Danish Refugee Council Business Development & Grants Manager – Expat and National Jobs in Ethiopia
Responsibilities and Tasks
Proposal Development and Donor Engagement Support
Lead the development of full proposals and concept notes (solicited or un-solicited), ensuring clear roles and responsibilities are assigned to the team in CO and AO, in program and support functions.
Consolidate proposal write ups and draft budgets from teams in a timely manner for submission to selected donors as agreed with line manager.
Support program development ensuring quality check and review of project proposals, concept notes and assessment reports.
Collate and disseminate donor-specific requirements and guidelines for tenders and proposal processes.
Serve as focal point for relaying updates from field to specific donors and ensure instructions on programming changes from donor are communicated to field.
Provide inputs during development of Consortia including drafting of pre-teaming agreements and donor-specific grants requirements.
Lead on the implementation of the Fundraising Strategy.
Business Opportunities
Monitors the funding pipeline and leads new business development and forecasting at a country and area levels.
Actively identifies, qualifies and tracks funding and partnership opportunities in a systematic manner in pursuit of supporting DRC’s programming in Ethiopia.
Actively tracks multi-country, multi-sector and multi-area funding opportunities and looks for new consortium partnerships with stakeholders at country level.
Update existing mapping so that DRC in Ethiopia has a deep understanding of the donor landscape, including donors, stakeholders, I/LNGOS and programmes that work in DRC’s thematic areas.
Grants Administration
Provide oversight in regular updating of the Grants Management System in DRC’s Enterprise Resource Planning platform – Dynamics with reports, proposals, contracts and related milestones.
Grants focal point for specific country level donors.
Track grants processes and milestones for all awards through the grants cycle ensuring relevant information and documentation are disseminated to relevant staff in a timely manner.
Facilitate project kick off meetings ensuring relevant staff and partners are aware of their programmatic, financial and compliance obligations/requirements.
Support best practices on grant closure procedures and monitor compliance to grant closure steps/milestones.
Compliance Management
In coordination with HQ and other relevant staff, design, maintain and inform internal procedures, systems and tools to ensure compliance with contractual obligations to donors.
Carry out internal financial reviews to ensure that donor guidelines are implemented and followed, including financial, procurement and administrative aspects.
Carry out contract management training of staff through inception workshops, coaching and mentoring in setting up systems to monitor key accountabilities e.g. co-financing, exchange rates, interest and budget rules in line with contractual requirements.
Conduct and document periodic implementing partner reviews.
Support program teams in the interpretation and operationalization of donor rules and regulations.
Reporting
With input from the Area Managers, Technical Coordinator, and MEAL Unit, help produce high quality program progress reports as per donor and DRC requirements.
In consultation with the finance department, assist in consolidating and/or quality control of reports, in relation donor requirements, original project proposal, and consistency in both narrative and financial reports.
Provide high quality review and assembly of program documentation including drafting editing and formatting.
Provide through progress reporting, a continuous analysis of the achievements, facilitate project reviews, evaluation and audits.
Develop donors reporting timelines and requirements template; ensure it is updated at all times.
Timely dissemination of reporting tools and requirements and follow up to ensure internal and external reporting deadlines are respected.
Staff Management
Manage and mentor the Grant Management Unit staff.
Ensure staff understand and are able to perform their roles, have clear work plans, performance objectives are in place and their capacity is strengthened.
Provide capacity building support to in-country teams in areas such as in proposal writing, report writing.
Support the partnership department in implementation of the partnership strategy and RASCI.
All DRC roles require the post-holder to master
DRC’s Core Competencies:
Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.
How to Apply
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