Grants Coordinator Uganda Kampala
2025-05-21T06:17:01+00:00
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
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https://www.nrc.no/
FULL_TIME
kampala
Kampala
00256
Uganda
Nonprofit, and NGO
Admin & Office
2025-05-24T17:00:00+00:00
Uganda
8
Generic responsibilities
- Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
- Develop and maintain an overview of all grants, donor requirements, rules and regulations, and internal and external deadlines, including the filing of grant documents (including through the cycles and Office 365)
- Contribute to the development of donor applications and reports, as well as ensuring donor compliance and quality control
- Contribute to the development and revision of funding proposals, budgets, and donor reports
- Be updated on donor priorities and track and share relevant calls for proposals
- Document, analyze, and share learning from the proposal and reporting process, and compliance with donor rules and regulations
- Contribute to continuously improving internal grant management systems
- Provide an internal helpdesk on donor-related issues, including organizing and delivering training in donor rules and regulations, as well as proposal and report writing
- Coordinate the development and distribution of internal reports
- Contribute to PCM training and usage of the NRC PCM framework in the CO as delegated by the Head of Programme
- Support external donor audits
- Represent with relevant partners and donors as delegated
- Promote the rights of refugees in line with the advocacy strategy
Specific responsibilities
- Responsible for reporting and oversight of a specific portfolio of grants for which NRC Uganda is the lead agency, either amongst a consortium of external partners or a regional programme with other NRC country offices, namely (at current): for example, ECHO ICLA (led by NRC)
- Liaise and coordinate in donor reporting between the area office, PDM, the region and donors
- Organizing and facilitating Go No GO meetings, Project review meetings, GoM, GCM and updating the PCM RACI
- Archiving and updating the Project folder under the filing tree, ensuring that all documents are archived and in compliance with the NRC compliance checklist
- Follow up on all applications and update the online grants tracker, and share with managers
- Support for monitoring BVA’s and identifying areas of concern for HOP to act
- Conduct monitoring and field support missions to project sites related to the grant’s portfolio
- Support research, advocacy, and communications related to the grant’s portfolio
- Deputize for the partnership coordinator as directed
Professional competencies
These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance.
Professional competencies for this position:
- Between 3-5 years of relevant experience within field of expertise
- Relevant experience from the project management in the humanitarian sector
- Experience from working with humanitarian and development donors
- Good understanding of donor rules and regulations
- Skills and experience in report and proposal writing
- Strong communication, coordination and interpersonal skills
- Strong analytical skills (data and financial)
Behavioral competencies
- Planning and delivering results
- Managing resources to optimize results
- Influencing
- Handling insecure environments
What we offer
- Duty station: Kampala Country Office
- Contract: national contract, 6 months (extension possible, dependent on funding)
- Travel: Frequent travel to the project sites
- Salary/benefits: grade 7 on NRC’s national salary scale.
- 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.
Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures Develop and maintain an overview of all grants, donor requirements, rules and regulations, and internal and external deadlines, including the filing of grant documents (including through the cycles and Office 365) Contribute to the development of donor applications and reports, as well as ensuring donor compliance and quality control Contribute to the development and revision of funding proposals, budgets, and donor reports Be updated on donor priorities and track and share relevant calls for proposals Document, analyze, and share learning from the proposal and reporting process, and compliance with donor rules and regulations Contribute to continuously improving internal grant management systems Provide an internal helpdesk on donor-related issues, including organizing and delivering training in donor rules and regulations, as well as proposal and report writing Coordinate the development and distribution of internal reports Contribute to PCM training and usage of the NRC PCM framework in the CO as delegated by the Head of Programme Support external donor audits Represent with relevant partners and donors as delegated Promote the rights of refugees in line with the advocacy strategy Specific responsibilities Responsible for reporting and oversight of a specific portfolio of grants for which NRC Uganda is the lead agency, either amongst a consortium of external partners or a regional programme with other NRC country offices, namely (at current): for example, ECHO ICLA (led by NRC) Liaise and coordinate in donor reporting between the area office, PDM, the region and donors Organizing and facilitating Go No GO meetings, Project review meetings, GoM, GCM and updating the PCM RACI Archiving and updating the Project folder under the filing tree, ensuring that all documents are archived and in compliance with the NRC compliance checklist Follow up on all applications and update the online grants tracker, and share with managers Support for monitoring BVA’s and identifying areas of concern for HOP to act Conduct monitoring and field support missions to project sites related to the grant’s portfolio Support research, advocacy, and communications related to the grant’s portfolio Deputize for the partnership coordinator as directed
Between 3-5 years of relevant experience within field of expertise Relevant experience from the project management in the humanitarian sector Experience from working with humanitarian and development donors Good understanding of donor rules and regulations Skills and experience in report and proposal writing Strong communication, coordination and interpersonal skills Strong analytical skills (data and financial)
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Vacancy title:
Grants Coordinator Uganda Kampala
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Admin & Office]
Jobs at:
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
Deadline of this Job:
Saturday, May 24 2025
Duty Station:
kampala | Kampala | Uganda
Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, May 21 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
Generic responsibilities
- Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
- Develop and maintain an overview of all grants, donor requirements, rules and regulations, and internal and external deadlines, including the filing of grant documents (including through the cycles and Office 365)
- Contribute to the development of donor applications and reports, as well as ensuring donor compliance and quality control
- Contribute to the development and revision of funding proposals, budgets, and donor reports
- Be updated on donor priorities and track and share relevant calls for proposals
- Document, analyze, and share learning from the proposal and reporting process, and compliance with donor rules and regulations
- Contribute to continuously improving internal grant management systems
- Provide an internal helpdesk on donor-related issues, including organizing and delivering training in donor rules and regulations, as well as proposal and report writing
- Coordinate the development and distribution of internal reports
- Contribute to PCM training and usage of the NRC PCM framework in the CO as delegated by the Head of Programme
- Support external donor audits
- Represent with relevant partners and donors as delegated
- Promote the rights of refugees in line with the advocacy strategy
Specific responsibilities
- Responsible for reporting and oversight of a specific portfolio of grants for which NRC Uganda is the lead agency, either amongst a consortium of external partners or a regional programme with other NRC country offices, namely (at current): for example, ECHO ICLA (led by NRC)
- Liaise and coordinate in donor reporting between the area office, PDM, the region and donors
- Organizing and facilitating Go No GO meetings, Project review meetings, GoM, GCM and updating the PCM RACI
- Archiving and updating the Project folder under the filing tree, ensuring that all documents are archived and in compliance with the NRC compliance checklist
- Follow up on all applications and update the online grants tracker, and share with managers
- Support for monitoring BVA’s and identifying areas of concern for HOP to act
- Conduct monitoring and field support missions to project sites related to the grant’s portfolio
- Support research, advocacy, and communications related to the grant’s portfolio
- Deputize for the partnership coordinator as directed
Professional competencies
These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance.
Professional competencies for this position:
- Between 3-5 years of relevant experience within field of expertise
- Relevant experience from the project management in the humanitarian sector
- Experience from working with humanitarian and development donors
- Good understanding of donor rules and regulations
- Skills and experience in report and proposal writing
- Strong communication, coordination and interpersonal skills
- Strong analytical skills (data and financial)
Behavioral competencies
- Planning and delivering results
- Managing resources to optimize results
- Influencing
- Handling insecure environments
What we offer
- Duty station: Kampala Country Office
- Contract: national contract, 6 months (extension possible, dependent on funding)
- Travel: Frequent travel to the project sites
- Salary/benefits: grade 7 on NRC’s national salary scale.
- 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.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 36
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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