Save the Children,Awards Partnerships Coordinator Jobs in Rwanda

n and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
Save the Children works in thirteen districts in Rwanda with a current staff
complement of approximately 134 staff.

• Build
  relationships with other teams to support the resolution of issues and
  coordination of deliverables i.e. reports
• Support
  the delivery of capacity building to other teams in the CO and to Partner
  organisations
• Build
  relationships with the region and centre and support in the escalation of
  issues if required

• Engage
  with and coordinate across multiple stakeholder groups to support the
  development of high quality proposals
• Support
  the development of high quality proposals through planning and
  coordination with PDQ, Finance and other teams
• Coordinate
  and review donor reports including adequate planning to ensure deadlines
  are met
• Communicate
  and coordinate with Member contacts to understand and record any changes
  related to donor compliance requirements and reporting dates
• Facilitate
  award kick off meetings, including a focus on donor requirements and
  ensure these occur at the start of each award

• Understanding
  of SCI processes and other key donor requirements and communication and
  adherence to these
• Understanding
  of the Award Management System (AMS) and reporting functions, and ensure
  AMS is up to date to drive data quality
• Accountable
  for driving AMS data completeness and quality for relevant awards
• Support
  kick off meetings led by the Award Manager and the communication of
  compliance requirements across the CO

• Critical
  review of proposal budgets to identify budget lines for review or omitted
  costs

• Work
  with Operations team and budget holders to develop budgets
• Financial
  analysis skills to perform award monitoring processes, highlight financial
  issues to Overseers and Budget Holders and perform further analysis to
  resolve issues identified
• Understanding
  of DRC budget codes and ability to work with Program team to determine
  appropriate structure
• Knowledge
  of donor budgeting formats to support budget holder understanding

• Support
  AM Manager to perform portfolio level monitoring and analysis and follow
  up issues identified and resolve these
• Produce
  management reports and escalate identified portfolio issues in a timely
  manner
• Support
  Award Manager on the regular award review processes on designated awards

• Support
  the partners’ capacity building initiatives initiated by the Awards
  Manager (hand in hand with the programme units)
• Undertake
  project monitoring visits to allocated partners and produce a report on
  the same with clear action plan/undertaken activities
• Track
  the reporting performance of the partners

• Holds
  self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently,
  achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds
  the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities –
  giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing
  the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate
  consequences when results are not achieved.

• sets
  ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes
  responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their
  team to do the same
• widely
  shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates
  others
• Future
  orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

• builds
  and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues,
  Members and external partners and supporters
• values
  diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable,
  good listener, easy to talk to.

• develops
  and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing
  to take disciplined risks.

• honest,
  encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of
  integrity

• Bachelor
  degree in Business, International Development, Finance/Accounting or
  similar fields
• Highly
  developed interpersonal and English communication skills including
  influencing, negotiation and coaching
• Experience
  managing grants, contracts & sub agreements with knowledge of major
  funders’ guidelines (e.g. USAID, ECHO, DFID, CIDA, SIDA etc.) 
• Relevant
  experience managing donor funded projects with International NGO’s
  particularly those addressing human/children’s rights and those 
  applying partnership approaches 
• Strong
  analytical skills and strategic planning abilities. Computer literacy and
  excellent documentation skills  are a must
• Ability
  to proactively identify issues and problem solving skills to address these
• Ability
  to establish and maintain conducive collegial relations and perform
  effectively as a member of a team
• Highly
  developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international
  environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
• Excellent
  time management and planning capacity
• Availability
  and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses