Grants Manager (Recruitment Roster Ukraine, Poland, Romania & Moldova)

HOW TO APPLY: Read carefully the list of role openings, CLICK on the link for the role you are interested in and apply in the new page that will open. Kindly STATE in CV OR COVER LETTER your location preference and contract lenght availability (3 months, 6 months, 12 months etc.)

Background 

The Norwegian Refugee Council has been present in Ukraine since 2014, helping more than 700,000 people with food, shelter, water, sanitation, and legal assistance. Rapid change of situation in February 2022 during which whole Ukraine became affected by the conflict required significant scale-up of emergency programmes. 

In response to the large-scale of displacement of refugees fleeing Ukraine, NRC is setting up humanitarian operations for refugees afected by the conflict.  We are seeking highly qualified, resilient, dynamic professionals to respond to Ukraine crisis and support refugees.

Your passion, skills, and experience can make a big difference.

Duties & Responsibilities

The purpose of the Grants Manager position is to provide essential grant management support to HoP in delivering quality programmes in line with the NRC CO strategy and Plan of Action.

Below is a summary responsibilities.

1. Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures and consideration of NRC global and regional strategies when executing functions related to this role
2. Develop and maintain overview of all grants, donor requirements, rules and regulations, and internal and external deadlines, including filing of grant documents (including through the grants database - forthcoming)
3. Coordinate the development of donor applications and reports, as well as ensuring donor compliance and quality control
4. Contribute to the development and revision of funding proposals, budgets and donor reports
5. Be updated on donor priorities, trends (such as interest in cash-based interventions) and track and share relevant calls for proposals
6. Document, analyse, and share learning from proposal and reporting process, and compliance with donor rules and regulations
7. Contribute to continuously improving internal grant management systems
8. Provide an internal help-desk on donor related issues, including organize and deliver trainings in donor rules and regulations, as well as proposal and report writing
9. Coordinate the development and distribution of internal reports
10. Contribute to PCM trainings and usage of the NRC PCM frame work in the CO as delegated by the Head of Programme
11. Support external donor audits
12. Represent with relevant partners and donors as delegated
13. Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy

Skills & Experience

• At least 4 years of relevant experience in a related field.
• Relevant experience from the project management in the humanitarian sector, including donor relations and grant management
• Good understanding of donor rules and regulations
• Skills and experience in project cycle management, report and proposal development writing
• Strong communication, coordination and interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical skills (data and financial)
• Ability to mediate in high-stress scenarios with competing interest
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
• Above average computer skills
• Knowledge of the context in Ukraine and/or neighbouring countries is preferred
• Experience of working in a hardship duty-station is preferred
• Experience of working directly with humanitarian donors is preferred
• Experience with scale-up and significant contextual change is preferred
• Experience with capacity building is a strong asset
• Ability to use LFA as a tool for project/ programme design and follow-up

Access to a Schengen visa is required for positions in Ukraine 

More Information

• Duty Station: Ukraine, Poland, Romania or Moldova. State preference in your application.
• NRC’s Salary Scale: NRC offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. 

We shall be collecting applications on a rolling basis and will contact you once the need arises.

HOW TO APPLY: Read carefully the list of role openings, CLICK on the link for the role you are interested in and apply in the new page that will open. Kindly STATE in CV OR COVER LETTER your location preference and contract lenght availability (3 months, 6 months, 12 months etc.)

NRC is very grateful to those who have responded thus far and continue to heed to our calls for support. This is going a long way in addressing the diverse needs, priorities, and concerns currently affecting the people of Ukraine.