🇲🇷 ESC Volunteering in Mauritania ✍️ Grants and Reporting Volunteer With a Humanitarian Organisation 🤝

Description

You will contribute to the quality, compliance and timeliness of Action Against Hunger's proposals and reports in Mauritania, with particular support to projects funded by the European Union (ECHO) and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS). Under the supervision of the Grants and Reporting Manager, you will support the preparation of proposals and concept notes, the follow-up of contracts, as well as the writing and proofreading of narrative reports, in conjunction with the Program, MEAL and Finance teams. You will also contribute to the coordination of consortia, monitoring donors, capitalizing on good practices and building the capacities of teams on donor requirements. You will support the preparation of proposals and concept notes, report writing and ensure quality and compliance; contribute to the monitoring of contracts and commitments to donors; you will contribute to capacity building, internal coordination, knowledge capitalization and management.

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements

We cover your accommodation, travel, visa, medical checkup and vaccinations costs, and you will be provided with monthly pocket money for your free time and personal hygiene. During the deployment you will be provided with a laptop and phone of the organization to ensure the means to carry out the activities. In case of belonging to one of the Fewer Opportunities categories (please, check the details with the organization) additional inclusion measures and benefits will be applied.

Training during the activity

During the deployment you will have access to the full catalog of training courses offered on ACF Virtual Campus and will have the opportunity to benefit from additional external courses.

Participant profile

You have a diploma (Bac+4/5) in project management, international cooperation, social sciences or development economics and possibly first experience in grant management, proposal or report writing, ideally in an NGO. Your written expression in French is Excellent. The knowledge of English is an asset. You are a proficient user of Excel, Word and PowerPoint and interested in tracking tools. You are able of autonomy, are adaptable and enjoy multicultural teamwork. You are rigorous, organized and respectful of deadlines. You will join our field teams engaged in humanitarian operations and have the opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills in a well-recognized international organization dedicated to the fight against hunger. You will gain first-hand experience of humanitarian action, life in the field, and high-impact interventions. If what you are looking for is not a tourist or travel experience but a meaningful humanitarian experience that will challenge you and contribute to both your personal and professional growth, this is the place for you.

Activity details

Activity type

Individual volunteering

Activity dates

A total of 52 week(s) during the period 30/11/2026 to 29/11/2027

Location

NOT 126 Tevragh Zeina/BP 1990, Nouakchott, Mauritania

Deadline

No application deadline

Project code

2025-1-EACEA-VOLUN-101252245

Topics

Looking for participants from

37 countries can apply. The activity takes place in 🇲🇷 Mauritania.