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What we are looking for:
The Senior Project and Grants Manager (maternity cover) will play a critical role in implementing a USAID-funded and foundations grant aimed at ensuring increased humanitarian access worldwide. This position is responsible for overseeing effective grants management, ensuring compliance with donor requirements, managing budgets, coordinating project activities, and representing the organization to external audiences. The role involves close coordination with various teams and departments to support financial, logistical, and programmatic aspects of the project.
What you will do:
Key Responsibilities:
USAID-BHA grants management (45%)
Foundations grant and staff management (25%)
Programmatic and thought leadership (30%)
Please download the detailed job description to learn more about the position as the above mentioned responsibilities are just a snapshot.
What you will bring:
This is a great position for those with a relevant master's degree in international relations or humanitarian affairs. A few years of project management experience in the humanitarian or development sector is required. The role will require regular follow-up with colleagues working in a matrix managed, cross departmental, global team setting. It will also require learning new systems and processes and developing workable solutions when they do not exist.
Note: this role is full-time and hybrid, based in the NRC USA office in Washington, DC. Though travel for this project is infrequent, the successful candidate must be able to travel internationally for up to two weeks at a time. The location of the travel may include volatile contexts in conflict settings. The position is for six months only.
Candidates from diverse backgrounds, especially those with experience in humanitarian, refugee or displacement contexts, are encouraged to apply.
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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 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:
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The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a global humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.
Join us in assisting millions of people in areas where others cannot, tackling some of the world's most dangerous and difficult crises. Bring your skills and dedication to an organisation recognised for providing high quality aid and for defending the rights of refugees and internally displaced people.
At NRC, we give responsibility to employees at all levels and foster professional growth and innovative teams. You can expect a supportive culture and an open dialogue with management. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Together, we save lives and rebuild futures.
Safeguarding is central to NRC’s work. We expect all employees to:
• treat everyone with respect and dignity
• contribute to building a safe environment for all
• never engage in any form of exploitation, harassment and specifically sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH)
• always report. NRC has a zero-tolerance approach to inaction against exploitation, abuse and SEAH