General Description of the Organization:
Orange is a non-governmental civil society organization devoted to alleviating the suffering and improving the sustainability mechanisms of the conflict-affected population. Since its establishment, Orange has partnered directly with affected Syrian populations, delivering programs spanning sectors, including humanitarian and development programs in the Early Recovery and Livelihoods, Food Security and agriculture, Education and Protection, WASH, and Shelter, in addition to long-term impact interventions focusing on the economic empowerment and the local value chains improvements to enable targeted communities to improve their living practices and their sustainable mechanisms. Orange collaborates with various national and international non-governmental organizations, as well as local initiatives, to adopt a community-based approach that improves the response’s impact on the humanitarian crisis and provides sustainable and alternative solutions.
Job Purpose:
The Grants and Partnership Coordinator is responsible for leading the grants and partnership portfolio within the organization. This includes managing the full cycle of grants management, strengthening donor relations, coordinating proposal development, ensuring compliance with donor regulations, and overseeing partnership frameworks with local and international actors. The role ensures that grant processes are implemented efficiently and strategically, aligning with organizational priorities and donor requirements.
Duties, objectives, and competencies:
1. Grants Management:
· Oversee the full cycle of grants management, from proposal development to grant closure.
· Ensure timely submission of high-quality proposals, concept notes, and donor reports.
· Coordinate with finance, programs, and operations teams to ensure compliance with donor regulations and internal policies.
· Lead grant kick-off, review, and closeout meetings to ensure shared understanding of donor requirements and responsibilities.
· Maintain up-to-date tracking of grant deliverables, timelines, and reporting schedules.
2. Donor Engagement and Reporting:
· Serve as a primary focal point for donor communication related to grants and compliance.
· Coordinate and review narrative reports to ensure consistency, quality, and timely submission.
· Support senior management in donor engagement, preparing briefs, updates, and visibility materials as required.
· Monitor donor priorities and funding trends to inform the organization’s resource mobilization strategy.
3. Partnerships Development and Coordination:
· Lead on partnership identification, due diligence, and formalization processes (MoUs, sub-grant agreements, partnership frameworks).
· Ensure partnerships are strategically aligned with organizational goals and donor requirements.
· Facilitate regular coordination with partners to strengthen collaboration, compliance, and capacity sharing.
· Monitor partnership performance, ensuring accountability and mutual learning.
· Develop and maintain updated partner mapping relevant to strategic sectors and geographies.
4. Capacity Building:
· Mentor and supervise Grants and Partnership Officers/Assistants to build internal team capacity.
· Deliver training and coaching sessions on grants management, compliance, and donor requirements to program and operations teams.
· Contribute to the development and roll-out of internal grants management tools, templates, and SOPs.
· Represent the organization in external coordination forums related to grants, partnerships, and donor relations.
5. Strategic Input:
· Provide analysis and recommendations to senior management on funding opportunities, partnership trends, and donor engagement strategies.
· Support the development of multi-year funding strategies and donor engagement plans.
· Contribute to organizational learning by documenting lessons learned and best practices in grants and partnership management.
Requirements:
· Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, International Development, Political Science, or a related field.
· At least 5 years of relevant experience with an NGO or INGO, preferably in grants, partnerships, or donor relations.
· Experience with institutional donors (i.e. DFID, OFDA, ECHO, GIZ, UN agencies)
· Strong communication skills, including the ability to coordinate with multiple parties and external stakeholders
· Good understanding of donor compliance and proposal/reporting processes.
· Good English and Arabic language skills (spoken and written).
· Experience of training and capacity building
· Experience in report-writing and proposal development
· Ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and work well in a team environment.
· Strong computer literacy, especially in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Sound judgement and ability to make impartial recommendations
How to Apply:
· Interested candidates meeting the above criteria are invited to submit their CV clearly demonstrating relevant experience and motivation for the role.
Please note that this vacancy will close on September 5, 2025, and the position may be filled prior to this date depending on urgency and recruitment priorities.