Grants and Partnership Manager

What you will do

Strategic Fundraising & Donor Engagement. In collaboration with the Programme Unit, lead the development of NRC’s fundraising strategy. This includes the mapping of donor policy and priorities and their alignment with NRC’s programmatic and advocacy goals. The Grant Manager will play a key role in maintaining strong donor relationships with strategic funding partners, as delegated by the Head of Programmes. 

Partnerships.

• Collaborate with the partnership focal point to ensure donor requirements are reflected in the Project Implementation Agreements and modification requests), and ensure they are in line with donor requirements/ procedures and captures accurate information.  Contribute to the development of NRC’s partnership and localization approaches and strategy, including through the integration of partnerships into the country strategy. Lead and facilitate the continued development and improvement of NRC NCA&M partnership tools, systems and capacity building of local partners, based on Lessons Learnt and feedback.

Consortia.

• As delegated by the Head of Programme, play a leading role in NRC’s strategic engagement in consortia. This includes engaging in the development and strengthening of consortium governance structures.

 Risk Management.

• Lead NRC NCA&M due diligence processes relating to grant agreements and partnerships, in collaboration with the Risk and Compliance team. This includes the review of donor contracts or equivalent and coordinating with other relevant NRC NCA&M departments. The Grant Manager will provide technical support, training and capacity building to other NRC staff and partner team members on donor compliance issues. Work with other departments to ensure relevant grant documentation required is ready and available for audits.

Coordination and Representation.

• Engage in networking, information gathering and context analysis that contributes to NRC’s ability to make strategic and informed decisions regarding fundraising and partnership in support of NRC’s programmatic goals. As delegated by the Head of Programme, actively engage in NRC’s regional and/or global grants and partnerships initiatives.

Budget Development.

• In coordination with the Finance Manager, support the Head of Programmes with the development of top-down budgets for all funding opportunities and ensure consistency between budget and other proposal documents, as well as compatibility with donor compliance requirements.

What you will bring

• Minimum 3 years of experience from a grants and/or partnerships management position in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Experience working with humanitarian and development donors
• Experience working with implementing partners and consortia
• Fluency in English and Spanish, both written and verbal;
• Strong communication, coordination and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of the context in Latin America preferred, specially Central America and Mexico context
• Post-Graduate Degree in Social Sciences, Business Administration, Finance and Accounting;
• Previous experience coordinating/managing teams;
• Experience working with local actors (civil society, community-based, academia, private sector)
• Strong analytical skills (data and financial);
• Proficiency in the use of Word and Excel;
• Ability to mediate in high-stress scenarios with competing interest
• Willingness to travel to area offices and work in difficult environment according to travel requirements
• Good knowledge of humanitarian donor guidelines and procedures
• Proven skills and experience in report and proposal development and working with multiple donors;
• Detail oriented and strong organizational skills

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