Grants & Partnership Coordinator Myanmar At Norwegian Refugee Council

What we are looking for

NRC is looking for a Grants & Partnerships Coordinator to join the Myanmar mission. This position is a member of the country-level Programme Unit, and the role holder is responsible for ensuring quality and timely grants and partnerships processes.

If you are an action-oriented, execution-driven, and hands-on professional who can deliver results under pressure; and is innovative, adaptive, and analytically inclined, then this is the role for you!

What you will do

• Field Support: Technical support and guidance to field teams; building positive working relationships across country and area office teams; continuous improvement of project cycle management tools and systems; and capacity building.
• Donor Rules & Regulations: Technical support, training, and capacity building on donor compliance issues; and ensure grant documentation are available for audits.
• Risk Management: Support due diligence processes relating to grant agreements and partnerships.
• Remote Management: Support the development and implementation of remote management systems and tools.
• Partnerships: Building and strengthening networks, cooperation, and implementing partnerships; supporting the application of the partnership and localisation strategy and systems; continuous improvement of partnership tools and systems; and capacity building.
• Consortia: Provision of technical guidance to the First Line Emergency Response mechanism.
• Capacity Building: Build the capacities of the national grants and partnership team.

What you will bring

• Grants and/or partnerships management experience in the humanitarian sector.
• Humanitarian and development donors’ exposure.
• Donor rules, regulations, priorities, and compliance requirements understanding.
• Project cycle management, and report and proposal development expertise.
• Complex and volatile context exposure, working with displacement affected people.
• Myanmar, or South / South-East Asia, context exposure and knowledge.
• English fluency, both written and verbal.

What makes this position attractive?

• NRC has delivered humanitarian assistance and protection to vulnerable affected populations in Myanmar since 2009, following Cyclone Nargis. Over that time, NRC has evolved into a complex and mature mission with an excellent reputation for technical skill and delivery of programmes.
• NRC has established sector teams in Education; Information, Counselling, and Legal Assistance; Protection (including site management); Shelter and Settlements; and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene.
• NRC provides services and assistance to vulnerable populations affected by conflict and displacement over three geographical areas (Rakhine, North-East, and South-East Myanmar) and the Country Office in Yangon, across 10 offices. The portfolio of projects is currently larger than 15.
• NRC Myanmar works in collaboration with a diverse portfolio of partner organisations. Over the past years NRC Myanmar has been at the forefront of partnerships integrated programming; and promoting and developing staff capacity.
• This is an opportunity to join one of the most respected humanitarian actors in Myanmar that has a strong reputation with donors, embassies, clusters, and peer agencies, and the chance to work with a diverse portfolio of donors and partners.
• Meaningful work, with a high-quality integrated programme that responds to the diverse needs, priorities, and concerns raised by beneficiary communities.
• Female candidates are strongly encouraged to join our work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility.

What we offer

• Yangon, Myanmar duty station, subject to receiving appropriate documentation. Currently, international visas and work permits are subject to considerable delays. The successful candidate will be expected to work from home/remotely for extended periods of time.
• 12-month contract duration.
• 20% travel, approximately.
• Grade 7 in NRC’s Salary Scale, with accompanying terms and conditions. NRC offers a competitive compensation and benefits package.
• NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
• We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.

The full Job Description can be found on our website.