Grants Management Specialist

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Description

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• Contribute to the development and updating of DRC Afghanistan Partnership Strategy, alongside the Programme Development and Quality Manager
• Lead on the identification of potential partners, keeping an updated mapping of national and international organizations including profile and areas of interest for strategic partnerships with DRC
• Lead on the due diligence process and partnership capacity assessment to local implementing partners
• Contribute to the identification of joint fundraising opportunities, in line with DRC Afghanistan Strategic Plan, the Partnership Strategy and partners’ interests and areas of focus
• Coordinate with partners during collaborative project design and fundraising, including by ensuring that coherent and comprehensive inputs for concept notes, proposals, and budgets are provided in a timely manner
• Ensure streamlined and clear communication between all departments (finance, program, and area operations) in the drafting of budgets.
• Coordinate between partners and DRC MEAL unit for the development of strong logical frameworks, monitoring & evaluation plans, and tools that are in line with the logic of intervention and clearly described within each proposal.
• Lead on the development of sub-grant agreement and management of sub-grants to DRC national and international partners
• Coordinate with DRC Risk and Compliance Unit to facilitate joint projects’ registration with relevant line ministries
• Coordinate regular joint Grants Management Meetings with partners as per agreed schedule and follow up on action points to ensure their timely and effective completion
• Ensure efficient coordination with partners during project implementation, including by ensuring that high-quality narrative and financial reports are duly submitted, challenges in implementation are timely escalated and jointly addressed, for example through the submission of project revisions
• Provide guidance to partners on donor and DRC rules, regulations, and guidelines and raise issues affecting external/ internal compliance Oversee grant management processes, including proposal amendments, grant extensions, etc.
• Ensure quality information management related to partnerships (including managing the DRC Grants Management System (GMS) and in-country documentation and trackers) and promote timely and efficient communication to all relevant focal points regarding important Grant information impacting implementation, including any amendment to scope of the intervention, budget and targets.
• Lead on the design of capacity building plans and ensure effective coordination with relevant departments and external service providers for the provision of relevant capacity building support as per agreed plans
• Act as a focal point between the Afghanistan Country Office and DRC Partnerships Grants Management units in HQ
• Ensure regular field visits to partners for follow up, capacity support, and to promote internal monitoring and compliance to DRC and donors’ rules
• Coordinate with partners for the regular gathering of information and inputs to contribute to DRC Afghanistan media and communication products
• Act as Project Manager for ACBAR Twinning Project, including development of and follow up on joint action plan with DRC partner, ensure timely completion of all project’s deliverables, and successful submission of all reporting requirements

• At least 5 years professional work experience in NGOs;
• Experience with grants and partnerships management, and government registration/reporting
• Experience with portfolio management and inter-departmental coordination.

• University degree in organizational development, International relations, business administration, education, humanitarian affairs, public and social policy or related field(s);
• Strong writing and communication skills;
• Strong interpersonal skills.

• Advanced skills in written and spoken English;
• Dari and Pashto.

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