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Job Title:  Grants Manager

Organisation: International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to:  Grants Coordinator

 

About US:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC works with people forced to flee from war, conflict and disaster and the host communities which support them, as well as those who remain within their homes and communities. At work today in over 40 countries and 25 U.S. cities, we improve outcomes in the areas of health, safety, economic wellbeing, education, and power.

 

Job Summary:  The Grants Manager will provide grant management, reporting, and business development support across the Uganda portfolio. The Grants Manager will work closely with program, M&E, finance, operations and senior management staff to ensure quality management of both pre- and post-award grants functions. The Grants Manager will support donor compliance, timely reporting, high quality proposal development, project document filing, and project management. The position holder will be supervised by the Grants Coordinator and will work closely with other grants and partnerships staff.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Grant management

  • Manage the scheduling of project cycle meetings in collaboration with project leads and field coordinators, distribute guidance to relevant team members, monitor the development of materials in advance of those meetings, and follow-up on actions resulting from those meetings
  • Monitor the development of internal planning tools including but not limited to M&E plans, workplans, and spending plans
  • Manage all reporting deadlines, and coordinate and consolidate reports as necessary to ensure documents are of the highest quality and in line with donor requirements
  • Ensure reporting deadlines are distributed well in advance to relevant colleagues with correct templates including Finance, programs, M&E, and the regional unit
  • Support the management of grants and grant amendments, including through the use of grant and project management tools such as Integra, project cycle meetings, and online opportunity management tracking system (OTIS) to ensure accurate tracking of opportunities, reporting and programmatic adjustments through the project life cycle
  • Liaise with HQ units (regional unit, awards management unit) to ensure grant implementation and amendments meet internal standards and are responsive to donor requirements
  • Provide technical guidance on IRC and donor regulations to ensure compliance across IRC Uganda, proactively raising and resolving issues
  • Act as a focal point for HQ grants administration and compliance colleagues, including maintaining submissions on OTIS
  • Support compliant management of partners under IRC’s system for partnership management called the Partnership Excellence for Equality and Results System (PEERS)
  • Perform other duties as may be assigned by the Grants Coordinator and Senior Management Team

Compliance

  • Maintain up to date comprehensive knowledge of donor guidelines relevant to the Uganda portfolio, including but not limited to: PRM, FCDO, private foundations, ECHO, UNHCR, and UNFPA
  • Provide training to IRC and partner staff on compliance and donor-specific compliance requirements
  • Ensure immediate reporting of suspected compliance issues through appropriate reporting mechanisms

Donor relations and communications

  • Ensure that relevant staff members are aware of all donor communications, changes in regulations, and meetings
  • Liaise with donors, potential donors, and other operational partners, including through attendance at meetings, and representing IRC and IRC’s interests by maintaining positive and constructive relations
  • In coordination with relevant colleagues, respond to requests from donors for compliance information and respond to donor compliance questions as needed
  • Support the development of program updates/communications for external circulation

Business development

  • Support the Grants Coordinator as needed in the development of quality proposals, liaising with HQ units (Regional Unit, Awards Management Unit, Technical Units) to ensure proposals meet internal standards and are responsive to donor requirements.

Information management

Act as custodian of documentation and institutional knowledge in coordination with relevant sector coordinators

  • Maintain comprehensive electronic files for programs and ensure IRC colleagues and have access to relevant records and information




Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • The ideal applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in accounting, business, international affairs, development, international political economy or another relevant subject
  • Two to three  years of experience working in grants management and proposal/ business development/ humanitarian program design
  • Knowledge of donor compliance regulations (PRM, ECHO, FCDO, private foundations, etc.)
  • Proven previous successful experience project management, budget management, and report development
  • Good communicator with strong organizational, time management and analytical skills
  • Fluency in English, spoken and written
  • Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite
  • Strong writing and editing skills
  • Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures but also use own initiative, meet deadlines, and work independently and cooperatively with team members
  • Flexibility to adapt to changing requirements and circumstances
  • Ability to juggle competing priorities, meet deadlines and work under pressure in an insecure environment
  • Aptitude to adapt to a different context regarding security, culture, climate or health issues
  • Willingness to travel
  • Commitment to women’s rights and IRC’s vision, mission and values, including sensitivity to cultural settings

 

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested applicants should apply online at the link below.

 

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