Grants Field Officer (Bilingual) - Somaliland

The UK Government (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office - FCDO) has a vision of a world free from Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) by 2030, in line with the SDGs. A programme has been established entitled ‘Support to the Africa-led movement (ALM) to end FGM/C’ to contribute to global efforts to achieve that vision. Following a co-creation period, programme implementation began in September 2021.

This programme will support and build the capacity of the Africa Led Movement to end FGM/C at multiple levels and at scale, working in partnership with the rest of the FGM/C movement, complementing UN agencies (such as the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on FGM/C), Saleema initiative, other alliances (such as Girls not Brides etc.) and grassroots Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), women’s and girls’ movements, etc.

The programme includes two consortia working in close collaboration. Options leads a consortium including Amref Health Africa, ActionAid UK, Orchid Project, ACCAF and University of Portsmouth to implement the ‘Support to the Africa Led Movement to End FGM/C. Population Council is implementing ‘The FGM/C Data Hub: Data and Measurement Support to the Africa Led Movement to end FGM/C’.

The programme is currently being implemented in Kenya, Senegal, Ethiopia and Somaliland.

• Ensures that all grantees’ activities are designed in alignment with the TGG-ALM community implementation model.
• Conduct periodic monitoring site visits to grantees programme locations.
• Support regular analysis of data generation by grantees partners, supporting a culture of ongoing learning and programme adaptation.
• Work closely with Grants Lead on setting organizational capacity-building priorities and directions and responding to consortium partner requests for technical support.
• Support anchor partners to routinely carry out grantees’ organizational capacity assessments, setting institutional development milestones and support towards their realization.
• Be responsible for M&E for capacity building - to design and implement a plan to track data/results related to organizational capacity building to inform adjustments in project implementation.

• Significant experience in managing programmes and grants, with a proven track record in offering technical support to grassroots organisations in remote and diverse contexts, across a multi-region programme (minimum 5 years ).
• Experience in designing and coordinating delivery of grassroots capacity building plans.
• Experience in Monitoring and Evaluation
• Strategic thinking, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven experience on working on programmes relating to FGM/C, GBV or similar.
• Fluency in English and Somali (spoken, written, reading)
• Ability to travel locally(50%) and internationally(15%) as required.

Options offers a competitive, comprehensive benefits package specific to each country, for further information please contact HR at opportunities@options.co.uk.

Application Process

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interview.
• Please note that this role will be subject to full pre-employment background checks including criminal record check, identification check, employment references and right to work verification (where appropriate).