Title: Grants and Partnership Coordinator
Location: Addis Ababa with frequent travel to the field areas
Employment Category: G1 (Non-management)
Reporting To: Program Development and Quality Manager
Direct Reports: N/A
Unit/Department: Grants Management
Start of Contract & Duration: 12 Months
Posting date: September 30, 2022
Closing date: October 13, 2022
INTRODUCTION
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and migrants. The organization has offices across the region, and has been operational in Ethiopia since 2009. With funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, DRC is currently implementing a range of activities across Ethiopia and Djibouti, including WASH and shelter provision, child and youth protection, gender based violence response, awareness-raising of migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, and livelihoods support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration.
Overall purpose of the role:
DRC has committed to prioritization of implementation of humanitarian programs in Ethiopia through local partner NGOs. The empowerment and capacity development of DRC’s partners is fundamental to our vision and approach to supporting the humanitarian response for displaced and vulnerable persons affected by crisis in Ethiopia. The Grant Partnership Coordinator will play a key role in supporting Program teams and Senior Management to ensure prioritisation and value of partnership across the Country Program and promote the partnership approach in DRC ’s operations. This includes advising and facilitating specific partnership processes as well as institutional development with a focus on expanding DRC’s ability to implement programs inside Ethiopia through local partners. The Grants Partnership Coordinator will report to the Program Development and Quality Manager and work closely with the grants team, field and/or project teams, MEAL team, finance team and with other relevant DRC senior staffs (Head of Programs, Head of Support Services, and Country Director) to provide regular support and guidance through effective partnership and grants management for the overall country program in line with DRC Ethiopia Strategic Plan 2022-25.
The Grants Partnership Coordinator will oversee the implementation of DRC’s partnership management system, ensuring that DRC identifies, appropriately allocates and effectively mitigates programmatic, operational, financial and reputational risk, establishing a strong foundation for strategic partnerships that extend beyond program implementation to incorporate mutual capacity strengthening and broader collaboration. The Grants Partnership Coordinator will be key in fostering and promoting a culture, attitudes, values and skills conducive to collaborative partnerships throughout the DRC Ethiopia teams, based on a clear and shared understanding of DRC’s strategy, role and approach, and partnership principles.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Partnerships Identification and Subgrant Reviews and Processes
Partnership Management and Capacity Development
Partner Performance Monitoring and Reporting
Documentation, Recording, and Knowledge Management
Grants Management
External relations
Internal relations
Others
Experience and Technical Competencies: (include years of experience)
Education (include certificates, licenses etc.):
Languages: (indicate fluency level)
All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies: