**JOB TITLE**
Award Officer, Award Management Unit (AMU)
**LOCATION**
Based in Mexico
**SUPERVISOR**
Award Manager, AMU
**ABOUT INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FOUNDATION (IYF®)**
**PURPOSE OF THE ROLE**
To support IYF programs focused on delivering IYF's strategy, with key objectives related to youth agency, economic opportunity (employability and entrepreneurship) and youth-inclusive systems, ensuring compliance with donor requirements and IYF's award management process.
**CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES**
This position will work across projects in countries where IYF is operations across the Americas.. Additional program assignments will be determined based on institutional need, funding availability, and specific knowledge or skills required for particular awards. Levels of effort, degrees of responsibility, and specific tasks within these core functions may also adjust for each project in the position's portfolio, depending on award complexity, funder requirements, and country office or project team staffing structure.
- **Award Management**: Support the project team to ensure effective award management. Assistance will include reviews of project budgets and workplans and subaward management of a large number of partners;
- **Grants and Contracts**: Lead compliance reviews and provide counsel on grants and contract requests; draft and process grant agreements, contracts, and license agreements in collaboration with local partners, with Finance staff, and with country offices, to help ensure satisfactory delivery of project goals. Lead quarterly audits on the Grantmaking platform for the department and helps review and update agreement and request templates as needed.
- **Compliance**: Provide compliance guidance for assigned projects, including knowledge of donor rules/regulations and related IYF policies/procedures, to support compliance (grants and contracts in particular). Will also serve as a compliance point of contact with donors.
- **Business Development**: Lead compliance reviews and due diligence processes for new business/proposal development efforts as assigned, which may include participating in project design; drafting proposal inputs; and provide inputs pertaining to award management and appropriate budgeting of activities, among others.
- _Perform other duties as assigned._
**REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE**
- Demonstrated experience in compliance and award management in non-profits, preferably with both private and public donors.
- Detail-oriented, with excellent time management and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgement and determine when escalation of matters is required.
- Ability to identify problems and risks in a timely manner, make recommendations and work well in group problem-solving and risk management situations.
- Highly developed interpersonal, listening and communications skills appropriate for efficient and effective collaboration in a multicultural, international environment.
- High degree of cultural competency; ability to work with a highly diverse team.
- Excellent oral and written communications skills in English and professional proficiency in at least one other IYF working language (Spanish, French) required.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally.
- Excellent computer skills, including use of MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint). Experience using online survey programs, management information systems (e.g. Salesforce), Blackbaud Grantmaking, and/or collaboration platforms (e.g. OneNote and SharePoint) is an added benefit.
- Bachelor's Degree or commensurate experience in a field relevant to IYF's mission and programs, plus 3-8 years of related experience.
- Experience working with international donor-funded programs.
**SALARY**:
$388,125-$517,500 MXP per year, Dependent on experience
The International Youth Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- Please note only finalists will be contacted. No phone calls please._
