Norwegian
Refugee Council
Regional
Grants Coordinator (Kenya
Nationals) - Region Horn of Africa
Ref.
No: 3176801980
Job
Location: Nairobi
The
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian
organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more
dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people.
The
Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent
employees involved in projects across four continents.
In
addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650
professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs
NRC’s Horn of Africa operation comprises of large-scale multi-country humanitarian and early recovery interventions spread across eight countries (Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Yemen), and most recently Eritrea, Uganda and South Sudan.
NRC’s
overall strategy in the region is to ensure a greater number of vulnerable
people in hard to reach areas get access to humanitarian assistance, become
resilient to future disasters and find durable solution.
The
regional office is based in Nairobi and works with country programmes to ensure
standardisation of programmatic and operational approaches, promote multi
country programming and ensuring quality and coordination.
The main purpose of the Regional Grants Coordinator (RGC) is to assist the Regional Programme Director (RPD) in ensuring that donor obligations and requirements of Multi Country programme funding are met with high quality programming approach.
The main purpose of the Regional Grants Coordinator (RGC) is to assist the Regional Programme Director (RPD) in ensuring that donor obligations and requirements of Multi Country programme funding are met with high quality programming approach.
As
delegated, the RGC is responsible for assisting Programme staff of the selected
small country programmes in the region with key issues related to designing
projects, proposal writing, project monitoring and reporting while ensuring
efficient grants administration.
Job description
Generic Responsibilities
- Support
in the strategic planning, programme development and reviews for the
selected country programmes in the region
- Responsible
for quality control of content for the multi country proposals including
coordination of inputs from relevant Core Competency advisors in the
region
- Responsible
for the compilation of the regional reports including the Triannual BSC
reports in collaboration with the regional heads of departments
- Prepare
country fact sheets and other relevant information pieces for the selected
country programmes
- Promote
the rights of the displacement affected communities (Refugees/
IDPs/returnees) in line with the advocacy strategy
- Represent
NRC in relevant forums based on thematic areas as assigned by line manager
- Compliance
with and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedure
Specific
responsibilities
- Responsible
for the review of proposals, budgets and reports for the selected county
programmes in the region to ensure high quality that meets donor
requirements
- Support
with grants start up meetings, programme reviews and ensure lesson learned
are captured and documented to help improve on the programme delivery in
the selected countries of support
- Establish
and maintain grants tracking systems, processes, documentation and
databases for effective grants management for selected countries of
support
- Field
visits to support and train staff on issues such as grants management,
project cycle management, proposal and report writing
- Support
in the timely budgetary revisions at project level in close collaboration
with finance staff for the selected countries of support
- Support
LEAN initiatives in the country programme aiming at reducing operational
time and improving control
- Ensure
full compliance with requirements and conditions in grant agreements and
contracts, in close cooperation with programme, support, and finance
departments
Qualifications
- At
least 5 years’ experience in program and project design, implementation,
management, monitoring, evaluation and report writing
- Strong
planning, coordination, organisational and project management skills and
ability to prioritise and handle multiple tasks
- Demonstrated
ability to transfer knowledge to diverse audiences through training,
menioring and other formal and non-formal methods
- Ability
to design and train others on PCM and Logical Framework Approaches and
sound knowledge of participatory approaches and result-based monitoring
and evaluation frameworks
- Knowledge
of institutional donor compliance requirements e.g. Norwegian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, USAID/OFDA, ECHO/EC, UNHCR, SIDA, Danida, etc
- Documented
results related to the position’s responsibilities
- High
level of communication, interpersonal, representation and negotiation
skills
- Ability
to write high quality concept notes and technical sections for donor
proposals
- Fluency
in English, both written and verbal
- Above
average computer literacy, especially in common software programmes
Education
level: College
/ University, Bachelor's degree
Personal qualities
Personal qualities
- Handling
insecure environments
- Managing
resources to optimize results
- Managing
performance and development
- Communicating
with impact and respect
- Strategic
thinking, result oriented and diplomatic
- Initiating
action, culturally sensitive and coping with change
- Ability
to work under pressure and with limited supervision
- Flexible,
innovative and creative, confident in taking initiatives and exploring new
opportunities
- Ability
to work both independently and as part of a team.
Language: English
We offer
Duty station: Nairobi
We offer
Duty station: Nairobi
Contract
period is for
12 months with possibility of extension.
Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s
general directions.
The
candidate will observe NRC’s code of conduct and working hours for the NRC
Office in Nairobi
40%
Travel is expected.
Miscellaneous info
Travel: Some travelling must be expected
Miscellaneous info
Travel: Some travelling must be expected
Search
criteria:
- Location:
Kenya
- Industry:
Emergency Relief
- Special
field: Project management
- Role:
Supervisor
How to
Apply
Visit www.nrc.no to apply online
Deadline for application: 04/09/2016