International Rescue Committee (IRC)
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is one of the largest humanitarian agencies in the world, providing relief, rehabilitation and post-conflict reconstruction support to victims of oppression and violent conflict. IRC has worked for over seven decades and today is involved in over 25 conflict zones in the world. We address both the immediate, life saving needs of conflict affected people in an emergency and the reconstruction needs in post conflict societies.
Closing date: 24 Dec 2009 -- (CLOSED)
Location: Central African Republic (the)
The Grants Manager ensures Grants Department functions by coordinating the production of timely, quality proposals, reports, and information products. To this end, the Grants Manager reviews and edits draft reports and proposals and works with Regional and Technical Units and country program staff to finalize these and other documents. The development of visibility materials, including success stories, country factsheets, and multimedia presentations; the translation of program-related documents between English and French; and the organization of periodic grant coordination meetings will enable the Grants Manager to contribute to the effective flow of information about IRC’s programs in CAR. Training of staff on proposal development and reporting procedures will be conducted as needed. Frequent travel to the field sites would be required.
The Grants Manager has a key role to play in a challenging and developing program made up of 17 expatriates, 140 national staff spread among 2 field sites (a third to come) and a country office implementing a large scope of activities with a large variety of donors (UNs, UE, Foundations. . .)
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate the drafting and submission of project reports that conform to donor and IRC standards;
- Contribute to the coordination between grants, program, and support units throughout the program cycle, notably by organizing regular grant meetings and following up on action points;
- Facilitate the project development process by analyzing relevant calls for proposals, creating timelines and task assignments, reviewing and editing proposals, and preparing final proposal packages for sign-off;
- Provide support to program staff by developing documents, systems, tools, training sessions, translation services, etc. that contribute to quality programming;
- Ensure proper documentation of activities performed under the above tasks and of results achieved;
- Accompany project staff on field visits to become familiar with the projects and to contribute to quality reports and information products;
- Contribute to the content of IRC information tools, such as the country factsheet, country/regional narratives, activity maps, and postings to the inter-agency website (HDPT CAR);
- Represent IRC in external coordination and donor-sponsored forums as needed;
- Maintain the hard and soft copies of the Grants libraries in Bangui;
- Train and supervise the Grants Volunteer and oversee the production and distribution of internal monthly newsletters and orientation packages for new staff.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Proven superb written English skills and fluency in spoken and written French;
- Excellent computer skills and mastery of Word, Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint;
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to determine priorities and meet multiple deadlines;
- Detail-oriented with good multi-tasking abilities and communication skills, both oral and written;
- Able to work well both within a team and independently, in a challenging and fast-moving multicultural environment;
- Willingness to travel to and live in the field;
- University degree in International Relations, Development Studies, or a related field required (Masters preferred)
Reference Code: RW_7Y4L2U-41
