Careers
at the IRC

From emergency
response through post-conflict development work, in a great variety of roles
around the world, the International Rescue Committee’s 8,000-plus staff is a
force for humanity and hope. If you’re skilled and passionate, we’d like to add
your energy to ours.

Careers at the IRC
are as wide-ranging and far-reaching as our work. Encouraging staff
development through promotion, transfer and rehire, the IRC nurtures
long-term career paths and helps employees grow within the organization.

At any given
moment, on any given day, all around the world, IRC staff members are
restlessly and effectively working for the sake of the most vulnerable among
us—to restore and renew hope, dignity and freedom.

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Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and
Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and
enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child
Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and
Anti-Retaliation.

Grants
Officer

Description

• Coordination of proposal development
  processes for camp-based refugee programming in close coordination with
  program and operation teams, including preparation and maintenance of
  the Grant Budget, Technical Narrative, Logframe, Budget Narrative,
  concept notes and all other submission requirements.
• Ensure submission of high quality proposals
  and concept notes, working closely with Technical Units, Awards
  Management Unit and Business Development Unit.
• Work closely with DDP, GC and technical
  coordinators to integrate SAP priorities into current camp-based refugee
  programming.
• Ensure that all proposals and concept notes
  are based on contextual reality, are responsive to the needs of
  beneficiaries, and based on program gaps. This includes regular visits
  to the camps, attendance at meetings and visits with partners and
  donors.
• Current grant portfolio: PRM ($2.1M), UNHCR
  ($1.1M), UNICEF, UN Women ($400K), ECHO ($250K), RH internal funding.
  Pending: MACF ($2M), ECHO COP (~$1M), UNFPA, DFID, Vodacom.

• Ensure timely submission of all camp-based
  refugee programming narrative and financial reports (includes: PRM, UN Women & UNICEF quarterly, UNHCR monthly
  & semi-annual, SIDA and ECHO interim and final),
  including review financial and narrative reports as per donor requirements,
  ensuring they are complete, accurate and produced on a timely basis to
  ensure adequate review, approval and submissions to donor/NY/UK.
• Work closely with consortium partners in the
  field (Plan and Save the Children) on ECHO HIP project implementation.
• Work with Program staff to prepare
  preliminary grant budgets to support realignments. Responsible for
  communication with HQ on all realignment and any other donor requests.
• Coordinate and organize Grants Opening and
  Closing Meetings in the field in a timely manner.
• Review Budget Versus Actual expenditure
  reports include a brief commentary on matters arising as identified from
  the report. Follow-up with program and operations team to ensure
  spending is complete in timely manner.
• Ensure that all donor related information is
  disseminated to program, finance and logistics staff to enable them
  abide by donor rules and regulations
• Preparation of program adjusting journal
  entries to reallocate/recode expenses and other charges  
• Handle day-to-day issues that come up in the
  field regarding grant management

• Coordinate all requests for information from
  NY/UK HQ teams, as well as donors and visitors to the
  Kigoma/Kasulu/Kibondo offices, in coordination with DDP and CD.
• Manage the Information and Communication
  Officer (I&CO) position to ensure smooth implementation of IRC’s
  communication and information sharing strategy in the field, includes
  guidance and capacity building. New strategies include: information
  strategy for each sector, producing IEC materials, IRC newsletter
  (including success stories), information booths in all camps, production
  of a camp-based radio program.
• Review payroll and budget allocation for all
  expat, national and incentive staff, in close coordination with HR and
  finance departments.
• Support operations team with identification
  of budget to support operation tasks.
• Capacity building to all field staff on
  proposal and report writing, M&E, budget management and other issues
  as needed. 
• Provide administration management support to
  Kids Rights project
• Support the Kasulu-based Field Coordinator
  with any requests, as needed.
• Visit camp-based programs on a regular basis
  
• Serve as main channel of communication
  between Dar office and field offices for grants and finance related
  issues.
• Support the Finance Controller and Deputy
  Finance Controller with any requests, as needed.