Grants Manager

UNOPS hosts the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership Secretariat (STBP) as of 1 January 2015, in Geneva, Switzerland. The vision of the Stop TB Partnership is to realize the goal of elimination of Tuberculosis (TB) as a public health problem and, ultimately, to obtain a world free of TB by ensuring that every TB patient has access to effective diagnosis, treatment and cure; stopping transmission of TB; reducing the inequitable social and economic toll of TB; and developing and implementing new preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic tools and strategies. The Stop Partnership is uniquely positioned to support the development and further implementation by partners of the current and future Global Plan, acting as a coordinator and catalyst for the range of partners engaged in the fight against TB.

Founded in 2001, the Stop TB Partnership's mission is to serve every person who is vulnerable to TB and ensure that high-quality treatment is available to all who need it. Our partners include international and technical organizations, government programmes, research and funding agencies, foundations, NGOs, civil society and community groups and the private sector.

The vision of the United Nations hosted Stop TB Partnership is to realize the goal of elimination of Tuberculosis (TB) as a public health problem and, ultimately, to obtain a world free of TB by ensuring that every TB patient has access to effective diagnosis, treatment, cure and care; The Stop TB Partnership is uniquely positioned to act as a coordinator, facilitator and catalyst for the range of partners engaged in the fight against TB, which has become since 2015 the leading global cause of death from an infectious disease.

To meet the ambitious global goal to end TB by 2030 and the targets proposed in the Stop TB Partnership’s Global Plan to End TB 2016-2020, implementation of the latest tools and approaches in the fight against TB is essential. Ensuring the most up-to date policy frameworks, tools, and guidelines are adopted is a critical starting point for ensuring countries are able to achieve the major scale up needed to reach the ‘end TB’ goal.

Under the supervision and guidance of Stop TB’s Deputy Executive Director and in close collaboration with the Executive Director Stop TB, the incumbent will be responsible for tracking and monitoring of progress of all activities planned under different grants of USAID to Stop TB.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Develop and regularly update the section of Stop TB annual workplan funded by USAID.
• Follow up and work with all teams in the Secretariat to monitor the implementation of USAID funded activities based on the approved Stop TB workplan and track start and completion date of activities and proactively highlight activities with risk and delays to senior management. 
• Work with finance team to develop periodic summary of financial commitments and expenditures for financial monitoring of USAID grants. Review financial information with the concerned team in the Secretariat to identify bottlenecks and recommend corrective actions.
• Manage sub-grants provided by Stop TB Partnership from USAID grants in accordance with standard operating procedures, including selection, grant making, monitoring and reporting.
• Participate in periodic calls with USAID and draft the periodic reports and briefs for USAID. Respond to ad-hoc queries from USAID while keeping the Deputy Executive Secretary and the Executive Director full informed.  
• Work with finance team to prepare quarterly accrual reports and the annual financial report as and when needed. 
• Work across teams in the Secretariat to develop the annual report and quarterly reports as needed for grants received by Stop TB.
• Execute any other tasks as needed for effective implementation of grants, narrative reports, financial reports, targets and KPIs as required.

Advanced university degree in international development, public health, business administration or related thematic areas.  

A minimum of 5 years' experience in public health, international development work, grant management and related areas.

Considered as an advantage:

• Experience in TB or managing USAID projects
• Excellent writing skills in English and previous narrative and financial report writing experience.
• Strong skills and competencies are required in the area of teamwork and communication.
• Candidate should be able to work independently as well as across teams and deliver results in a timely manner. 
• Experience in project management.
• Knowledge of data analysis and command of Excel.

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.