Grants Coordinator - Nigeria at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

Job description

• Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
• 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).
• Organise and deliver trainings in donor rules and regulations, as well as proposal and report writing.
• Coordinate the development of donor applications and reports, as well as ensuring donor compliance and quality control and approvals from head office.
• Be updated on donor priorities and track and share relevant calls for proposals.
• Organise and lead grant operational meetings and document minutes and action points to be followed up with the implementation teams
• Contribute to developing and maintaining partner relations within Nigeria.
• Read and consolidate the reports and proposal before sending to Head Office/donors.
• Organise and lead go/no go meetings in collaboration with the Country Management Group.
• Assist Head of Programme and Country Director in donor meetings according to the needs

Qualifications

• Between 3-5 years of relevant experience within field of expertise.
• Relevant experience from the project management in the humanitarian sector.
• Experience from working with humanitarian and development donors
• Strong communication, coordination, and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of the humanitarian coordination framework.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
• Knowledge of the context in Nigeria is an asset
• Budget development and management experience

Personal qualities

• Planning and delivering results.
• Managing resources to optimize results.
• Influencing.
• Handling insecure environments.
• Working with people.
• Analysing.
• Communicate with impact and respect.
• A good sense of humour is an asset
• All employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council should be able to adhere to our Code of Conduct and the four organizational values: Dedicated, innovative, inclusive and accountable

We offer

• Commencement: June 2018
• Duration: 18 months
• Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions and free housing of moderate standard.
• Level: Grade 9 in NRC grade structure
• Duty station:Maiduguri, with 20% travel
• Approved health certficate will be requested before contract start.
• Application procedures and CV registration: Please note that you are required to enter the geographical location for all your previous positions while registering your CV. There is no specific field for this information in our CV form, but you can use the "Company name" field for both company and location