Grants Expert – Yemen

About the role

Action contre la Faim France is recruiting a Grants Expert for Yemen, working under the supervision of the Head of Department - Grants and Partnerships. The role provides dedicated support to the Grants and Partnerships Department.

Key responsibilities

• Grants management: support planning, coordination and submission of donor reports by contractual deadlines (ECHO DRR, ECHO Consortium, GAC); maintain grants tracking tools (GFU) and reporting schedules; follow up on projects and ensure compliance with donor and ACF requirements; give ad hoc support for partnership follow-up.
• Proposal development: contribute to concept notes, proposals, budgets and annexes for ECHO, GAC, FCDO and Sida proposals; follow up proposal development with partners where applicable; support donor mapping and fundraising intelligence for the Yemen Country Strategy.

Required profile

• Degree in international development or a related field.
• At least 3 years of experience in grants management, proposal development, donor reporting and a previous experience with ACF (field and/or HQ).
• Experience with major institutional donors (ECHO, BMZ, CDCS, FIFSAN, Sida, FCDO) and a track record of writing and submitting funded proposals.
• Experience leading new business development, including program design, proposal writing and partner relationship development.
• Well organized, detail oriented, able to handle several tasks at once, with good written and oral communication skills and the ability to write and edit reports under deadline pressure.
• Fluent English (written and spoken); Arabic and previous experience in Yemen are an asset.

Required skills

• Knowledge of the project management cycle, its tools and budget development.
• Grants management, proposal writing and donor reporting.

What we offer

• Fixed-term contract under French legislation (3 months), monthly gross salary from 2,597 to 2,968 euros depending on experience, including the 13th month.
• Pension insurance reimbursement of 16% of gross monthly salary for non-French citizens, and a 6% annual salary increase after each 12 months of continuous contract.
• Per diem and living allowance of 730 USD net, field paid, plus a country allowance of 450 euros and a child allowance of 1,500 euros per year per child (up to 6,000 euros/year).
• Coverage of transport costs and guest house, and 100% coverage of health and repatriation insurance fees, including dependents and up to 1 month after the contract ends.
• 25 paid days off and 20 remote work days per year, with airfare reimbursement and 215 euros per remote work period.
• Free and unlimited access to the e-learning platform Talentsoft, career development follow-up and training, and salary sustainment measures for sickness, paternity and maternity.