Director of Contracts Grants Procurement
Director of Contracts Grants Procurement
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$ 145000 - 170000
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The Director of Contracts Grants & Procurement is a key member of the global Ipas leadership team bringing advanced legal and contract expertise to drive the highest level of award management compliance and procurement strategies. This role will leverage extensive legal knowledge and complex grant management experience to ensure Ipas adheres to the most rigorous compliance standards mitigating risks and enhancing Ipass mission and strategic goals. The Director will demonstrate a deep commitment to the communities we serve embody Ipass values and provide strategic counsel and leadership to both global and regional teams.
This position manages a highperforming team that leads the creation of processes tools and training aimed at mitigating risks associated with donor requirements Ipas policies and local laws. The Director is accountable for strengthening Ipass programmatic and operational capacity to navigate complex legal frameworks ensuring compliance with donor stipulations and fostering adherence to best practices in organizational compliance contracts and grants management and procurement.
The Director will ensure a comprehensive understanding and application of compliance procedures fostering a culture of legal and contractual excellence throughout Ipas. This role will actively collaborate with global teams supporting capacitybuilding initiatives delivering advanced technical assistance and driving consistent implementation of policies procedures and lessons learned.
As Ipas continues its transition to a networked organization the Director will play a vital role in dismantling hierarchical structures supporting local decisionmaking and fostering crossfunctional collaboration with a particular focus on advancing both operational efficiency and legal accountability.
Hiring range for a USbased candidate is $145000 to $170000.00. Compensation for this position will be determined by the prevailing market rate in the employees country and the applicable statutory laws in addition to Ipass own pay philosophy and other factors such as the employees experience level and expertise.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Provide strategic oversight and guidance to Ipass global contracts and grants function ensuring the highest levels of compliance with legal donor and organizational award requirements.
- Leverage advanced legal expertise to represent Ipas in complex negotiations with donors partners and other stakeholders ensuring that terms and conditions align with Ipass strategic interests while remaining legally sound.
- Develop tailored solutions for global teams to navigate complex compliance issues balancing donor stipulations with operational flexibility in alignment with Ipass core mission and values.
- Cultivate a culture of legal and compliance excellence encouraging a balance of operational flexibility with a firm adherence to legal frameworks donor regulations and Ipas policies.
- Support the review and approval process of Ipas award terms and the seamless wellinformed transition from funded proposal to award implementation and close out.
- Lead crossfunctional collaboration with the Director of Finance and other senior leaders to ensure legal robustness of proposal budgets donor negotiations financial reporting and downstream partner agreements.
- Oversee the global procurement function developing legal and risk mitigation strategies in procurement processes including establishing legally compliant vendor agreements and identifying risks unique to country specific programs.
- Guide the development of internal policies to minimize financial contractual and legal risks ensuring that all processes and tools align with industry best practices and legal requirements.
- Provide legal and compliance subject matter expertise to shape Ipass organizational objectives strategies and budgets ensuring a proactive approach to risk management and legal adherence
- Lead the hiring and professional development of the CG&P team ensuring staff are equipped with advanced legal knowledge and skills to support the organizations compliance framework.
- Partners with Network Risk Director regarding Ipass Whistleblower/Ethics hotline program as applicable.
- Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
- A Masters degree in law business international affairs or a relevant field or Bachelors degree with extensive experience in legal compliance or award management. Proven ability to interpret and apply complex legal documents to ensure compliance mitigate risk and provide legal counsel in the context of nonprofit work.
- Eight years professional experience in the international nonprofit sector with proven expertise in award management compliance procurement and legal frameworks.
- 35 Years Management experience with demonstrated ability to build teams and promote collaboration to share learning experience and create a culture of continuous improvement to support compliance.
- Demonstrated legal or compliance expertise in contracts grants subawards and procurement with a focus on mitigating risks and maintaining adherence to complex regulatory requirements.
- Two years professional experience supporting global programs in Asia Africa and/or Latin America
- Fluency in English with excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to travel internationally up to 10
Preferred:
- Legal or compliance credentials such as JD LLM or certifications in international contracts or compliance.
- Direct experience managing multiregion grants and navigating complex legal and compliance landscapes.
- Fluency in a second language utilized at Ipas preferred for international legal collaboration
Competencies:
Decisive Risk Management and Problem Solving
Anticipates challenges and proactively identifies solutions. Gathers necessary inputs analyzes available data assesses potential risks and makes informed decisions even in the absence of complete information. Documents the analysis objectives and desired outcomes of key decisions. Reviews the impact and consequences of decisions and learns openly from mistakes.
Communication and Collaboration
Actively listens fosters trust and communicates effectively with team members. Works collaboratively across organizational teams ensuring clear and concise sharing of information and ideas.
Critical Guidance and Conflict Management
Skilled in addressing conflict and providing constructive guidance with empathy and factual clarity. Delivers difficult feedback thoughtfully and encourages team members to express their concerns. Facilitates the development of skills for turning difficult conversations into productive valued exchanges. Understands the benefits of conflict and supports colleagues in embracing diverse perspectives learning from one another and cocreating innovative solutions.
Take the Work Seriously but Not Yourself
Strives for excellence while acknowledging that perfection is unattainable. Embraces mistakes with humility and humor understanding that the pursuit of perfection should never hinder the mission to support and serve women and girls effectively.
Ipas is strongly committed to providing a work environment that is free from all forms of harassment discrimination and inequity. We recruit employ train promote and compensate our personnel without regard to race age sex religion national origin color creed ancestry citizenship caste ethnicity regional identity tribal identity marital status veteran status disability genetic information gender identity transgender status sexual orientation or any other personal characteristic protected by law or outlined by Ipas policy. Ipas acknowledges that these personal characteristics may differ in different contexts.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
