Dan Church Aid (DCA) is a Denmark-based international NGO registered under certificate # 1083 by the Authority for Civil Society Organizations and working to improve the wellbeing of particularly the rural and pre-urban people in Ethiopia. DCA\u2019s Programme mainly focus on save live, building resilience and fighting inequality targeting highly disaster-prone areas in Oromia, Amhara, Afar, and Gambella regions.
\nDCA Ethiopia Office is looking for a competent Senior Grant Reporting Officer.
\nVacancy Number: DCA-Eth\/VA-005\/2026
\nVacancy Date: March 12, 2026
\nPost Title: Senior Grant Reporting Officer
\nRequired number: One
\nType of Contract: One year with possibility of extension
\nDuty Station: Addis Ababa
\nReporting to: Head of Business Development and Innovation
\nExpected Start Date: April 2026
\nApplication Deadline: March 21,2026
\nSalary Range: As per DCA salary Scale
\nPosition Objective
\nResponsible for coordinating and ensuring high-quality, timely, and compliant donor reporting across the country programme. The Senior Grant Reporting Officer will oversee donor compliance in project reporting, support effective coordination with implementing partners and programme teams, and ensure strong communication between the Country Office, HQ, and donors to produce high-quality reports. The role will also contribute to strengthening grant reporting systems, improving reporting quality, and ensuring that programme results and impacts are effectively documented and communicated.
\nPurpose<\/p>\n
Lead and coordinate the preparation and submission of high-quality and timely donor reports (narrative and inputs for financial reporting) in compliance with donor requirements and internal guidelines.
\nEnsure effective grant reporting and compliance with donor agreements, including adherence to reporting schedules, contractual obligations, and donor guidelines.
\nMaintain an up-to-date grant tracking and reporting system, including reporting calendars, deliverables, and donor communication records.
\nReview and consolidate inputs from program team and partners to ensure quality control, consistency, and compliance with donor reporting standards.
\nContribute to the documentation and communication of programme achievements, results, and lessons learned for donors and external stakeholders.
\nReview donor agreements to ensure clear understanding of contractual obligations, including reporting schedules, deliverables, compliance requirements, visibility clauses, and budget conditions.<\/p>\n
Engagement<\/p>\n
Coordinate closely with programme teams, finance, MEAL units, and implementing partners to collect and validate information required for donor reporting.
\nLiaise with Global Partnership and Resource Mobilization (GPRM) team HQ to ensure alignment with global grant reporting compliances, standards and procedures.
\nMaintain regular communication with donors on reporting schedules, clarifications, and follow-up queries when delegated by the supervisor.
\nSupport partners in strengthening their reporting capacity and compliance with donor requirements.
\nEngage in proposal development process that includes facilitating the proposal development process, and preparation of Annexes, coordinate with consortia as needed
\nParticipate in project review meetings, coordination platforms, and programme discussions to ensure accurate representation of project progress in reports.<\/p>\n
Delivery<\/p>\n
Properly document all the reports, grant agreements, amendments, donor correspondence in PPD (DCA Database)
\nTrack reporting deadlines and ensure timely submission of all donor reports.
\nOrganize project review meetings, coordination platforms, and programme discussions to ensure accurate representation of project progress in reports.<\/p>\n
About You<\/p>\n
Job Requirement<\/p>\n
Bachelor\u2019s Degree (BA) in International Relations, International Law, language studies, Development Studies, Social Sciences, Public Administration, or other relevant fields.
\nMinimum 5 years of relevant professional experience in grant management, donor reporting, or programme coordination within an INGO, or international development organization.
\nAdequate working knowledge of requirements and guidelines of donor.
\nGood Knowledge of project cycle management
\nExcellent proposal writing skills, with close attention to detail.
\nProven track record of developing development and humanitarian program from key institutional donors: USAID, EU, ECHO, BPRM, DANIDA and others, understand their communication requirement.
\nExcellent English oral and written language skills is required
\nAbility to effective time management
\nStrong team and communication management skills
\nCapacity to work in a busy environment and strategy to manage the workload
\nExcellent interpersonal skills and the capability to work within different cultural environments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"https:\/\/dca-1.career.emply.com\/ad\/senior\/4mip4q","_company_name":"Dan Church Aid","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[11],"job-categories":[],"job-types":[12],"class_list":{"0":"post-2372","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-expired","4":"hentry","5":"job_listing_region-ethiopia","7":"job-type-full-time"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/2372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=2372"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-categories?post=2372"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=2372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}