{"id":3787232,"url":"https://alion.io/job/abt-global-senior-grants-procurement-manager-path","title":"Senior Grants Procurement Manager | PATH","company":{"id":1810542,"name":"Abt Global","domain":"abtglobal.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/abtglobal","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Oracle","truth_index":null},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea"],"countries":["PG"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":10,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-04T23:26:34Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-04","last_verified_at":"2026-11-10T00:24:50Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":5,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":5},"description":"Senior Grants Procurement Manager|PATH\nCommencement: January 2026\n\nContract duration is up to 2028, with a possibility for extension\n\nBased in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea\n\nOpen to all applicants\n\nAbout the Program\nAbt Global implements seven (7) Australian Government Programs in PNG. These programs are;\nAustralia PNG Economic Partnership (APEP)\n\nAustralia PNG Subnational Program (APSP)\n\nPNG-Australia Transition to Health (PATH)\n\nPNG Partnerships for Improving Education (PIE)\n\nPNG Secondary Education Program (PSEP)\n\nPNG Women’s Lead (PNGWL)\n\nPNG Australia Institutional Partnerships Program (PIPP)\n\nAbout the Opportunity\nReporting directly to the Country Manager, the Senior Grants and Procurement Manager will lead the Grants Management, Fraud Compliance and Procurement teams supporting all Abt programs.\nThe role leads application of Abt Global’s grants, fraud compliance and procurement principles and standards in Abt PNG and drives a strategic and cohesive approach to grants and procurement management across the organisation. The Senior Grants and Procurement Manager ensures all grants support, fraud risk assessments and procurement processing is implemented effectively, compliantly, and efficiently. More specifically, the role is responsible for:\nproviding strategic advice for grant awards and implementation in accordance with the Commonwealth Grant Rules and Guidelines and Abt grants management policy and procedure\n\nfraud compliance in line with the Commonwealth Fraud and Corruption Control Framework and Abt fraud controls\n\nprocurement document preparation and processing and market approach design and management in accordance with the Commonwealth Procurement Rules and Abt procurement policy and procedure.\n\nThe position has manager-level team member reports, and indirectly oversees non-manager level team members, comprising 10-15 staff in total. Further, the Senior Grants and Procurement Manager works closely with Team Leaders, Operations Leads and Program Managers responsible for managing grants and procurement, together with relevant Shared Services Managers such as Contracts and Finance\nKey responsibilities\nThe Senior Grants and Procurement Manager will work to support a “whole of Abt PNG” ethos to establish an effective and efficient integrated operating environment for grant-making to partners, managing organisational fraud risk, and procuring goods and services from suppliers for the programs.\nThe Senior Grants and Procurement Manager is responsible for:\nLeadership and Strategic Advice\nProvide leadership and supervision of the Grants, Fraud Compliance and Procurement teams including staff performance reviews and capacity building.\nCreate and maintain cohesive teams built on trust, transparency, and open communication through regular individual and team meetings.\nProvide strategic advice to programs to ensure:The management of grants complies with the regulatory framework, in particular the Commonwealth Grant Rules and Guidelines and relevant operational standards,\nThe completion of fraud risk assessment complies with relevant operational standards, and\nThe delivery of procurement complies with the regulatory framework, in particular the Commonwealth Procurement Rules and relevant operational standards.\n\nWork with programs to identify the appropriate grants or procurement delivery modality for implementing activities to produce outputs, achieve outcomes and realise impacts.\n\nMaintain high-level oversight of grants, fraud compliance and procurement requests and tasks to ensure a holistic understanding and consistency of the Abt PNG grant portfolio, fraud risk assessment requirements and procurement pipeline.\nProvide specialist technical advice to ensure effective risk management on:All phases of grant-making and grant management (Pre-award, Implementation and Closure) to programs\nAll phases of fraud compliance, including external contract fraud risk rating, medium/high risk assessment, fraud spot-checks, and internal fraud prevention advice and support including training.\nAll phases of procurement procedure and management, including procurement planning, risk assessment, closed/open approaches to market, submission evaluation and supplier contracting.\n\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams including Contracts and Finance to streamline procurement workflows, enhance coordination, and eliminate process inefficiencies.\nSupport effective and consistent stakeholder engagement where requested by programs with external stakeholders including the client (AHC), grant partners, and procurement suppliers\nOther duties as requested by the Country Manager, and in collaboration with Teams Leads, Ops Leads, and Shared Services Managers.\nGrants Management\nLead the grant award procedure in collaboration with programs, including providing advice on procedural requirements and reviewing required award documents, liaising closely with Contracts team on grant agreement instructions and drafting.\nSupport reviewing contract variations for amending and extending grant agreements\nSupervise the Grants team in performing grants management tasks to a high standard and in a timely way, in line with Grants policy and procedure, together with the terms and conditions in grant agreements, including grant budget reviews, grant financial report acquittals and samples, grant independent audit reviews, and grant close out process.\nSupport the Grants team to address more complex program queries and challenges, such as contract non-compliance and payment and tax issues.\nIdentify and organise program and grant partner training needs for grants management in accordance with grants policy, process and practice.\nOversee the Grants team maintaining and updating complete online grants management document records, deliverables trackers and tasks lists.\nSupport the team reporting suspected or actual fraud cases arising from grants tasks\nFraud Compliance\nSupervise the Fraud Manager to complete the key fraud compliance tasks for grant partner and procurement supplier contracts, including fraud risk rating, medium/high fraud risk assessment, and fraud spot-checks.\nLead the design of fraud prevention and detection support to the programs in collaboration with the Fraud Manager, including reviewing and strengthening program risk registers for fraud control and ongoing treatment, identifying and considering fraud policy and procedure changes, designing and delivering general fraud risk management training and dedicated fraud risk control training, determining and designing other fraud prevention support if required, and linking fraud prevention to fraud compliance and fraud investigation for a coordinated organisational approach to fraud risk management in PNG.\nOversee the Fraud Manager maintaining and updating records using online tools and systems.\nCollaborate closely with Brisbane HO, Legal, Teams Leads, Ops Leads and program colleagues in managing fraud compliance and strengthen fraud prevention.\nProcess and principles\nConsider and address any systemic or ongoing grants, fraud compliance or procurement issues arising from process and practice, including reviewing and amending procedure, tools and agreements if required in collaboration with Brisbane HQ. \nDevelop and implement SMART KPIs to track and improve each team’s performance.\nEnsure all grants, fraud compliance and procurement activities are performed in a fully professional, transparent, and ethical manner to deliver value for money and manage relevant risk.\nEncourage team members to report suspected and actual fraud incidents immediately.\nKey deliverables\nEnsure grants, fraud compliance and procurement services are delivered to the program to a high quality and in a timely manner in line with policy, procedure, and meeting KPIs.\nReview and revise procedures and tools as required to address implementation challenges, practice changes and other issues.\nManage the teams effectively, considering different levels and functions in team structures.\nEnsure team records are well-maintained and fit for purpose.\nReport regularly to the Country Manager on service and team developments and concerns.\nCollaborate closely within organisation, including Team Leads, Ops Leads, program colleagues and Shared Services Managers.\nKey working relationships\nCountry Manager\nTeam Leads\nOperation Leads\nProgram colleagues \nShared Services Managers\nAbt Corporate\nGrant partners and procurement suppliers if required\nAbout You\nFor applications to be considered, a response to the key selection criteria below must be provided.\nQualifications\nPost graduate qualifications in law, social sciences, management, accounting, finance, or a related discipline.\nKnowledge\nExcellent knowledge of grant management processes (end to end) and regulatory frameworks including the Commonwealth Grant Rules and Guidelines and with a particular emphasis on financial management (and audits).\nDemonstrated high-level knowledge of procurement in a complex large program environment (preferably in the international development context), including the Commonwealth Procurement Rules.\nSound knowledge and practical experience of fraud risk management approaches, including the Commonwealth Fraud and Corruption Control Framework.\nSkills/Experience\nExtensive (10+ yrs) demonstrated senior management experience in the establishment and implementation of grant programs (funded by international organisations) with the capacity to offer high level strategic grants management advice, particularly in the PNG context.\nDemonstrated ability to implement procurement procedures that support value for money, efficient, effective, economical and ethical procurement, and accountability and transparency of operations in line with the Commonwealth Procurement Rules and relevant policies and procedures.\nSignificant relevant professional stakeholder engagement experience dealing with a broad range of partner organisations including Government, INGOs, academic and research institutions, private sector and community based civil society organisations and special interest groups, especially in a cross-cultural context.\nPersonal Attributes\nAbility to work both independently and as part of a team to achieve goals.\nTenacity, and the ability to deal with multiple projects across a range of stakeholders.\nTact and diplomacy when dealing with sensitive and confidential material.\nAbility to work within ambiguous and changing circumstances.\nAbility to build quick rapport with various individuals and groups across a very broad range of organisational and community settings.\nHigh-level written and verbal communication skills, and organisation and administration skills.\nHigh-level attention to detail in meeting multiple deadlines ensuring consistently high-level work output and quality\nHow to Apply\nPlease ensure to address the Key Selection Criteria (About You) in your cover letter, and submit your application online, along with your CV as a single document.\n\nApplications must be submitted personally by individuals only. Applications submitted by a company or organisation will not be accepted.\n\nThe successful applicant will be engaged through an employment agreement determined by Abt.\n\nWe welcome and thank all applications; however only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.\nClosing Date: 22 November 2026 (Midday, local time) #LI-AUSBRIT\nAbt Global is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to upholding high standards of Child Protection, Anti-bribery and Fraud Protection.\nWe encourage applications from experienced and capable women, and people with disabilities\nAbout Us\nAbt Global is a mission-driven, global leader with a proven track record in complex program implementation in the international development sector. We offer bold solutions and technical excellence in Health, Economic Growth, Governance, Research & Evaluation, Environment & Energy, Gender Equality & Social Inclusion. 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