Grants Coordinator Nigeria at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking for people passionate about helping refugees and people forced to flee with proven experience in the international humanitarian sector. If you are those people, the Norwegian Refugee Council in Nigeria is looking for an enthusiastic persons who are passionate about project coordination, donor relations, and business development to join our Country Grant Team in Maiduguri. The Grants Coordinator will be supporting the Grants Manager in essential grants management support, business development and reporting across the Nigeria portfolio. The Grants coordinator will work closely with the program, operations, M&E and finance staff, delivering quality programmes in line with the NRC CO strategy and Plan of Action. The position holder will be supervised by the Grants Manager and will work closely with the Grants officer.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Role Responsibility 

• Prepare reports for donors, partners, and government on program progress, ensuring all reporting requirements of donors are delivered on time and in a quality manner.

• Ensure quality of program writing, including program activity plans, reports and informal updates.

• Work with the Grants Manger to develop concept notes and donor proposals, and participate in writing them in close cooperation with relevant departments in NRC Nigeria.

• Support in the development of generic concept notes, briefing notes and SITREPS to be used in donor meetings and visits.

• Maintain program files and ensure copies of donor concept notes, proposals, contracts and reports are correctly filed.

• Responsible for donor compliance of the respective grants and project cycle management processes for allocated projects.

• Support in the development and implementation of grants-related trainings, including proposal and report writing.

• Ensure that all programme staff are aware of requirements and conditions of grant agreements and contracts, through the use of grant opening/mid/closing meetings and other methods.

• Support in the maintenance of an accessible and well-organized filing system for storing all grant-specific files for all of NRC’s past and active grants and ensure that grant coordination systems and processes are successfully implemented.

• Support in ensuring all documentation required is ready and available for audits

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for.

• Excellent data management and analytical skills

• Proven successful experience with grant management and project coordination role in hunmanitarian sector

• Experience of managing budgets, grants or financial processes

• Skills and experience in report and proposal writing

• Good knowledge and understanding of donor rules and regulations, project management tools and techniques

• Experience of working on multiple projects and tasks

• Very strong stakeholder liaison and interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams at every level across the organisation and with a wide range of external stakeholders

• Good understanding of donor rules and regulations

• 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, with proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

• Excellent planning and organisational skills