Role of the position
The Grants & Partnerships Manager – RRM is responsible for all grant and partnership aspects of the ECHO RRM Consortium. Its role includes ensuring the proper management of the contractual cycle, compliance with DG ECHO requirements, monitoring partners, consolidating relationships and coordinating relations with the lessor.
He/she works closely with the programme managers and MEALs of the member NGOs, the financial teams, the Coordinator of the RRM Consortium, the Senior Manager Partnerships at IRC Niger and the ECHO focal point.
Responsibilities
A. Grant Management (Grants Management)
Ensure the complete management of the RRM grant cycle, from contracting to closing.
Ensure compliance with DG ECHO reporting, operational monitoring and financial management requirements.
Prepare and manage budget amendments, extensions and modifications.
Prepare requests addressed to the lessor.
Prepare briefings for the lessor.
Support the preparation of DG ECHO follow-up visits.
Manage grant documentation: contracts, annexes, reports and official correspondence.
Regularly update the consortium grant tracker.
Identify and report critical grant deadlines.
B. Coordination of partnerships
Draft and manage partnership agreements, MoUs and their amendments.
Ensure the consistency of approaches and tools used by different partners.
Harmonize RRM, SOP, formats and quality standards.
Organize monthly follow-up meetings of the consortium.
Ensure the drafting and follow-up of meeting minutes.
Monitor the implementation of the partnership framework based on equality and mutual accountability.
Organize and coordinate capacity building sessions of NGO partners.
C. Monitoring, reporting and consolidation
Collect monthly and quarterly narrative reports from partners.
Review the quality and consistency of reports received.
Consolidate the various reports of member NGOs.
Coordinate with finance teams for consolidation of financial reports.
Verify the accuracy and consistency of data submitted by partners.
Prepare integrated reports for ECHO.
Ensure strict compliance with reporting deadlines.
D. Inter-agency coordination and relations with the lessor
Serve as a Grants/Partnerships Focal Point to DG ECHO for contractual and administrative matters.
Represent the consortium in relevant technical meetings.
Participate in RRM clusters and workgroups.
Contribute to the capitalization of lessons learned.
Job overview
Participate in context analysis.
Make strategic recommendations to improve the consortium’s interventions.
E. Strategic support
Contribute to the development of new RRM and multi-donor proposals.
Participate in the identification of new national partners.
Contribute to strengthening local leadership.
Ensure consistency between the consortium’s strategic documents and the national vision of the MPR.
Education / Qualifications
Êhold a Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in international relations, humanitarian action, project management or equivalent field.
Experience
Minimum 3 years of experience in humanitarian grant management.
At least 1 year of experience in a consortium context.
Experience with DG ECHO.
Good knowledge of ECHO guidelines and requirements.
Experience in coordinating several NGOs.
Experience with national partners.
Experience in writing and consolidating multi-partner reports.
Technical knowledge
Good knowledge of rapid response mechanisms (RMM).
Control of multi-stakeholder coordination mechanisms.
Strong capacity in grant management.
Mastery of writing narrative reports.
Ability to consolidate reports from multiple partners.
Mastery of Word and Excel.
Good command of document management systems.
Required skills
Excellent relational skills.
Diplomacy and ability to negotiate.
Ability to facilitate exchanges between several actors.
Ability to work under pressure.
Ability to meet strict deadlines.
Ability to manage multiple streams of information simultaneously.
Excellent coordination and communication skills.
Real interest in humanitarian action and RRM interventions.
Languages
French: mandatory.
English: desired.
Appreciated humanitarian areas
Good knowledge or interest in the following sectors is sought:
Nutrition
Reproductive health
Protection
Food security and livelihoods
Water, Hygiene and Sanitation (WASH)
Education
Mechanisms for rapid response to population movements.
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