Awards, Partnerships & Project Management Lead

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INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1933

🤲 Charity

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Charity • Non-profit • Social Impact

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE is a global humanitarian organization that responds to the world’s worst crises by helping people survive, recover and rebuild their lives. With a workforce of over 20,000 across more than 40 countries, the IRC delivers emergency relief, protection, health, education, and economic recovery services while partnering with local communities and donors to develop evidence-based, scalable solutions. The organization emphasizes integrity, accountability, equality, and staff support, and provides extensive programs and benefits for its global employees.

📋 Description

• Reporting to the Regional Project Director, responsible for the operational backbone of the regional ECD portfolio • Oversee the full lifecycle management of regional awards, development and management of strategic partnerships, financial oversight, and project management • Ensure smooth coordination and communication across IRC teams, partners, and donors at country, regional, and global levels • Directly manage an Awards & Project Manager and a Finance Coordinator, and may manage additional staff as the portfolio grows • Contribute to business development efforts to sustain and expand the portfolio by maintaining an active understanding of the public and private ECD funding landscape • Lead the pre-award development process including proposal design, coordination, and budget development in collaboration with the Finance Coordinator • Oversee all award management aspects across the portfolio, including project set-up, facilitating regular PCM meetings, and maintaining award tracking systems • Own the portfolio's donor compliance environment and ensure compliance requirements are consistently understood and applied by team members and partners • Oversee all financial management functions across the portfolio, ensure budgets and financial reports are accurate and timely • Coordinate the full partnership cycle from identification to close-out, serving as the primary operational point of contact for regional partners • Maintain systems for tracking deliverables, milestones, and risks and establish clear escalation processes • Foster a collaborative, accountable, and inclusive team culture that models IRC values

🎯 Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in program administration, business development, awards, partnerships and financial management, and project management at an NGO • Knowledge and expertise in the use of project management methodologies and tools, resource management practices and change management techniques • Self-directed, able to independently set priorities and solve problems with minimal guidance • Excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills • Demonstrated ability to successfully work in a fast-paced environment, within and across departments/functions and develop positive relationships with locally and remote based staff • Experience working in conflict and crisis settings and knowledge of humanitarian programming • Ability to prioritize trade-offs between on-time, on-scope or on-budget project delivery • Demonstrated ability to manage complex project budgeting, monitoring and mitigation planning • Knowledge of early childhood development or education is a plus • Knowledge of the Middle East regional context, with experience working in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria or Palestine strongly preferred • Fluent in written and oral English and Arabic.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Flexible working hours • Professional development opportunities • Travel opportunities