Job Responsibilities

• Lead the process of developing concept notes, proposals and reports (donors and internal reports, narrative and project budgets) for multi country and regional based grants and other projects in the designated portfolio to ensure accurate, transparent and timely delivery of narrative and financial documents, in line with NRC PCM framework and donor’s rules and regulations through working collaboratively with country, regional and global colleagues.
• Ensure compliance to NRC’s PCM Framework and facilitate relevant PCM activities, including the inclusion of cross-cutting programme elements, MEAL, Finance and other support functions throughout all stages of the project cycle. This can be go/no go consultations, proposal planning, grants opening, review and closing meetings, as well as coordinating relevant revisions and inclusion of partners (consortia or implementing), and liaising with relevant colleagues at CO, Regional, Global and Rep Office level as need be.
• Build collaborative working relationships with programme and grants management teams in country offices in the relevant geographical portfolio, to coordinate and support the full cycle of projects from development of high-quality multi- country, regional and other funding and partnership proposals, using relevant NRC Grant Management tools and guidance, through to implementation and finalisation and reporting. 
• Collaborate with the CO finance team and global resources to ensure donor budget lines as per the contract are in line with the financial system (i.e., amounts have not changed as a result of new income instalments at different rates being received), highlight critical financial issues such as under/overspends to project focal points and provide technical support to relevant CO focal points on monitoring issues and budget revision (if required).
• Responsible for providing or organizing training and capacity building of programme and support staff on NRCs grants management, proposal and report writing, donor rules and regulations, and Project Cycle Management (PCM) in coordination with the Grants Mngt pool and based on needs in relevant countries. Work with the Grants Management global function and relevant Institutional Partnership Advisers to contribute to revision and updates to training and capacity building on grants mngt, PCM and internal and donor compliance requirements. 
• Coordinate and take overarching responsibility for delivery of timely, quality inputs for each project from proposal, revision, and final reporting stage internally and to donors, including contributing to the review of donor contracts, working with the legal team and flag any points that might challenge NRCs procedures and support contract negotiation, this also includes monitoring grant payment schedules and income requests for respective portfolio, working closely with finance to ensure this is done in a timely manner.
• Act as an internal helpdesk on donor related issues, including donor rules and regulations, proposal and report writing, working in partnership in addition to the PnP and Private Fundraising Departments.
• Maintain overview over all grants in the designated portfolio and ensure a correct and up-to-date grants management information in Cycles and GORS, review data to identify relevant funding trends, donor mapping exercises, and development of Capacity Statements.
• Gap fill or provide specific grant support as per request and availability, depending on workload and other responsibilities, as agreed with the Head of PCM and Grants Mngt and the relevant region/country.
• Compliance and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures, (if a function role) and a specific responsibility for the functions policies and procedures.
• Undertake delegated donor representation, including liaising with consortia partners, supporting new business negotiations, and funder reporting in relation to multi-country grants.
• Lead on organisational assessments of Partners as per NRC’s Grants Management procedures and contribute to partner capacity building as required and identified in partner assessment.
• Identify gaps in quality and practice, and common development needs in relation to PCM and grants management within CO’s and the project portfolio and work collaboratively with colleagues in the Grants Mngt function to develop learning initiatives to build skills and capacity.
• Serve as a member of relevant Major Projects Committee or High Value Committees as appropriate. 
• Support the roll-out and uptake of Cycles. 
• Contribute to the review of donor contracts, working with legal and risk and compliance colleagues, and flag any points that might challenge NRC’s procedures, and support contract negotiations.