Manager – Grant Management

2 days ago

Kolkata, West Bengal, India CRY - Child Rights & You Full time ₹ 12,00,000 - ₹ 24,00,000 per year
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Our longest serving employee has worked in CRY for over 31 years so we're clearly doing something right that resonates with our people – and that is making a real difference

Manager – Grant Management

Kolkata, preferred

Function /Division: Grant Management

Location: Kolkata, preferred

About CRY:

CRY is India's most trusted NGO working on the issue of child rights for the last 45 years. Over the years CRY has impacted the lives of over 3 million children in India. CRY has many firsts to her credit over the years in Resource Generation, Programme, Brand Communications, People practices, and Finance. CRY's reach is Pan India with a presence in 15 states. CRY works to ensure happier childhoods for India's children.

We are seeking a Manager – Grant Management, who will be an integral part of the Grant Management team, to support/ lead grant project governance, ensure comprehensive grant financial analysis, coordinate and strengthen accurate and timely donor reporting, and maintain audit readiness across a diverse and growing portfolio of grants.

The role has evolved significantly, now overseeing a larger number of projects, deeper coordination responsibilities, more frequent donor reporting cycles, and key contributions to organisational systems and governance.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Grant Governance

  • Independently coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure end-to-end governance process across assigned grants and contribute to achieving 100% utilisation.
  • Anchor the governance calls for assigned grants, including pre-call, in-call, and post-call tasks, review previous MoMs, and ensure follow-ups on action points.
  • Coordinate to ensure documentation, branding, photographs, and program evidence, in sync with evolving donor requirements.

2. Grant Financial Analysis

  • Contribute to grant analysis, including analysis of budgets, tracking and review of financial utilisation, identifying trends and patterns in utilisation and capturing learnings.
  • Work closely with the Finance team to identify gaps and follow-up action points in financial utilisation. Also coordinate to ensure financial reporting compliance as per MoU.

3. Donor Reporting

  • Anchor coordination with internal stakeholders to ensure informed collation of accurate, comprehensive and timely donor reports, following MoU.
  • Support Resource Generation and Program teams in preparation of donor presentation decks for donor meetings.

4. Audit Readiness & Documentation

  • Maintain archival of grant-related documents as per SOP and checklists.
  • Actively participate in national task groups to collect and review archived documents as per audit checklists.

Key skills:

  • Analytical skills, particularly ability to interpret financial data and derive actionable insights.
  • Process management in sync with SOP, attention to detail in reporting and documentation.
  • Understanding and adhering to internal systems. Internal Coordination with multiple internal stakeholders, across multiple locations, to support smooth grant operations.
  • Ability to work with optimum supervision and multitask within a tightly held timeline.

Must have:

  • Proficiency in MS Excel.
  • Proficiency in project management tools and practices.

Qualifications & Experience:

  • Graduate/Postgraduate degree in Development Studies, Management or related fields.
  • 5–8 years of experience in grant management, financial analysis or program operations.

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