Job Opportunity at Norwegian Refugee Council, Grants Coordinator

Kibondo  

Job Description

The purpose of the Grants Coordinator position is to provide essential grant management support to HoP and AM in delivering quality programmes in line with the NRC COs strategy and PoA for Tanzania.

Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures

• Develop and maintain overview of all grants, donor requirements, rules and regulations, and internal and external deadlines, including filing of grant documents (including through the grants database – forthcoming)
• Coordinate the development of donor applications and reports, as well as ensuring donor compliance and quality control
• Contribute to the development and revision of funding proposals, budgets and donor reports
• Be updated on donor priorities and track and share relevant calls for proposals
• Document, analyze, and share learning from proposal and reporting process, and compliance with donor rules and regulations
• Contribute to continuously improving internal grant management systems including information management systems and M&E
• Provide an internal help-desk on donor related issues, including organize and deliver trainings in donor rules and regulations, as well as proposal and report writing
• Coordinate the development and distribution of internal reports
• Contribute to PCM trainings and usage of the NRC PCM frame work in the CO as delegated by the Head of Programme
• Support external donor audits
• Represent with relevant partners and donors as delegated
• Ensure key controls and tools are in place and maintained daily to support effective management of the funding portfolio and compliance with donor requirements.
• Ensure copies of donor concept notes, proposals, contracts and reports are correctly filed on NRC’s filing system and also kept in hard copy.
• Work with CC focal points to support implementing partners with reviewing of budgets, expenditure, donor rules and regulations, and implementation progress through grant opening, grant review and grant closing meetings with implementing partners, following NRC PCM guidelines

Professional competencies

• 5 years of relevant experience within field of expertise in refugees and IDPs contexts
• Relevant experience from the project management in the humanitarian sector
• Experience from working with humanitarian and development donors
• Good understanding of donor rules and regulations
• Skills and experience in report and proposal writing
• Strong communication, coordination and interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
• Above average computer skill
• Planning and delivering results
• Managing resources to optimize results
• Influencing & federating partners and teams
• Handling insecure environments
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Duration and type of contract: 12 months with possibility of Extension

Duty Station :Kibondo

About Us

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.

Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks. 

About the Team

NORCAP solves key challenges in the humanitarian, development and peacebuilding sectors, in order to better protect vulnerable people’s lives and rights. We build partnerships and projects with national and international organisations and stakeholders. Skilled NORCAP experts contribute to developing partners’ capacity – to identify and address challenges, improve collaboration and encourage new and innovative approaches. NORCAP is part of the Norwegian Refugee Council.

The deadline for submitting the application is 05 February, 2021

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