International Rescue Committee Vacancy for a Grants and Communications Coordinator
International Rescue Committee - Founded in 1933, the International
Rescue Committee is a prominent international organization working in
relief, rehabilitation, protection, post-conflict
development,
resettlement services and advocacy for those uprooted or affected by
violent conflict and oppression.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Grants and Communications Coordinator
Location: Lagos
Job Description
- The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s
worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild
their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC
offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced
to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and
22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are
uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to
home.
- IRC has been present in Nigeria since 2012 when the organization
responded to flooding in Kogi state. In early 2014, IRC opened a
field office in Mubi town of Adamawa state in NE Nigeria followed by
offices in Yola (Adamawa state) in November 2014 and Maiduguri (Borno
state) in October 2015. IRC has ECHO, OFDA, and Gates funds to respond
to health, nutrition, GBV, and WASH activities. In late 2014 and early
2015, IRC received additional funds from SV, SIDA, USAID, and UNICEF
to carry out education, child protection, general protection, emergency
food distributions, shelter support, and NFI distributions to newly
displaced IDPs. In late 2015 into early 2016, IRC received Swiss and
UNHCR funds for additional emergency response humanitarian-focused
programming in NE Nigeria.
- The Grants and Communications Coordinator is directly supervised
by the Country Director (CD), but will work in close collaboration
with the Deputy Director of Programs (DDP) for report and proposal
preparation. The position is based in Yola, Adamawa State in the NE
with occasional travel to Mubi, Maiduguri (Borno state), and Abuja.
Responsibilities
Communication:
- Design a country program communication strategy
- Work with program sector leads to develop and produce IRC
information and communication materials such as brochures, newsletters,
contribution to global IRC news bulletin, and annual and sector
reviews.
- Assist in training program staff on communication strategies and
facilitate development of success stories, lessons learned, personal
experiences (blogs), etc from field-based program staff
- Provide briefing papers and situational reports as well as
support NY and UK communications departments in development of external
communication tools for stakeholders both in and out of country on
IRC’s work in Nigeria.
Grants & Compliance:
- Ensure that narrative reports to donors are submitted on time
and are coherent and accurately written (quarterly, interim and/or final
report) and liaise with finance to ensure finance reports accompany
narrative reports, when required
- Distribute and share with all IRC staff copies of all
documentation (grant proposals, reports, budget etc) related to their
specific programs.
- Provide training and mentoring to various program and M&E
staff on priorities and essential practices necessary to ensure high
quality donor reports and proposals.
- Maintain hard and soft files on IRC Nigeria grant portfolio
- Monitor and support the use of grants management tools such as
FM01, BvAs, and OTIS to ensure accurate tracking of grants reporting
Proposal Development:
- In coordination with the DDP, lead program staff teams in the
development of quality proposals. Act as the lead writer for all
proposals.
- Liaise with NY grants units, technical units and IRC UK to
ensure proposals meet internal standards, apply IRC Program Framework
principles and are donor compliant
Qualifications
- Master's Degree in relevant field.
- Excellent oral and written reporting skills and demonstrated ability to write and edit reports under deadline pressure.
- Competence with Windows, Microsoft Office
- Ability to work in unstable security environments
- Previous experience working with international partners, in particular UN, SIDA, USAID/OFDA and ECHO
- Fluent written and spoken English required.
- Ability to write clear and concise reports and proposals and to meet required reporting deadlines
- Working knowledge of budget development and management
- Experience conducting assessments, preferably using participatory approaches
- Experience working in a multi-cultural setting
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply