Norwegian Refugee Council
Grants Coordinator (Kenyan Nationals Only)
Location: Lavington, Nairobi
Webcruiter ID: 4181183584
Duties and responsibilities
- 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
- Support the programme team with quality control related to proposal development and reporting, developing dedicating tools and ensuring capacity building through trainings
- Ensure proper filling of donor concept notes, proposals, contracts and reports on NRC’s filing system and also kept in hard copy.
Qualifications
- 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 skills
Personal qualities
- Planning and delivering results
- Managing resources to optimize results
- Influencing & federating partners and teams
- Handling insecure environments
We can offer
Duty station: Nairobi
Contract period is for one year with possibility of extension.
Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions, The candidate will observe NRC’s code of conduct and working hours for the NRC Office in Nairobi.
*Qualified female candidates are highly encouraged to apply for this position*
CLICK HERE to apply online.
Application deadline: 31/01/2020