Grants Management Specialist

Job Description

Title: Grants Management Specialist

Company Name: Danish Refugee Council

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 5 years

Master`s degree in international development/ development studies, International Relations, Economics, Political Science/ Public Administration, Business Administration or Management, or other relevant field is required;

• At least 5 years

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES

• At least 5 years’ professional experience in Business Development, Proposal writing, programme and grants compliance, donor reporting or in a similar office role with a reputed national or international NGO.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and influencing skills, with a well-developed ability to motivate and persuade at high levels.
• Proven experience in improving the quality of delivery and processing through methodical thinking and strong attention to detail.
• Experience working with UNHCR, IOM, ECHO, GAC, PRM, European Union, bilateral donors are an added advantage.
• Previous experience of working in humanitarian operations and emergencies would be an added advantage.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize large workloads, to consistently meet deadlines and adapt in a complex and challenging work environment.

POSITION PROFILE

The Grants Management Specialist will provide grants management support by ensuring timely donor communication, donor compliance, quality donor reporting, partnership contract management, coordination with programme and support department when it comes grants management. The Grants Management Specialist will also be responsible for donor compliance, application of correct procedures and guidelines and support the development and quality review of project proposals, project modifications and donor reports produced by the mission and the facilitation of project performance monitoring meetings. He/she will also provide the program and support teams with advice on compliance internal rules and donor rules and will support them in improving the monitoring of the project cycle.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Grants and Business Development Support (35%)

• Be responsible for the delivery of quality narrative reports, reflecting the progress and status of projects, in a transparent, timely and professional manner with realistic retro plan.

• Contribute to addressing all comments and issues on proposals or reports, liaising with relevant Managers and finance to ensure coherence between financial and narrative reports.

• Ensure the DRC grants management system is regularly and fully updated including Grants Overview, Dynamics ERP system (creating grants, uploading documents, managing instalment tracking and billing rules, updating checklists and tasks assigned); internal funding tracker and reporting deadlines communications.

• Regular and timely support to ensuring compliance with donor rules and regulations and support grant relationships and communications with donors to ensure correct, compliant, and smooth flow of information.

• Maintain and regularly update hard-copy files for all ongoing DRC projects and assist in the coordination and preparation of project documents.

• Organize Go/No Go, Kick Off, grant opening, review and closing meetings and ensure documentation of those meetings.

• Support PDQ Manager in managing fundraising strategy, donor engagement plan, donor mapping by conducting research, maintaining, and updating engagement plan and donor database.

• Support other Team Leaders within PDQ unit to ensure correct, compliant, and smooth flow of information requirements to stakeholders, especially towards donors.

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