Senior Grants and Compliance Manager, Child SAFE

CRS•Baltimore, MD

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About The Position

The Senior Grants and Compliance Manager provides oversight of grants and compliance systems across CRS’s global Child SAFE program, with a focus on sub-award management under an FAA. The role leads implementation, standardization, and ongoing strengthening of policies, procedures, and operational frameworks to ensure consistent, compliant application across participating country programs and partners. It is accountable for system performance, compliance integrity, and operational effectiveness across the portfolio, while advancing institutional learning and harmonized practices to support rapid, accountable emergency responses. The position leads grant and FAA oversight, reporting and milestone systems, and compliance risk management across ChildSAFE countries and partners. It collaborates with program quality, MEAL, SDP, finance, global supply chain, and global risk and compliance teams. The role also strengthens staff and partner capacity through tools, guidance, and training, supports partner and country program institutional strengthening, and provides budget and forecasting inputs to the Chief of Party. The position has supervisory responsibilities and requires willingness and ability to travel up to 20%.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in grants management, compliance, or humanitarian operations.
Experience supporting global or multi-country programs.
Experience in complex emergency contexts.
Advanced knowledge of donor regulations and CRS compliance systems.
Strong systems-thinking and policy-development capabilities.
Strong presentation, facilitation, training, mentoring, and coaching skills.
Ability to think strategically and solve problems collaboratively.
Ability to lead complex global initiatives and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
Ability to be proactive, self-motivated, resourceful, and results-oriented.
Solid knowledge of humanitarian best practices, operational standards, and evolving guidance for emergency field operations.
Fluency in English.
Willingness and ability to travel up to 20%.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in a relevant field.
Experience effectively supervising and managing a team.
Experience implementing or supporting humanitarian programming.
Spanish or French language skills.

Responsibilities

Lead development and implementation of ChildSAFE FAA sub-award compliance policies, procedures, and systems.
Establish and maintain standardized grant management and compliance frameworks, tools, and protocols aligned with donor regulations, CRS policies, and host-government requirements.
Provide detailed oversight of ChildSAFE grant and FAA management across the portfolio.
Support development, review, and approval of agreements at CRS and sub-recipient levels, ensuring compliance with CRS and donor requirements.
Support timely assessments of partner capacity and ability to meet donor requirements, and develop action plans with program and finance staff to address gaps.
Oversee the full grant lifecycle and promote operational efficiency at scale.
Develop and maintain tracking and communications systems for sub-recipient reporting deadlines, milestones, expiration dates, and donor-approved changes in grant procedures.
Collaborate with CRS program quality, MEAL, SDP, finance, global supply chain, and global risk and compliance workstreams.
Design and implement ChildSAFE reporting frameworks and practices for tracking grant performance, compliance, and operational progress.
Track milestone progress, completion, and payment, and maintain partner milestone records for audit purposes.
Establish reporting systems and tools that support monitoring, decision-making, and alignment across program, compliance, and operational functions.
Oversee quality assurance of country-level and partner reports, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and alignment with CRS and donor requirements while identifying trends, gaps, and risks.
Oversee consolidation and review of ChildSAFE reports before submission to donors and internal stakeholders.
Guide CRS staff and partners on reporting standards and requirements, and continuously improve reporting practices and systems.
Provide budget and forecasting inputs to support the Chief of Party.
Lead identification and mitigation of systemic compliance and operational risks across ChildSAFE countries.
Establish project compliance monitoring mechanisms and controls in line with CRS policies and procedures.
Support audit readiness and integrate lessons learned into systems.
Monitor compliance with donor regulations, award conditions, consortium agreements, and CRS policies across participating countries and partners.
Strengthen grants and compliance capacity among CRS staff and partners through tools, guidance, and training, particularly for FAA sub-awards.
Promote organizational learning and continuous improvement across ChildSAFE programming.
Support institutional strengthening of partners and country programs based on CRS and CI partnership principles.
Provide support for timely resolution of partner challenges.