1. Proposal Development Support:

• Support the Grants and Business Development (GBD) Unit in the development of a Donor Strategy Plan to assist ARC to attract high value business and private donors.
• Under the guidance of the Grants & Business Development Coordinator (G&BDC), liaise with field staff during the preparation and submission of concept papers and grants proposals.
• Track Expression of Interests (EOI), Requests for Applications (RFAs) and Requests for Information (RFI) and proposal opportunities from government agencies, UN and non-traditional donors.
• Work closely with key internal program and technical advisors to collect / provide all necessary documents and annexes, including but not limited to Teaming Agreements, bio data sheets, technical fact sheets and capability statements.
• Interface cross-functionally with program staff, senior technical advisors, finance and other collaborators to respond to questions and complete proposals in a timely and accurate manner.

2. Grants Management:

• Disseminate donor and ARC standards to program team, operations and other budget holders in a timely fashion including approved proposals and grant agreements to facilitate shared understanding
• Develop and maintain a database of grants and grantees to track fund-flows, reporting requirements, audits, contract deliverables and budget revisions.
• Support grant opening meetings / start-up workshops, providing guidelines and tools as well as any required training (e.g. donor requirements, budget analysis & management) and enhance compliance standards within the organization.
• Assist the GBD unit in facilitating monthly meeting to discuss grant burn rates, BVAs GSPs, Program performance, review budget realignment and grant C/NCE requests as needed.
• Facilitate close out-meetings for expired grants
• Request DoAs from HQ for donor / sub-grantee agreements
• Liaise with donors to address compliance issues, for approval requests and processing grant and contract modifications, change in scope of work, budget realignment, no-cost extensions and grant closure.

3. Donor Reports Support:

• Review draft of major donor reports for compliance, content and format and facilitate review discussions and inputs by technical advisors and field teams
• Maintain a calendar of reports and liaise with field teams, global support teams and technical advisors.

4. Partnership Management Support:

• Develop and maintain healthy, strong relationships with donors
• Represent ARC at national level donor and inter-agency coordination meetings and working groups
• Maintain ARC Sudan Master list of stakeholder contact information and update regularly
• Conduct due diligence and capacity assessment of potential national / local partners to help ARC to determine their suitability, project implementation capacity and strategic advantage as per ARC donor selection and resource allocation criteria.
• Ensure partners and sub-grantee supply narrative and financial reports accordingly to the agreed schedule. Undertake periodic liaison visits to partners / sub-grantees to monitor progress.

• Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Social Sciences, Business Administration or related field
• Minimum 2 years demonstrated experience in international humanitarian assistance program
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in drafting successful proposals including conceptualizing and technical writing (narrative & budget)
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in writing and editing donor reports that leverage evidence to capture program impact, including success stories and lessons learnt in collaboration with field program teams
• Minimum 2 years administration of complex grants and contracts in compliance with donor, organizational and legal requirements and regulations
• Experience with evidence-based program design, using qualitative and quantitative data to support proposal development and new business pitches
• Detailed oriented; ability to maintain awareness of and analyses trends and influences.
• Willingness to assume personal responsibility for all outcomes; produce and make effective and timely decisions in a fast-paced environment
• Able to relate to, and represent ARC to major program partners in a highly professional manner.
• Capacity building experience in project design, implementation, reporting and evaluation
• Computer knowledge including Word, Excel, Outlook and Powerpoint
• Demonstrated communications and inter-personal skills with an ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment and provide solutions-based approach that respects divergent opinions and finds common ground for solutions
• Cultural sensitivity, flexibility and adaptability to work with multi-cultural staff
• Ability to take initiative and move forward with minimal supervision and to meet deadlines.
• Excellent English writing and presentation skills including professional reports and grant proposals. Proven skills in creative and persuasive writing for various audiences.
• Ability to adhere to humanitarian principles: Humanity, Neutrality, Impartiality and Independence
• Previous experience in the humanitarian sector in Sudan is preferred
• Travel to the field required up to 40% of the time

KEY BEHAVIOURS & ABILITIES

• Commitment to the goals and value of ARC
• Ability to work independently as well as a strong team player
• Ability to work remotely in coordinating and managing grant related activities in multiple sites
• Ability to work effectively in a stressful environment
• Ability to work well as part of a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team and demonstrate good interpersonal relations
• Ability to interact with people at all levels, individually and/or in groups and demonstrate good communication skills
• Knowledge of and experience in working with and coordinating with international and national partner organizations
• Ability to incorporate and be open to constructive feedback
• Demonstrated ability to work to tight deadlines, effectively managing multiple priorities
• Cultural and gender sensitivity is essential

HOW TO APPLY

• All interested candidates are requested to submit their CVs and a covering letter, educational qualifications certificates, training, experience certificates, and birth certificates/ national ID on Sudanjob.net no later than the above-mentioned date through Sudanjob.net
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the written test/interviews

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