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What we are looking for

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is seeking a highly qualified, resilient, and dynamic professional to take up the role of Grants and Partnership Manager for North Central America and Mexico, who will be responsible to provide essential grants management support and strategic leadership and technical support on partnerships with local and international actors, and to deliver quality programmes in line with NRC’s Country Strategy, PCM and the operation’s Plan of Action. The Grants & Partnerships Manager will contribute to achieving quality programming by ensuring effective grants management including, compliance requirements, reporting, timely and quality proposal development, and internal and external communication.  The placeholder of the position also supports donor communication by ensuring effective channels of internal and external communications relating to grants are established and respected. The Grants & Partnerships Manager also supports the identification of funding opportunities as required.

What you will do

1. Strategic Fundraising & Donor Engagement. In collaboration with the Programme Unit, lead the development of NRC’s fundraising strategy. This includes the mapping of donor policy and priorities and their alignment with NRC’s programmatic and advocacy goals. The Grant Manager will play a key role in maintaining strong donor relationships with strategic funding partners, as delegated by the Head of Programmes.

1. Partnerships. Collaborate with the partnership focal point to ensure donor requirements are reflected in the Project Implementation Agreements and modification requests), and ensure they are in line with donor requirements/ procedures and captures accurate information.  Contribute to the development of NRC’s partnership and localization approaches and strategy, including through the integration of partnerships into the country strategy. Lead and facilitate the continued development and improvement of NRC NCA&M partnership tools, systems and capacity building of local partners, based on Lessons Learnt and feedback.

1. Consortia. As delegated by the Head of Programme, play a leading role in NRC’s strategic engagement in consortia. This includes engaging in the development and strengthening of consortium governance structures.

1. Risk Management. Lead NRC NCA&M due diligence processes relating to grant agreements and partnerships, in collaboration with the Risk and Compliance team. This includes the review of donor contracts or equivalent and coordinating with other relevant NRC NCA&M departments. The Grant Manager will provide technical support, training and capacity building to other NRC staff and partner team members on donor compliance issues. Work with other departments to ensure relevant grant documentation required is ready and available for audits.

1. Coordination and Representation. Engage in networking, information gathering and context analysis that contributes to NRC’s ability to make strategic and informed decisions regarding fundraising and partnership in support of NRC’s programmatic goals. As delegated by the Head of Programme, actively engage in NRC’s regional and/or global grants and partnerships initiatives.

1. Budget Development. In coordination with the Finance Manager, support the Head of Programmes with the development of top-down budgets for all funding opportunities and ensure consistency between budget and other proposal documents, as well as compatibility with donor compliance requirements.

Please download the detailed job description to learn more about the position.

What you will bring

• Minimum 3 years of experience from a grants and/or partnerships management position in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Experience working with humanitarian and development donors
• Experience working with implementing partners and consortia
• Fluency in English and Spanish, both written and verbal;
• Strong communication, coordination and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of the context in Latin America preferred, specially Central America and Mexico context
• Post-Graduate Degree in Social Sciences, Business Administration, Finance and Accounting;
• Previous experience coordinating/managing teams;
• Experience working with local actors (civil society, community-based, academia, private sector)
• Strong analytical skills (data and financial);
• Proficiency in the use of Word and Excel;
• Ability to mediate in high-stress scenarios with competing interest
• Willingness to travel to area offices and work in difficult environment according to travel requirements
• Good knowledge of humanitarian donor guidelines and procedures
• Proven skills and experience in report and proposal development and working with multiple donors;
• Detail oriented and strong organizational skills

What we offer

• Duty station:  Tegucigalpa, Honduras
• Contract: national contract, permanent contract
• Travel: up to 15%
• Salary/benefits: grade 9 on NRC’s salary scale, with accompanying terms and conditions
• NRC is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity without distinction to age, gender, religion, 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.

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Important information about the application process

• Internal candidates only: please click on the suitcase icon labelled “I am an employee” to be redirected to NRC’s internal careers site.
• When creating your profile, include your full name as given on your passport. Complete all the system-required fields for experience, employment history and education.
• Submit your application and CV in English, taking care to attach your latest CV.
• Applications that do not meet the minimum standards in terms of experience or qualifications will generally not be considered. Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We receive many applicants for each vacant position.
• If you have any questions about this role, please email [email protected] with the job title as the subject line.

Why NRC?

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. Our 15,000 staff work in crises across 40 countries, providing life-saving and long-term assistance to millions of people every year.

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We contribute to the development of policy aiming to protect the rights of the displaced and we call for increased humanitarian funding and engagement on processes that will generate structural changes in protection and assistance in the region.

NRC has delivered humanitarian and protection assistance to vulnerable populations in Latin America for the past two decades. We have teams in the areas of education, information, counselling and legal assistance (ICLA), livelihoods and food security, protection from violence, shelter and settlements and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). NRC provides services and assistance to vulnerable populations affected by violence and displacement in Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico (NCA&M). NRC works in collaboration with various other stakeholders, including local, national, and international organizations.

In the past years, the populations of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala (often referred to as the countries of North of Central America, NCA) have been affected by devastating violence. The number of displaced people has been growing exponentially and every year hundreds of thousands become internally displaced or flee their country trying to make their way to the US or Mexico and often get stuck in between or are sent back to their country, where they face additional challenges. On top of this, the number of refugees and migrants in need of international protection has been increasing substantially in all Latin America. The recent context developments and changes of US migration policies are resulting in a high number of migrants and asylum seekers in need of humanitarian assistance.

NRC North of Central America and Mexico (NCA&M) Country Office (CO) was established in January 2021 and NRC currently operates in four countries: in Honduras, in El Salvador, in Guatemala and in Mexico.

We are looking for people who are passionate about helping refugees and people forced to flee. Are you one of those people? If you are, NRC offers you the opportunity to:

• do demanding and professional work, often in challenging contexts.
• join a work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility.
• be part of a welcoming and supportive community committed to human dignity.

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