Usaid Funding Specialist

**Overview**:
As an USAID Funding Specialist, you will play a crucial role in supporting our partners with USAID registration process. Your responsibilities will primarily involve assisting in the planning, coordination, execution, and evaluation of USAID related services to different organizations. This role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and a commitment to fostering learning and professional development.

**What we are expecting from you**
- Register our NGO partners on USAID platforms.
- Prepare programs and proposals to help the organizations get better funding from USAID.
- Prepare our NGO partners on honing their skills on proposal writing and funding from USAID.
- Help our partners build and/or improve their partnerships with USAID.

**What you will bring to the table**
- Bachelor’s degree in international development, education, business administration, or related field.
- Experience on how USAID funding processes operate.
- Experience in delivering training and/or consultancy to NGOs on how to work with USAID
- Familiarity with USAID policies, procedures, and programs
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to multitask, prioritize tasks, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to interact effectively with diverse stakeholders, including USAID staff, partners, and vendors.
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team, demonstrating flexibility, adaptability, and a positive attitude towards learning and professional growth.

**Benefits**:

- Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
- Opportunities for professional development and advancement.
- Flexible work schedule and remote work options.
- A supportive and collaborative work environment focused on continuous learning and growth.

**Why this is going to be a great opportunity**

You will join an internationally distributed team, working 100% online in an agile methodology. Working in sprints for NGOs and IGOs worldwide, you will be a trusted and valued team member in charge of client projects.

There is no fixed hierarchy, and you will sometimes find yourself the lead on work, and sometimes as a team member. Teams are self-forming, so you can heavily influence how far you like to go in our career. Whilst working with an ever-increasing degree of autonomy after your onboarding phase, you can rely on project leaders and consultants across the globe for help, support and advice.

MzN is a small, agile organization. We trust each other and treat each other with respect. We work at peak productivity, with intense sprints and lower demand times, operating in a customized online environment that purposely minimizes internal meetings, administrative tasks or regulation. You can work where, when and how you like. In addition to flexible holidays, we pay particular attention to ensure that everyone’s personal circumstances and ambitions are considered. We are all parents, spouses, family members, athletes and conscious people. And whilst we work hard, we also switch off and play hard

**Application Process**: