Job
description
BACKGROUND:
The International Rescue Committee has been in Nigeria since October 2012 and
came in response to a widespread flood disaster. IRC’s Emergency Response Team,
with local partner, Civil Society Coalition for Poverty Eradication (CISCOPE),
implemented projects to support food security, livelihoods, nutrition and WASH
in Kogi State. Beginning of January 2014, IRC shifted geographical location to
the North East, in Adamawa state to pr
ovide humanitarian response to the
conflict-affected populations. In the North East, IRC has three operational
offices: Yola and Mubi field offices in Adamawa state and Maiduguri field
office in Borno state-with the latter office opened in October 2015. In both
state s, IRC is providing humanitarian support to internally displaced populations
hosted in IDP camps, camp like settings,host communities and returnee
populations. Both Adamawa and Borno states have a combined IDP population of
1,658,030 people.
The IRC Nigeria
country program is implementing multi-sectoral interventions in the sectors of:
Health and Nutrition; Environmental Health; Child Protection; Education;
Women’s Protection and Empowerment; Food Security and Livelihoods and
Protection. Most of these programs are driven in partnership with strategic
local NGOs.
The IRC in
partnership with three other INGOs, Save the Children International, Norwegian
Refugee Council and Danish Refugee Council have developed a three year
(2016-2019) proposal, titled ‘Promoting Rights and Supporting Protection Needs
in north East Nigeria (ProSPINE)’ to be funded the Department for International
Development (DFID). This is an-all protection focused program and is to be
implemented in three states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe: the four member
consortium is being led by the IRC as the lead agency. The ProSPINE program
will be implemented through a combination of direct protection response and
case management; providing capacity building support to government and
community based protection structures and referral pathways; plus advocacy to
key stakeholders in the Nigerian government to improve the policy environment.
The Grants Manager
will be reporting directly to the Protection Consortium Senior Coordinator.
KEY
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Key
Responsibilities
- Ensure
that the ProsSPINE program is implemented in compliance with DFID
regulations, including maintenance of updated grant files and organization
of regular grant meetings; coordinate modifications to any agreements
(i.e. extensions, indicator changes, budget realignments), as necessary; - Organize
monthly budget management meetings with sector managers/coordinators to
ensure strong financial management of grants; - Responsible
for donor compliance (quality narrative and financial reporting,
procurement requirements, etc.) for DFID grants and other active grants; - Manage
all reporting deadlines, develop calendars for report development and
coordinate report compilation and review; - Manage
and regularly update Grants Tracking Sheet to inform senior management,
SMB and regional support; - Support
program staff in assessing funding opportunities and ensuring that the
opportunities reflect IRC Nigeria’s strategic objectives and the local
context; - Work
with coordinators and managers to coordinate the timely development of
high quality new funding proposals and reports; - Coordinate
with consortium team members on grants management, project progress,
monitoring and evaluation; - Review
agreements and provide recommendations and concerns to the senior
management, SMB and regional support; - Act as focal
point for communications with HQ grants administration and compliance
functions in London, including maintaining submissions on IRC’s online
opportunity management tracking system; - Review
and advise on all partner agreements (including logframe, budget, spending
and workplan); ensure New York/London review of partner agreements; - Ensure
that partnership and sub-grant related administrative processes and
procedures are standardized and consistently implemented throughout the
program, including pre-award compliance checks, agreements, disbursements,
reporting and partner capacity-building; - Responsible
for ensuring compliance of sub-grantees and consortium agencies to IRC and
donor rules and regulations; - Organize
and facilitate monthly partnership meetings with senior program staff;
support and guide program staff in partner amendments, realignments and
general challenges in project implementation, as necessary; - Manage
archiving of all grant files and institutional memory of grants and
programs; - Perform
other duties as may be assigned.
Qualifications
and experience:
- University
degree in international affairs, Mass Communicatios or related subject;
masters degree preferred. - At
least two years experience working in relief or development programs . - Previous
successful experience developing projects and writing proposals for public
donors - Knowledge
of main donor regulations and priorities, including DFID, EU, UN, USAID,
ECHO and other European donors. - Strong
written and oral communication skills. - Detail
oriented, organized, and able to manage competing urgent requests and
priorities. - Works
well in and promotes teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural
environment, flexible and able to handle pressure well. - Excellent
English written and verbal communications skills;
Deployment
Security Protocols:
North East Nigeria is security phase 3 (ORANGE) so the Grants Manager will be
expected to respect the various security protocols in place in country. Phase 3
requires clear contingency planning in place with staff prepared should
hibernation or evacuation be called. This position is unaccompanied
How
to apply
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