Jobs in Ghana

ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE :

For more than 43 million people, blindness is a daily reality; another 295 million suffer from moderate to severe vision impairment. 90% of these people live in low-and middle-income communities where access to eye care is limited and the challenges for those who can’t see are severe. But, there is hope : 80% of this burden is treatable or preventable. For example, 17 million blind people could be cured with a 10-minute cataract surgery. Millions more suffer from corneal blindness, which is often preventable or treatable. At the Cure Blindness Project, we believe avoidable blindness can – and must – be overcome. For more than 25 years, we have worked alongside a capable network of collaborators to help people around the world retain and regain their sight by developing high-quality, cost-effective eye care systems in underserved areas of the world. With the help of partners in more than 25 countries, Cure Blindness Project has provided more than 1.4 million sight-restoring surgeries and screened more than 14.5 million people to provide care and basic treatments. We’ve trained more than 19,500 eye health professionals, and have established 5 eye hospitals. There is more work left to do, but we can overcome the mountain of global blindness, together.

Cure Blindness Project is expanding our team to meet new challenges, scale our work, and broaden our reach. We are seeking individuals who are passionate about changing lives and want to be a part of a team that works together to reach new heights. We are invested in building a positive team dynamic to bring the work to life.

VISION :  We will be the catalyst to create a world in which no one is needlessly blind.

MISSION :  We enable countries to end avoidable blindness by developing high quality, cost-effective eye care systems in underserved areas of the world so everyone everywhere can regain or retain their sight.

SCOPE OF WORK :

The Post-Award Senior Coordinator is a key member of the grant implementation team, responsible for managing the post-award phase of grants and contracts, ensuring successful implementation and compliance with funder and organizational requirements. The Post-Award Senior Coordinator reports to the Grants Manager with a matrixed reporting structure to the Manager, Programs Operations. The role involves close collaboration with the Global Programs – Asia and Africa teams, and other internal team members to oversee the financial, administrative, and compliance aspects of the awarded projects. The coordinator supports grant management from award receipt through project completion and closeout.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS :

Post-Award Administration :

• Lead the implementation of awarded grants by coordinating post-award activities, ensuring compliance with funder milestones and requirements.
• Collaborate with Project Leads in our core countries (Ghana, Ethiopia, Nepal, India and Bhutan) to ensure timely activation of projects, monitor progress and track project deliverables and milestones.
• Coordinate operational tasks related to grant implementation through regular check-in calls to monitor project performance, ensuring that activities are carried out according to the approved budget and timeline.
• Support communication and coordination between technical, finance, and operations teams to ensure award implementation runs smoothly and efficiently.
• Support Project Leads in tracking and monitoring project expenditures, ensuring alignment with budget guidelines and funder terms.
• Work with Project Leads and the communications team to document and share project impact.
• Assist Project Leads in developing contingency plans to handle unexpected events that could impact our projects, ensuring continuity of operations and fund usage.
• Provide virtual training to new team members on award implementation, as necessary.
• Support the annual budget planning and workplan development processes, which matches future activities with awards.

Award Reporting and Closeout :

Collaboration and Coordination :

QUALIFICATIONS

To be successful in this role, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily

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The Cure Blindness Project encourages applications from people of all races, religions, national origins, genders, sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions, and ages, as well as veterans and individuals with disabilities.