This role has a country focus and ensures compliance to DRC procedures and guidelines within the country. The role contributes to the development of country strategies, which are translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks. The role provides support and/or technical guidance to country operations while overseeing country activities. Responsibilities: Program Development and Technical Support:
Work closely with the HOP, Project Managers and Technical Coordinators to design competitive final proposals responsive to donor guidelines and requirements.
Coordinate with country and sub-offices on the delivery and timely submission of reports.
Technically support teams in the management of grants and awards, including capacity building on grant management related aspects
Support the country and sub-offices to ensure the inclusion of DRC programmatic standards and policies in the program development process.
Review proposals for consistency with the requirements of solicitations, requests or calls for proposals, predicting or preventing bottlenecks in the proposal development process and securing the necessary information to complete process.
Support the HoP in ensuring that the country strategy has a robust fundraising and donor engagement strategy to support its operationalisation.
Grants management:
Support the CO in ensuring maintenance of a robust Grants Management system.
Ensure key award processes (such as kick off, review and close out meetings) are in place and that relevant staff are aware of programmatic, financial and compliance requirements.
Provide oversight in the review of strategic donors’ grants on a regular basis including management tools analyzing original plans and log frames against achievements.
Ensure quality control of reports, in relation to donor requirements and consistency between narrative and financial reports.
Facilitate tracking the overall program portfolio with donors and monitor investments/income from donors.
Support the Country Office (CO) in ensuring that the proposal development process takes into consideration the mainstreaming of CHS, global cross cutting themes such as Age, Gender and Diversity, and lessons learnt from previous programming.
Communications and Reporting:
Oversee the production of high-quality program progress reports as per donor and DRC requirements.
Ensure all communications commitments within projects are delivered through high quality outputs.
Ensure relevant communications tools and strategies are in place and all key staff involved in generating communication items are well versed with the tools/strategy and complying with its requirements.
Partnerships and contracts management:
Support DRC Myanmar’s commitment to equitable and effective partnership, through internal advocacy and capacity building around partnership principles, tools, guidelines, and Standard Operating Procedures
In close coordination with the HoP, oversee the development and maintenance of strategic partnerships with national NGOs.
Ensure relevant Partnership policies, procedures and tools are in place and new tools are rolled out by the Partnership team as appropriate.
Oversee the Partnerships team to undertake partnership mapping and capacity assessments of local partners.
Ensure, in collaboration with the Project Managers and Partnership team, that donor and DRC guidelines and deadlines are known by project teams of local partners.
Ensure all relevant policies and procedures are followed in relation to the signing and registration of partnership contracts.
Ensure the quality of partner reports and contract amendments as per donor regulations.
Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience)
Minimum 5 years working experience in similar job at international level.
Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
Innovative, flexible, and high adaptability skills in hardship location
Commitment to Age, Gender, and Diversity inclusion
Demonstrated skills and experience in the application of humanitarian tools and standards.
Representation skills and excellent communication and reporting writing skills
Fluency in English (written and spoken) is essential.
Willing to travel to rural/remote project sites.
Ability to work well in unstable security environments, and under significant professional pressures.
