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Partnership and Grants Manager – Sudan Regional Response Pooled Fund

Overall purpose of the role:

The Grants and Partnerships Manager plays a key role in ensuring effective and efficient grants management, compliance, and partnership coordination for the Sudan Regional Response Pooled Fund (SRRPF). This position oversees the grants lifecycle, provides guidance to partners, and ensures compliance with donor regulations and SRRPF standards.

Responsibilities :

The Partnership and Grants Manager will

• Develop and manage grant application processes, including guidelines, templates, and evaluation criteria.
• Lead the due diligence and vetting process for partner organisations, ensuring compliance with donor and SRRPF standards.
• Prepare and administer grant agreements and amendments in coordination with the Fund Management Unit at HQ.
• Provide capacity-building support to partners on grants management, compliance, and reporting.
• Oversee the development and roll-out of the SRRPF Grant Management System (GMS).
• Ensure partners comply with grant conditions, SRRPF Operations Manual, and donor requirements.
• Update and maintain the SRRPF risk register and dashboard, addressing high-risk areas.
• Monitor grant implementation, ensuring timely and quality submission of financial and narrative reports.
• Support partners in developing procurement plans, risk registers, capacity-building strategies, and staffing plans.
• Provide training on grant report writing, donor compliance, and operational procedures.
• Ensure all grant-related documents are appropriately uploaded and backed up in the GMS or other systems.
• Maintain detailed records of grants, including applications, reports, and feedback letters.
• Coordinate review meetings with partners and follow up on action points.
• Liaise with donor representatives to ensure compliance and alignment with funding objectives.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders, including MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning) teams, to ensure robust oversight of projects.

Experience and Technical comptencies (included year of experience)

Mandatory:

• University degree in international development, business administration, political science, or a related field.
• Certifications in grants or partnership management are an advantage.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in grants management within the NGO/INGO or donor sectors.
• Proven expertise working with institutional donors (e.g., FCDO, EU, ECHO, USAID, UNHCR).
• Strong understanding of donor regulations and compliance.
• Ability to prioritise workloads, meet deadlines, and adapt to complex environments.

Desirable:

• Experience working with Dynamics, SAP, Oracle, or similar ERP systems.
• Familiarity with Power Apps or internal grants systems development.
• Previous experience in partnership management or capacity building.

Deputy Chief of Party (BORESHA NABAD)

Overall purpose of the role

The Deputy Chief of Party is the senior most field-based position for the BORESHA-NABAD programme and will be responsible for day-to-day implementation and coordination of activities across the Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia field offices. As a Senior member of the Programme Management Unit, the Deputy Chief of Party will support the Chief of Party in the overall planning, implementation, and management of the programme.  

Responsibilities:

• As the senior most person at the field level, contribute to the overall leadership and management, and general technical direction, for the design and implementation of project activities across the different programme target locations.
• Responsible for the overall coordination and compliance of all consortium member activities at the field level and ensuring a shared project vision and ‘theory of change’ amongst staff and across all implementing agencies.
• Responsible for day-to-day design, delivery, and progress against agreed targets of the project across all implementing agencies, including timely and quality completion of all programme’s technical and financial deliverables and reports in accordance with EU guidelines.
• Manage and work with respective project managers to identify implementation gaps and provide on-site support through frequent visits to project sites.
• Serve as a liaison with and build effective working relationships with government counterparts, local partners, communities, power brokers, relevant development agencies, private businesses, donors, and other relevant stakeholders at the field level. 
• In close coordination with finance and supply chain teams, support financial and administrative management of the programme at the field level, ensuring compliance with DRC, EU, and national policies, rules, regulations, and systems in a timely, documented, accurate & appropriate manner; ensures that support services are cost-effective and efficient.
• Support the establishment and implementation of effective project reporting, monitoring and evaluation, financial management, and procurement mechanisms that meets DRC and donor regulations.
• Develop partnership and activity sequencing and layering plans with other humanitarian and development cross-border programmes, and private sector actors at the local level and coordinate with authorities in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia Government levels.
• Lead  Technical Working Group meetings at the field level and ensure  outcomes of those meeting are actioned and integrated into implementation cycle of the programme.
• Promote sustainability of project activities with effective networking, linkages to other programmes, capacity building of key project staff, and strengthening community-based organizations and mechanisms.
• Participate in the hiring, professional development, and evaluation process of field programme staff, ensuring the achievement of project results by setting specific goals and providing continuous performance feedback. 
• Ensure that the DRC Dynamics (ERP) system is fully used in managing Supply Chain, Finance, HR, and Grant Management at the field level.
• Ensure a safe and secure environment for DRC staff, beneficiaries, and assets by operationalizing DRC’s security procedures, and providing safety and security analysis, recommendations, and follow-ups.

About you

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

Experience and technical competencies:

• University degree in relevant field (development studies, peacebuilding, and Social Sciences) with at least 8-years relevant experience and at least 3-years’ experience managing large-scale multi-sector programming. 
• Experience in Resilience, Market Systems, and Stabilization Programming is highly desired.
• Practical and extensive consortium management experience with extensive knowledge of activity design, budget development, and implementation tracking. Eu programme management experience is an added advantage.
• Practical and proven skills in negotiation and conflict resolution with a wide range of stakeholders including working with government and private sector stakeholders in fragile contexts.
• Experience in security and safety management in highly dynamic security environments.
• Experience living and/or working in Mandera, Dollow, or Dollo Ado is strongly preferred.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and as a team is needed.
• Proven excellent communication skills and fluency in written and spoken English, and any of Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia borderlands local languages is essential. Excellent report writing skills is a must.

Education

• Advanced University degree in relevant field (development studies, peacebuilding, and Social Sciences). with at least 8-years relevant experience;

Intern – Risk and Compliance

Overall purpose of the role

The Risk and Compliance Intern will support the department in administrative tasks and executing workflows within the EAGL Region.

Responsibilities:

• Perform general administrative tasks to support the Risk and Compliance Department.
• Maintain and update Country KPIs meetings calendar and action logs.
• Maintain SharePoint site and Teams groups for all KPIs and Risk meetings participants.
• Provide support for special projects as assigned by the Risk and Compliance Coordinator.
• Support the broader goals of the Risk and Compliance department.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned.

About you

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

Experience and technical competencies:

• At least 1 year of relevant experience in Audit, Risk Management or Compliance in humanitarian or development sector.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking ability.
• Proven ability to work effectively with others to achieve results.
• Experience as an auditor is beneficial

Education

• Relevant university degree or equivalent professional qualification

Languages:

• English-professional Competency

Risk and Compliance Assistant

Overall purpose of the role

The Risk and Compliance Assistant will assist the department in monitoring, assessing, and improving compliance processes, supporting risk management activities, and ensuring adherence to regulatory and organizational standards.

Responsibilities:

• Support risk and issue management workflows in line with existing operational risk management instructions.
• Support in monitoring and tracking escalated risks and issues within the region.
• Support with tracking losses, providing support to ensure completeness/adequacy of the Loss Annex and providing timely analysis of loss status and trends.
• Support with the monthly KPI meetings and providing ad hoc analysis as requested.
• Ad hoc support to countries for project audits and project compliance reviews.
• Assist in conducting legal compliance review across the Region.
• Support in review and analysis of internal and external audit reports to provide input on country and regional risks and issues as well as development of compliance control measures.
• Support in periodic risk and compliance reporting for regional and country SMTs.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned.

About you

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

Experience and technical competencies:

• At least 3 years of relevant experience in Audit, Risk Management or Compliance in humanitarian or development sector.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and influencing skills with a well-developed ability to motivate/persuade
• Demonstrates understanding of the local laws and sensitivity to the socio-cultural context.
• Experience and effective use of tools and systems for risk management and compliance.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking ability.
• Proven ability to work effectively with others to achieve results.

Education

• Relevant university degree or equivalent professional qualification
• Experience as an auditor is beneficial

Languages:

• English-professional Competency

Method of Application

Use the link(s) below to apply on company website.

• Partnership and Grants Manager – Sudan Regional Response Pooled Fund
• Deputy Chief of Party (BORESHA NABAD)
• Intern – Risk and Compliance
• Risk and Compliance Assistant