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Grants Coordinator Sudan (Kenyan national position)

Nairobi, Kenya

Job Description

1. Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
2. 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)
3. Coordinate the development of donor applications and reports, as well as ensuring donor compliance and quality control
4. Contribute to the development, revision and quality control of funding proposals, budgets and donor reports
5. Be updated on donor priorities and track and share relevant calls for proposals
6. Analyze, document and share learning from proposal and reporting process, and compliance with donor rules and regulations
7. Contribute to continuously improving internal grant management systems
8. 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
9. Coordinate the development and distribution of internal reports 
10. Support external donor audits
11. Represent with relevant partners and donors as delegated 
12. Organize and lead project cycle management meetings with internal and external stakeholders where relevant.

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Responsibilities

• Facilitate and contribute to developing and maintaining partner relations within  
• Ensure institutional knowledge and memory is attained with regards to program development and in-country partner relations 
• Coordinate the timely submission of narrative and financial report and ensure all proposal and reporting documents are accessible and well – organized;
• Actively participate in the country strategy process;
• In coordination with the Area Office team, Specialists and Support staff ensure the active monitoring of programmes progress through active participation in grant opening meetings, monthly grant review meetings and grants closing meetings. 

Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant experience within field of expertise
• Relevant experience from the project management in the humanitarian sector
• Relevant 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 
• Ability to mediate in high-stress scenarios with competing interests 
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English 
• Above average computer skills

Context related skills, knowledge and experience (shall be adapted to the specific position): 

• Knowledge of the context in Sudan is an asset
• Experience of working in a consortia and related knowledge of grants management of humanitarian donors 
• Strong writing skills in both English and Arabic.
• Knowledge of the humanitarian coordination framework

Safeguarding is central to NRC’s work. We expect all employees to: 

• treat everyone with respect and dignity 
• contribute to building a safe environment for all 
• never engage in any form of exploitation, harassment and specifically sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH) 
• always report. NRC has a zero-tolerance approach to inaction against exploitation, abuse and SEAH

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