Senior Assistant, Awards Management Team (Africa - UK)

About the role

The Awards Management Team (AMT) supports Prosper Global's country teams in implementing high-quality programmes, handling award management, new funding opportunities and stakeholder liaison. The Senior Assistant provides advanced administrative, logistical and knowledge management support to the AMT Lead, AMT Manager and Programme Officers, keeping workflows organised, managing programme information and data and liaising with other Global and Regional departments. The position is based in the UK, with a preference for Edinburgh.

Key responsibilities

• Awards management support: track donor requirements, reporting deadlines and reminders; help AMOs review, edit, assemble and format donor reports and other deliverables; take notes of check-in calls; prepare award initiation summaries and support close-out processes; support donor portal reporting and content uploading.
• Proposal support: track and identify upcoming proposals, draft standard annexes (e.g. Past Performance Reports, capacity statements), copy-edit, obtain signatures and compile submissions.
• Administrative support: help plan projects and meetings, coordinate signatures on agreements and other duties as assigned.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in International Development or a related field, or equivalent education and 3+ years of administrative support experience.
• Demonstrated experience supporting large, diverse teams, preferably remotely; prior NGO or international development experience preferred.
• Fluency in written and spoken English; French is preferred.
• Detail-oriented, able to work under pressure, with strong organisational skills and collaboration across cultures and time zones.

Required skills

• MS Office: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint.
• Ability to handle up to 10% travel to country programmes, including to insecure locations.