Jobs at International Rescue Committee

Job Overview
 The Programme and Grants Coordinator is responsible for managing a portfolio of grants to be allocated to awardees during the period of the fund management under the What Works 2 contract. Each Programme and Grants Coordinator will be expected to manage up to eight grants each in their respective regions. The Programme and Grants Coordinator will play a critical role in ensuring timely and accurate grant reporting, tracking grant spending, developing spending plans, and managing internal disbursement of grant funding to awardees.  
 
The role will also provide key support to the Senior Operations Manager, Fund Management, and work closely with Programme Finance Coordinator and Finance Officers to coordinate programmatic and budgetary monitoring, compliance with donor and internal IRC rules and regulations and other key functions as required.

Scope and Authority 

Authority:

• This position has no direct line management authority but has authority to advise the What Works II Finance Officers and Senior Operations Manager.

Responsibility for Resources:

• This position is not a budget holder but is required to manage and oversee grants budgets
• Responsible for monitoring portfolio of grants (progress and spending reports); and preparation of donor financial and narrative reports for a portfolio of smaller grants and contracts;
• Responsible for risk management and compliance of allocated grants in collaboration with the Awards Management Unit’s Compliance Team; and
• Supports the Senior Operations Manager, Fund Management on other Fund Management tasks as required. .

Key responsibilities

Programme and Grant Management and Monitoring

Support the full life cycle of funding rounds as follows:

• Develop, co-facilitate and guide competitive partner selection processes to identify partners for this project;
• Review concept notes, proposals and budgets and support key technical staff in this task before Project Lead sign off; and
• Support Partner Identity and Background Review (vetting/due diligence) processes and documentation, including completion of the report and/or review of submitted reports and by senior officers.
• Support in the agreement and review appropriate partnership agreement type and draft agreement, taking into account the due diligence outcomes and specific project and donor requirements.
• Coordinate with the technical advisors for support required for the effective management of the grants.
• Coordinate the management and monitoring of grants funded portfolio following the award, and ensure that the funded projects continue to comply with the terms and conditions set in the grant agreement.
• Develop and maintain an in-depth understanding of grants, donor compliance, and budget conditions and status.
• Contribute to the What Works 2 programme grants risk register, to identify, monitor and mitigate against any key risks to programme delivery, and update the Senior Operations Manager, Fund Management.
• Support and participate in timely and effective grants funded portfolio programme, finance, and compliance review and reflection (monitoring), and work with the fund management staff, Technical Coordinators, M&E and finance staff to address any project performance issues.
• Update the What Works 2 grants management portal as required. 
• Attend and actively participate in all grants reviews related meetings, including monthly check-ins with Technical Advisors.
• Manage and coordinate the approval of agreements, amendments, cost extensions and no-cost extensions for grants/contracts.
• Utilize existing IRC standard grant management processes (OTIS, project cycle meetings, etc.) and develop new tools or reporting formats to enhance grants management.
• Work closely with Finance Officers, Programme Funding Coordinator, Senior Operations Manager, technical advisory unit and headquarters-based finance staff to ensure accuracy of the WWII grants reports and promptly identify and advise the WWII Team on areas of concern.
• Undertake regional monitoring visits to grant partners and project sites (subject to travel and security approvals)

Financial Management and Compliance 

• Work closely with What Works 2 Finance team to ensure accurate reports are produced in a timely manner, and that confirmed expenditure reports and forecasts are submitted to FCDO, as agreed.
• Maintain an overview of grants funded portfolio and monitoring and ensure that appropriate controls and decisions are made regarding timely release of funds to grantees.
• Support the Project Finance officer in preparing and reviewing milestones calculation ensuring grantee costs are reflective of required costs.
• Work with the project team to develop tools to implement sound financial management (e.g. cash flow management tools, invoice trackers, forecasting).

Communications

• Maintain regular communications with grantees and build relationships with strategic programme partners
• Maintain effective communication with Partnership Excellence Team to ensure effective fund management

Qualifications

 Skills, Knowledge and Qualifications:

• Degree in gender, social work, public health, international development, or related field (or equivalent work experience in a relevant field)
• Between 5 to 7 years of related and demonstrable work experience, preferably for an International Non-Governmental Organization managing a considerable number of grants or contracts
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively liaise with a variety of people in a multi-cultural environment and work in a virtual team
• Flexible work attitude, proactive and demonstrated creativity: the ability to work productively in a team environment and the ability to problem solve creatively with minimal guidance

Experience:

• Experience managing a portfolio of grants and projects throughout implementation, including monitoring progress against milestones, budget, risk and compliance
• Knowledge of working on grant making funds and good understanding of project/grant management cycle, including assessments, selection, contract, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
• Understanding of project management methodology 
• Ability to develop excellent relationships with multiple project partners and stakeholders including governments, donors, and civil society
• Experience working closely and managing relationships with grantees
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and project partners, in writing, face to face or on the telephone
• Ability to define and communicate (written / verbal) grant management processes tailored to specific requirements
• Proven ability to operate in a complex organisation, across functions and work on own initiative as well as collaboratively as part of diverse teams
• Ability to meet deadlines, and to work in a pressurized environment
• Ability to manage a complex and varied workload, work under pressure, and travel regularly to insecure environment
• Excellent written and oral English communication skills. Other language skills are an asset
• Excellent IT skills (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel).

Desirable

• Experience with commercial contracts, including FCDO
• Knowledge of FCDO’s rules and regulations 
• Prior experience working in countries where IRC operates
• Project Management Skills
• Other language skills
• Experience in feminist grant making 

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Job Overview / Summary:

The IRC is currently engaged in a project to implement a new Enterprise Resource Planning system (Integra) across Finance, Supply Chain and Grants Management functions in all IRC locations around the world. This project will retire a number of existing systems, bringing them into a cloud-based Microsoft Dynamics 365 environment.

We have an exciting opportunity for a detail-oriented ERP Training Coordination Manager to help us plan, organize, and track training activities and events for the global rollout of Integra.

This position holder will work closely with the Integra Change Management and Deployment teams to coordinate events and logistics for end-user training in IRC country offices and/or vendor training centers around the world. The Training Coordination Manager will also be responsible for tracking and reporting training enrollment and attendance.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide real-time support to team members who are conducting or participating in on-site and off-site training.
• Liaise with facilities teams (internal and external) to ensure logistics are properly coordinated for all training events (PCs, whiteboard, LAN connection, room configuration, etc.)
• Manage training enrollment, attendance and completion using the IRC’s Learning Management System (LMS) or other designated medium.  
• Develop marketing material and communications, in conjunction with other team members, to promote relevant courses or learning opportunities in a timely manner.
• Maintain a consistent and effective process for tracking and reporting training attendance and completion for courses and events.
• Maintain online training calendar for global training sessions, workshops, and other events.
• Manage training material translation, printing and distribution.
• Collect and communicate feedback and requests for corrections on training or knowledge resources.
• Participate in continuous improvement projects related to training or knowledge resources.
• Manage new hire training requests via ServiceNow (the IRC’s online help application)
• Run regular and ad-hoc reports as needed to share training activity.
• Transform raw data into meaningful and engaging executive style summaries/presentations, related to training activities.

Requirements:

• 2+ years of training or event coordination experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Fluency in English and French.
• Excellent Project Management skills; ability to manage multiple consecutive events
• Strong attention to detail (excellent proofreading and editing skills).
• Experience in managing calendars using Outlook, Google, and other calendar tools.
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Experience managing content on a Learning Management Systems (LMS).
• Ability to handle multiple priorities and work well under pressure with tight deadlines.
• Proactive and possess a strong sense of urgency in driving projects to completion.
• Naturally curious, love learning new things, and sharing knowledge with others.
• Ability to communicate and build effective working relationships across diverse groups of people and departments.
• May require some travel to international offices.

Preferred Additional Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 (or other ERP systems) or relevant Training Coodination.
• Administrative experience with Learning Management Systems (LMS) or Content Management Systems (CMS).
• Experience as a Corporate or ERP Systems Trainer.