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The International Rescue Committee
CLOSEDGrants Manager
Maiduguri, Nigeria
Closing: Jul 7, 2024
1 day remainingPublished: Jul 2, 2024 (5 days ago)
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Person Specification
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in International Affairs, Development, International Political Economy or other relevant subjects
- 2 - 3 years working in grants management and proposal/ business development/ design
- Knowledge of donor compliance regulations (BHA, USAID, ECHO, FCDO, GAC, etc)
- Proven previous successful experience developing projects, writing proposals and donor reports.
- Good communicator with strong organizational, time management and analytical skills
- Fluency in English, spoken and written
- Strong writing and editing skills with close attention to detail
- Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures but also use own initiative, meet deadlines, and work independently and cooperatively with team members
- Flexibility to adapt to changing requirements and circumstances
- Ability to juggle competing priorities, meet deadlines and work under pressure in an insecure environment
- Aptitude to adapt to a different context regarding security, culture, climate or health issues
- Willingness to travel
- Commitment to women’s rights and IRC’s vision, mission and values, including sensitivity to cultural settings.
Responsibilities
Person Specification
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in International Affairs, Development, International Political Economy or other relevant subjects
- 2 - 3 years working in grants management and proposal/ business development/ design
- Knowledge of donor compliance regulations (BHA, USAID, ECHO, FCDO, GAC, etc)
- Proven previous successful experience developing projects, writing proposals and donor reports.
- Good communicator with strong organizational, time management and analytical skills
- Fluency in English, spoken and written
- Strong writing and editing skills with close attention to detail
- Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures but also use own initiative, meet deadlines, and work independently and cooperatively with team members
- Flexibility to adapt to changing requirements and circumstances
- Ability to juggle competing priorities, meet deadlines and work under pressure in an insecure environment
- Aptitude to adapt to a different context regarding security, culture, climate or health issues
- Willingness to travel
- Commitment to women’s rights and IRC’s vision, mission and values, including sensitivity to cultural settings.
Information management:
- Act as custodian of documentation of institutional knowledge and program activities in coordination with relevant sector supervisors and coordinators.
- Maintain comprehensive electronic files for programs, and ensure IRC colleagues and have access to relevant records and information.
Donor relations and communications:
- Liaise with donors and potential donors, and other operational partners, including through attendance at meetings, and representing IRC and IRC’s interests by maintaining positive and constructive relations.
- In coordination with relevant colleagues, respond to requests from donors for compliance information and respond to donor compliance questions as needed.
- Ensure that relevant staff members are aware of all donor communications, changes in regulations, and meetings or events.
- Facilitate and participate in donor visits and/ or meetings.
- Develop external communication materials including factsheets and program updates
- Compliance
- Maintain up to date comprehensive knowledge of donor guidelines relevant to the Nigeria portfolio, including but not limited to: USAID, FCDO, ECHO, UNOCHA.
- Provide training to IRC staff on compliance and donor-specific compliance requirements.
- Closely monitor grants for internal or donor compliance issues, and flag concerns in a timely manner.
Grant management and business development:
- With the support of the Senior Grants Coordinator, coordinate the development of quality proposals and narrative reports with relevant teams, including acting as lead writer when necessary.
- Liaise with HQ units (Regional Unit, Awards Management Unit, Technical Units) to ensure proposals meet internal standards and are responsive to donor requirements.
- Support program staff to assess funding opportunities in line with IRC Nigeria’s strategic objectives and the local context, advising on these as required.
- Work with program coordinators and managers to coordinate the timely development of high quality new funding proposals and reports.
- Work closely with other members of the grants unit to proactively support grants management processes across the portfolio.
- Monitor and support the use of grant/project management tools to ensure accurate tracking of opportunities, reporting and programmatic adjustments through the project life cycle.
- Provide technical guidance on IRC and donor regulations to ensure compliance across IRC Nigeria, proactively raising and resolving issues.
- Manage all reporting deadlines, and coordinate and consolidate reports as necessary to ensure documents are of the highest quality and in line with donor requirements.
- Act as a focal point for HQ grants administration and compliance colleagues, including maintaining submissions on IRC’s online opportunity management tracking system (OTIS).
- Contribute proactively to Project Cycle Meetings in collaboration with relevant project leads to ensure timely, quality implementation of project.
- Perform other duties as may be assigned by the Senior Grants Coordinator.
Key working relationships:
- Position reports to: Senior Grants Coordinator.
- Position directly supervises: N/A
- Internal contacts: Grants, Partnerships, Communications, Finance, M&E, HR, Supply Chain, Safety and Security, Field Coordinators, Base Managers, AMU, Technical Units, and others as appropriate.
- External contacts: Partners, donors, and others as appropriate.
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