Award Management Team Programme Officer, Africa – NL (preferred) or UK

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Position description

Barely enough is not enough for anyone. Prosper Global is a humanitarian organization working alongside communities facing conflict, climate change, and economic hardship to meet urgent needs and create the conditions for lasting progress. Today’s challenges demand new solutions, so we pair local knowledge with global resources to help communities build what’s needed, test what’s possible, and scale what’s proven so that people everywhere can pursue a full life on their own terms. In 2026, we changed our name from Mercy Corps to Prosper Global, to reflect our belief that when every community can prosper, all of humanity moves forward.

The Awards Management Team

The Awards Management Team (AMT) works in lockstep with Prosper Global’ country teams to ensure they have the resources, tools, and information they need to succeed in the implementation of high-quality programs across three areas by:

• Stewarding award management from kick-off to close out, supporting adherence to donor requirements, aligning donor contractual deliverables with internal program quality and compliance standards to deliver program impact, resolving compliance issues, and promoting knowledge management;
• Contributing to strategic new business development by identifying new funding opportunities, supporting high-quality program design, and leading submission efforts aligned with donor requirements; and
• Serving as liaison between Prosper Global’ program teams and their most critical relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Prosper Global works across 14 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, leading a large and diverse portfolio of programming with a focus on fragile and conflict-affected countries and regions. Across the region, Prosper Global works to address the interrelated and compounding factors that drive vulnerability, including conflict and climate shocks, responding to humanitarian needs while strengthening the systems that contribute to stability, economic growth, inclusive governance and sustainable service delivery. Key areas of focus include resilience, economic opportunity, market systems development, climate adaptation, water security, food security, governance, peacebuilding, youth employment and humanitarian response. The region also presents growing opportunities for private-sector engagement, blended finance, and innovative partnership models, enabling Prosper Global to bridge relief and long-term development needs through climate-smart, evidence-driven and market-oriented programming.

The Position

The Awards Management Team Programme Officer (AMT PO) supports strategic, impactful, high-quality programming within the Awards Management Team structure within Africa. They are responsible for a portfolio of institutional and private donor awards within the region, working closely with country teams and fundraising teams to oversee current awards and support new business opportunities.

Essential Responsibilities

AWARD MANAGEMENT & OVERSIGHT

• Oversee assigned portfolio of awards to ensure compliance with donor requirements, monitor overall award health, and provide guidance and oversight on award requirements (i.e., narrative reporting, prior approvals)
• Support country teams’ adherence to donor rules and regulations, serving as main point of contact for institutional donor compliance and communication, and supporting Corporate and Foundations Team (CFT) Relationship Managers with private donor communications and stewardship related to award management
• Provide guidance to country teams on narrative reporting; review reports and other award deliverables, ensuring quality and adherence to donor requirements and internal standards. Manage the submission of institutional donor reports and support CFT Relationship Managers in the submission of private donor reports.
• Facilitate internal award agreement and amendment review and negotiation processes
• Prepare and communicate award kick-off and closeout tools, including new award initiation summary
• Provide training and capacity building to country teams on award management, compliance, and donor requirements on an as-needed basis

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT

• Review assigned draft proposals for completeness, compliance, alignment with donor requirements, and overall quality; manage or support proposal and concept submissions.
• Support or lead coordination for assigned proposals or concept notes, monitoring timelines, tracking status, and communicating with relevant parties.
• May contribute to proposal writing (narrative, annexes), potentially traveling to country offices if needed.
• Coordinate with other Global and Regional departments (e.g., Finance, Compliance, Technical Support) during proposal development.
• Provide administrative support for proposal development as needed, such as drafting standard annexes (e.g., Past Performance Reports, capacity statements), copy-editing, formatting, obtaining signatures, and final compilation/submission.

DONOR LIAISON AND REPRESENTATION

• Serve as HQ focal point for donor communications on institutional award management matters, communicating updates, amendments, or key programmatic changes
• Support CFT Relationship Managers in coordinating private donor communications regarding agreement review, award updates, amendments to existing agreements, reporting deliverables and/or key programmatic changes.
• With guidance from the AMT Manager, represent regional/country interests and programs with external stakeholders.
• Participate in representational visits, events, and meetings as requested

ADMINISTRATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

• Maintain internal knowledge management systems for assigned awards (e.g., GAIT, Digital Library)
• Responsible for record retention of key award documents in accordance with record retention policy

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support internal communications, ensuring information flow between country teams, HQ, and other stakeholders.
• Facilitate learning across portfolios and share lessons learned and knowledge of agency resources/tools/best practices.
• Provide dedicated support during emergencies or complex program start-ups as assigned.
• Support regional team on special projects, as assigned.
• All other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibility

None

• Reports Directly To: Awards Management Team Manager, Africa
• Works Directly With: Regional Program teams, Country Directors and in-country Programs and Awards/Grants Management teams, Donor Compliance, International Finance, Institutional Donor Engagement, Philanthropic Growth & Engagement

Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders

Prosper Global team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work. We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field is preferred.
• 3+ years of professional experience in international relief and development, including managing the development, implementation, administration, and compliance of grants (especially government-funded awards). Field-based experience is highly desirable, ideally in Africa
• Experience with proposal development (support and writing) with various donors e.g., US Government, UK Government, European institutions (ECHO and European Commission), other European bilateral donors, private foundations, corporations.
• Experience with monitoring and evaluation and other learning efforts is preferred.
• Experience representing an organization to external stakeholders is preferred.
• Proficiency with MS Office software required (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Fluency in written and spoken English required.
• Proficiency in French is required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information clearly and concisely for various audiences.
• A detail-oriented, multi-tasker who is able to communicate clearly and work under pressure.
• A problem solver, adept in successfully dealing with issues of complexity.
• Proven ability to build and maintain strong, collaborative working relationships with diverse internal teams and external stakeholders across different cultures and time zones.
• Able to harness the expertise, experience and ideas of colleagues and effectively use this to improve their own work and support that of others.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, track deadlines, and ensure timely completion of tasks for self and direct reports.
• A demonstrable passion for, and a clear empathy with, the organization’s aims and values.

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