Grants Specialist – Climate Resilience Program

About the role

The Grants Specialist will support the Australia‑Cambodia Partnership for Climate Resilience (ACP4Climate) by managing the full grants lifecycle, from solicitation to close‑out, ensuring transparent and inclusive processes that strengthen climate‑resilient water governance across Cambodia.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the entire grants cycle, including planning, award, implementation, monitoring, reporting and close‑out.
• Deliver transparent, competitive and inclusive grant processes for local partners.
• Coordinate grant agreements, due diligence, budgets, milestones, reporting, payments and related documentation.
• Monitor partner performance, expenditure and compliance, supporting audits and field monitoring.
• Build partner capacity and provide guidance on compliance, financial management, safeguarding and reporting.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business administration, management, international development or related field.
• 3–5 years’ experience in grants or partner‑fund management on donor‑funded programmes.
• Strong knowledge of donor compliance, due diligence, financial management, risk management and audit requirements.
• Excellent communication skills in Khmer and English.

Required skills

• Financial management, including budget review and expenditure monitoring.
• Risk identification and mitigation.