Consortium Grants and Communication Coordinator at Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Purpose 

• The Consortium Grants and Communications Coordinator supports the effective management, coordination, and visibility of the Cash and Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) Consortium in Nigeria.
• The role ensures high-quality grants management, donor compliance, and coordinated external communication across consortium partners.
• Working within the Consortium Management Unit, the position contributes to the strategic oversight of donor reporting, proposal development, partner coordination, and consortium-wide visibility and communication efforts in line with donor requirements and DRC procedures. 
• The role supports the development of consistent consortium messaging, documents programme achievements and impact, and coordinates communication products that highlight humanitarian needs and the consortium’s response, ensuring full compliance with donor visibility and communication requirements. 

Duties and Responsibilities 
Consortium Grants Management:

• Ensure compliance with donor regulations, consortium agreements, and DRC internal procedures throughout the Cash and RRM Consortium project. 
• Coordinate donor reporting processes by compiling, editing, and quality-controlling narrative reports from consortium partners to ensure timely and high-quality submissions. 
• Maintain the consortium grants tracker and documentation system, ensuring all key contractual documents, reports, and amendments are properly archived. 
• Support the preparation and review of sub-grant agreements, MoUs, and partnership documentation between consortium members. 
• Support the organization of key grant management meetings including grant kick-off, review, and close-out meetings with consortium partners. 
• Liaise with partners to ensure alignment between workplans, budgets, and implementation progress. 

Proposal Development and Donor Engagement:

• Support the development of high-quality consortium proposals (Modification Requests or other), including narratives, logframes, budgets, and annexes in coordination with technical teams and partners. 
• Support the preparation of donor briefings, capacity statements, presentations, and concept notes related to consortium activities. 
• Coordinate inputs from partners during proposal development to ensure coherent and consistent submissions. 

Consortium Communication and Visibility:

• Develop and coordinate the implementation of a consortium-wide communication and visibility plan, ensuring compliance with donor requirements and alignment with consortium messaging. 
• Support the production of communication products highlighting programme impact, including: 
  • human-interest stories and case studies 
  • photos and visual documentation 
  • short videos and multimedia content 
  • programme factsheets and advocacy briefs 
• Take part in the contracting process of consultants to deliver certain outputs of the communication and visibility plan. 
• Coordinate communication outputs across consortium partners to ensure consistent messaging and branding. 
• Facilitate joint communication initiatives such as press releases, social media campaigns, and public communication events highlighting consortium achievements and donor contributions. 
• Ensure that all communication materials respect donor visibility requirements and security considerations, including the appropriate use of logos and acknowledgements. 
• Maintain a repository of communication materials including photos, videos, publications, and media coverage. 

Information Management and Knowledge Sharing:

• Support the consolidation and dissemination of key programme information, lessons learned, and best practices from consortium activities. 
• Ensure documentation of consortium achievements, success stories, and innovations to support learning and advocacy efforts. 

Requirements
Education:

• Master’s Degree in International Development, Political Science, Communications, Humanitarian Studies, or another relevant field. 

Languages:  

• Full professional proficiency in English.

Key stakeholders: (internal and external) :

• CMU 
• DRC HQ Grants Management Unit 
• Grants and communication focal points in partner organizations 
• Donors.

General regulations:

• The employee shall follow DRC instructions on safety, confidentiality, and ethical guidelines, including the Code of Conduct and the Humanitarian Accountability Framework 
• Employee should not engage in any other paid activity during the DRC contract period without prior authorization. 
• Employee should not engage in any activity that could harm DRC. 
• Employee should not give interviews to the media or publish project-related photos or other material without prior authorization. 
• Employee shall return all borrowed equipment for the project to DRC after the end of the contract period or upon request. 
• Employee shall respect beneficiaries and partners rights and dignity.  

Experience and technical competencies (include years of experience):  

• 3 - 5 years of relevant professional experience with an NGO in grants management, communications, programme development, or related fields within the humanitarian or development sector. 
• Demonstrated experience in donor reporting and proposal development for institutional donors (e.g., ECHO, EU, FCDO, USAID/BHA, UN agencies). 
• Experience coordinating multi-partner or consortium programmes is an advantage. 
• Strong writing, editing, and analytical skills with experience producing high-quality reports and communication materials. 
• Knowledge of donor visibility and communication requirements. 
• Ability to coordinate inputs from multiple stakeholders and work effectively in a complex operational environment. 
• Full professional proficiency in English.