Overview
Provides technical support and grant management for the Malawi Ending Child Marriage (ECM) portfolio, ensuring programme design and delivery align with UNICEF/global standards and donor requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Provides overall technical and grant management for the Malawi ECM portfolio.
- Facilitates coordination with Government, CSO partners, World Bank, UN system, and other external partners.
- Provides quality assurance across all districts and implementing partners, including safeguarding and survivor-centred standards.
- Leads grant management, providing timely and quality feedback on implementation actions.
- Monitors implementation and analyzes changes in targeted districts, using evidence to inform programming.
- Liaises with the partner and supports reporting requirements.
- Supports coordination linking Malawi programming to Ethiopia, Kenya, and Nigeria.
- Works with communications and partnerships team to identify key moments for visibility.
- Coordinates with other partners working on ECM to mitigate risks of duplication and/or overlap.
- Supports risk management and identification of mitigating actions.
- Supports documentation for scale-up initiatives and archiving of grant-related information.
- Provides technical support for capacity building activities.
- Supports the review of key grant and/or technical documents.
- Undertakes monitoring visits to project sites.
Required Experience
- A minimum of seven (7) years of relevant work experience in child protection is required with a bachelor's degree, OR a minimum of five (5) years of work experience in child protection with a master's degree.
- At least 3 years of proven experience in coordinating large scale grants.
- Experience in implementation of ending child marriage programming at national and district level.
- Strong analytical and report writing skills.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills.
- Desired: Experience working with the UN.
- Desired: Work experience in a low-income country.
- Desired: Experience working in emergencies is an asset.
Qualifications
- A Master’s degree in international development, social science, human rights, psychology, or another relevant field is required.
- A combination of a Bachelor's degree with an additional 2 years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the education requirements.
