Program Development and Awards Advisor

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🔥 15 hours ago

🌐 United Kingdom, Kenya, +1 more countries – Remote

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote 🇰🇪 Kenya – Remote 🇩🇪 Germany – Remote

💵 £52.2k - £58k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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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

• Manage a portfolio of awards for the WACAR region • Support narrative reporting and post-award deliverables, including amendments, modifications, and submissions • Support budget realignments, changes in scope, no-cost extensions, and other amendments • Advise country program awards staff on post-award compliance issues and connect them with AMU teams • Manage donor relationships and secure changes and approvals as needed • Guide country offices on partner management policies and PEERS compliance; review and process sub-grants and partnership agreements • Monitor projects for compliance through visits, implementation meetings, and targeted calls • Monitor award spending and help address under- and over-spending • Provide technical advice on donor compliance issues and escalate high-level matters • Participate in country team meetings and calls regarding compliance, submissions, monitoring, and award management • Feed lessons learned from finalized projects into business development • Support country programs in following IRC policies and maintaining awards-related data in OTIS and PEERS • Maintain organized donor documentation and award files for compliance and audit readiness • Participate in recruitment and onboarding of country grants staff • Develop training materials and deliver training to in-country staff • Develop and maintain award implementation and report review processes, checklists, and lessons learned • Onboard, mentor, and coach Grants and Partnerships staff • Contribute to AMU and regional strategic priorities • Provide proposal support, from direct proposal management to quality assurance • Support donor engagement, intelligence sharing, and positioning with prioritized donors • Represent IRC at country-specific meetings with donors and stakeholder networks • Coordinate proposal development timelines, teams, budgets, documents, meetings, and proposal sections • Collaborate on proposal concepts and designs for new activities and amendments • Provide proposal quality assurance and ensure compliance with solicitation documents, IRC requirements, and PEER • Coordinate consortium partner inputs • Coordinate regional proposal reviews and approvals • Review agreements and support award negotiation and handover • Incorporate implementation lessons into proposals • Maintain electronic submission files and internal trackers • Lead proposal development when needed • Facilitate post-submission debriefs and lessons-learned sessions

🎯 Requirements

• Degree, preferably in a subject related to IRC’s work (International Relations, Refugee or Migration Studies, Development Studies, Public Policy) or equivalent experience • Fluency in English and French, both spoken and written • Good understanding of humanitarian aid and development programming • Ability to work collaboratively as part of a diverse team and handle a multifaceted workload • Good financial management and budgeting skills • Ability to analyze and synthesize information • Proven organizational skills, detail-oriented, ability to prioritize tasks, and to learn quickly • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in a multicultural environment • Ability to work independently in a very fast-paced environment • Flexible and calm work attitude • Excellent IT skills (Word, Outlook, Excel) • Ability to travel internationally, sometimes on short notice and to insecure areas (15%) • Experience with institutional donor compliance requirements, such as UN, World Bank, US government, and/or European government donors • Experience working at a distance and supporting country-based staff • Experience writing, reviewing, and editing narrative and financial reports • Experience working on new funding opportunities in humanitarian and international development sectors with multilateral and bilateral donors • Experience collaborating with local partner organizations • Experience with strategies and proposal processes of key government/statutory donors • Candidates should be based in WACAR, or other IRC locations in GMT and EAT time zones, and have significant experience working in West and Central Africa countries

🏖️ Benefits

• Open to Remote • International work environment • Opportunity to travel internationally, sometimes on short notice and to insecure areas (15%)

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