existing country programmes in the African region (Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Niger, Zimbabwe, and Sierra Leone). Working in a fast paced environment you'll be part of a dedicated programmes team undertaking tasks which will touch on a wide range of GOAL's overseas programmes and HQ functions, primarily responsible for providing administrative support for a range of duties including grant management and country support.
**Please note this role is based in our HQ office in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin - we ask our employees to attend the office 2 days per week as per our hybrid working policy**
Key Responsibilities
Grant Management
* Provide support to the Africa Desk team and Programme Operations Team in their administration and management of GOAL's portfolio of grants and country programme related tasks
* Provide support in the development of reports and grant proposals as required.
* Develop reports to major donor agencies, specifically: Irish Aid's Programme Funding and humanitarian instruments; ECHO; EuropeAid; FCDO; etc. Develop familiarity with relevant donor guidelines
* Ensure management and adherence to schedules related to donor grant management priorities
* Maintain GOAL's registrations with all key donors.
* Gap fill for Desk Officers on leave / in the field / role under recruitment as required.
Country and Operations Team
* Arrange and track communications for weekly team meetings and programme review committee meetings.
* Provide support on the consolidation and review of the Annual Country plans.
* Support the Director of International Programmes on the GOAL Programmes Subcommittee preparation, and other management information for GOAL board meetings as required.
* Work with the Communications Department and country programme teams to develop and submit high quality case studies, stories of change or success stories and media input.
* Emergency support - Providing general support for Desk during emergency response, including sitreps and GMS support.
* Ensure and maintain GOAL registration in countries of operations.
Information Management:
* Providing support and ensure the Grant Management System, GMS is up to date
* Where required, support the maintenance of key departmental systems including the internal SharePoint page and grant management system.
Key Requirements
* Some previous experience working in an INGO in a similar HQ or field-based role.
* Previous experience in busy administration role with demonstrable capacity for delivering accurate work in multi-priority context.
* A strong sense of mission and appreciation of the aims and objectives of GOAL.
* Adept in use of Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
* Fluent in spoken and written English with strong communication and analytical skills.
Desirable
* Demonstrable experience in donor relationship management, including grant management, proposal and report writing, ideally within the development context and/or with GOAL's key institutional donors (Irish Aid, USAID, FCDO, ECHO, EU DevCo, UN agencies, etc.).
* Familiarity with key donor priorities and grant implementation, monitoring and evaluation guidelines.
* Specific knowledge or experience of GOAL's thematic programme or sectors
**GOAL offers staff flexible working with our hybrid model, we require our HQ employees to
work 2 days
per week from our office in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin**
We strongly encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every requirement listed. At GOAL we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please just contact our Recruitment Team