Job Vacancies at Danish Refugee Council

The overall purpose of the role: 

The Grants Officer shall work within the Programmes Unit overseeing DRC CSSF grant management and compliance aspects for partners including the support to the project Coordinator/county lead on implementation.  The role will be responsible for information management and grant management for all projects. The position is also responsible for providing regular support to project cycle management by ensuring compliance with donor and internal DRC guidelines on contract management as well as the financial compliance of BRAVE partners. In this capacity, the role will be assisting in the budget management of sub-grants (tracking grant spending, managing and monitoring grant funding received and disbursed to partners), review of partners’ financial reports and expenditures and provide technical guidance on financial capacity. The role shall externally coordinate partners and internally liaise with Finance and Programmes.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Grants Management:

• Ensure awareness and compliance with donor policies and guidelines by implementing teams. This will require knowledge and understanding of DRC Kenya’s current and prospective donor guidelines and cascading this knowledge to implementing teams and support services through project kick-off meetings, regular project reviews, and ad hoc support.
• Coordinate project kick-off and close-out meetings. Participate in periodic budget reviews for all ongoing projects. 
• Manage information on the grants module within the DRC ERP ‘Dynamics’ and maintain all documentation related to grant management.
• Maintain and update the reporting schedule (Rolling Action Plan) for all Kenya country programme grants.
• Assist the support services department in preparing for document verification, financial audits, and donor due diligence assessments.

Program Management and Support:

• Support the coordination of BRAVE on financial reporting, documentation, disbursement management and general donor compliance;
• Review financial reports and supporting documents submitted by partner organizations and coordinate with the relevant programme, and finance teams on any financial management issues identified and monitor accompanying remedial actions;
• Support BRAVE partners in adjusting spending plans Monitor and maintain a consolidated tracker of disbursements to partners, reporting and cash forecasts 
• Support the Partnership Coordinator on the development and record maintenance relating to Sub Grant Agreements, Partnership Memoranda, Terms of Reference, and associated documentation.
• Assist the Partnership Coordinator in developing guidance, standard templates, and toolkits to ensure timely submission of partner narrative and financial reports;
• Assist the Partnership Coordinator in cascading knowledge to area office staff on partnership administrative processes.

Experience and technical competencies: 

• At least two years of experience working with projects and/or grants management. 
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team environment.
• Good communicator with strong organizational, time management and analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and problem-solving skills.
• Competence in coordinating with partner organizations; monitoring and reviewing financial reports
• The ability to analyse, summarize and present a high volume of information quickly and accurately with advanced structuring, writing, and editing skills.
• Excellent organizational skills: the ability to multi-task, learn quickly, and work independently and productively in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong strategic thinking and planning skills
• Excellent communication skills.
• High proficiency in MS Office tools (with excellent Microsoft Excel skills).

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The overall purpose of the role: 

The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability &Learning (MEL) Officer will provide technical support to the project’s MEL Lead in ensuring timely and quality implementation of the project M&E plan. Specifically, the MEL Officer will lead implementation of project MEL activities in the project field locations, including oversight of and technical assistance to grantee MEL activities

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Ensures full compliance with the project MEL plan, as well as DRC’s Minimum Monitoring Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Standards.
• Collaborates in developing and maintaining the project’s data collection methodologies, ensure adherence to the principles of Conflict Sensitivity, Do No Harm and gender equality and social inclusion (GESI). 
• Supports field data collection for monitoring, survey and operational research, including overseeing the work of enumerators
• Supports in establishing adaptable MEL tools and templates, including by translating finalised tools into local languages.
• Contributes to project reporting and learning products/events
• Supports the MEL Lead in providing training to grantees and enumerators as required
• Ensures the timeliness and quality of data collection, including support to data cleaning and analysis, and ensures all captured data is managed according to information management standards and best practices.  
• Identifies grantee MEL-related capacity needs and opportunities for capacity building, and assumes responsibility for facilitating related trainings.
• In collaboration with other team members, supports the implementation.

Experience and technical competencies:

• A minimum of 4 years of MEL experience within the international development and/or humanitarian field.  
• Demonstrated working knowledge of theories of change, logframes, results frameworks, monitoring plans, developing data-collection tools and protocols, leading data-collection and management processes, designing and managing databases, and analyzing data.  
• Excellent analytical, presentation, and report-writing skills. 
• Strong computer literacy, including with applications such as Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and data analysis software such as SPSS or Stata
• Previous experience with electronic or mobile data-collection such as Kobo
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines. 

Education: 

• A Bachelor’s Degree in the Social Sciences, Economics, Statistics or Information Management Sciences.

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The overall purpose of the role: 

The Project Coordinator is responsible for leading project activities in the relevant field location. The PC will support the Project Manager in representing the project with local authorities, beneficiary communities and other key stakeholders. The PC will ensure that project activities within their location are delivered in a timely and high-quality fashion, with respect to DRC’s commitment to accountability. 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

Programme Management, Development, Monitoring and Evaluation

• Leads on operational aspects of county-level delivery, including: management of project office, organisation and coordination of project team travel and accommodation logistics
• Ensures compliance with corporate policies and rules and regulations
• Ensures optimum operational support to the project team in line with project guidelines
• Responsible for maintaining project Asset Register, if required by DRC’s client
• Supports the Project Manager in the day-to-day design, delivery, and progress of the project activities against agreed targets
• Takes an active role in periodic project review and planning meetings, and external meetings as often as required
• Supports regular project reporting on field-level implementation, context and challenges.
• Supports project work planning, including development of field-level activity-based budgets (ABBs) and procurement plans. 

Grants Management

• Reviews and oversees progress against grant agreements, including monitoring of implementation to ensure timely results.
• Works closely with M&E staff to document project results and lessons learned, and ensure they are fed into the design of future grants. 
• Ensures grantee activities comply with project policies on conflict sensitivity, Do No Harm and gender equality and social inclusion (GESI)
• Supports the Fund Manager and Project Manager with any other grants management-related tasks, as required.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Promotes collaboration and synergy between the project, grantees, local authorities and local communities to promote local acceptance of activities
• Supports the Project Manager and Peacebuilding Advisor to liaise with stakeholders and relevant Government of Kenya departments, from the location to divisional levels, as needed.
• Participate in external stakeholder meetings and maintain external relations involving government officials and other key stakeholders.

Experience and technical competencies:

• Minimum of at least five years’ experience working on development and/or humanitarian programming, especially in the thematic areas of peacebuilding, community engagement and livelihoods.
• Proven analytical skills and ability to think strategically.
• Conceptual understanding of the participatory approach and sustainable development
• Proven people management and communication skills leading a multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrable experience in supervising managing coaching and training others, especially local, community-based organisations
• Must have a ‘hands-on’, practical mentality, be self-driven and be very motivated.
• Must be well organised, able to take initiative and work independently.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and good command of English.
• Experience in working in complex and hardship areas/contexts.

About you:  

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:  

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.   
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.   
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.   
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.   
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.   

Education: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Development Studies, Project Management, or any other related fields.

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The overall purpose of the role: 

The Project Coordinator is responsible for leading project activities in the relevant field location. The PC will support the Project Manager in representing the project with local authorities, beneficiary communities and other key stakeholders. The PC will ensure that project activities within their location are delivered in a timely and high-quality fashion, with respect to DRC’s commitment to accountability. 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

Programme Management, Development, Monitoring and Evaluation

• Leads on operational aspects of county-level delivery, including: management of project office, organisation and coordination of project team travel and accommodation logistics
• Ensures compliance with corporate policies and rules and regulations
• Ensures optimum operational support to the project team in line with project guidelines
• Responsible for maintaining project Asset Register, if required by DRC’s client
• Supports the Project Manager in the day-to-day design, delivery, and progress of the project activities against agreed targets
• Takes an active role in periodic project review and planning meetings, and external meetings as often as required
• Supports regular project reporting on field-level implementation, context and challenges.
• Supports project work planning, including development of field-level activity-based budgets (ABBs) and procurement plans. 

Grants Management

• Reviews and oversees progress against grant agreements, including monitoring of implementation to ensure timely results.
• Works closely with M&E staff to document project results and lessons learned, and ensure they are fed into the design of future grants. 
• Ensures grantee activities comply with project policies on conflict sensitivity, Do No Harm and gender equality and social inclusion (GESI)
• Supports the Fund Manager and Project Manager with any other grants management-related tasks, as required.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Promotes collaboration and synergy between the project, grantees, local authorities and local communities to promote local acceptance of activities
• Supports the Project Manager and Peacebuilding Advisor to liaise with stakeholders and relevant Government of Kenya departments, from the location to divisional levels, as needed.
• Participate in external stakeholder meetings and maintain external relations involving government officials and other key stakeholders.

Experience and technical competencies:

• Minimum of at least five years’ experience working on development and/or humanitarian programming, especially in the thematic areas of peacebuilding, community engagement and livelihoods.
• Proven analytical skills and ability to think strategically.
• Conceptual understanding of the participatory approach and sustainable development
• Proven people management and communication skills leading a multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrable experience in supervising managing coaching and training others, especially local, community-based organisations
• Must have a ‘hands-on’, practical mentality, be self-driven and be very motivated.
• Must be well organised, able to take initiative and work independently.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and good command of English.
• Experience in working in complex and hardship areas/contexts.

About you:  

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:  

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.   
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.   
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.   
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.   
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.   

Education: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Development Studies, Project Management, or any other related fields.

go to method of application »

The overall purpose of the role: 

The Project Coordinator is responsible for leading project activities in the relevant field location. The PC will support the Project Manager in representing the project with local authorities, beneficiary communities and other key stakeholders. The PC will ensure that project activities within their location are delivered in a timely and high-quality fashion, with respect to DRC’s commitment to accountability. 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

Programme Management, Development, Monitoring and Evaluation

• Leads on operational aspects of county-level delivery, including: management of project office, organisation and coordination of project team travel and accommodation logistics
• Ensures compliance with corporate policies and rules and regulations
• Ensures optimum operational support to the project team in line with project guidelines
• Responsible for maintaining project Asset Register, if required by DRC’s client
• Supports the Project Manager in the day-to-day design, delivery, and progress of the project activities against agreed targets
• Takes an active role in periodic project review and planning meetings, and external meetings as often as required
• Supports regular project reporting on field-level implementation, context and challenges.
• Supports project work planning, including development of field-level activity-based budgets (ABBs) and procurement plans. 

Grants Management

• Reviews and oversees progress against grant agreements, including monitoring of implementation to ensure timely results.
• Works closely with M&E staff to document project results and lessons learned, and ensure they are fed into the design of future grants. 
• Ensures grantee activities comply with project policies on conflict sensitivity, Do No Harm and gender equality and social inclusion (GESI)
• Supports the Fund Manager and Project Manager with any other grants management-related tasks, as required.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Promotes collaboration and synergy between the project, grantees, local authorities and local communities to promote local acceptance of activities
• Supports the Project Manager and Peacebuilding Advisor to liaise with stakeholders and relevant Government of Kenya departments, from the location to divisional levels, as needed.
• Participate in external stakeholder meetings and maintain external relations involving government officials and other key stakeholders.

Experience and technical competencies:

• Minimum of at least five years’ experience working on development and/or humanitarian programming, especially in the thematic areas of peacebuilding, community engagement and livelihoods.
• Proven analytical skills and ability to think strategically.
• Conceptual understanding of the participatory approach and sustainable development
• Proven people management and communication skills leading a multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrable experience in supervising managing coaching and training others, especially local, community-based organisations
• Must have a ‘hands-on’, practical mentality, be self-driven and be very motivated.
• Must be well organised, able to take initiative and work independently.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and good command of English.
• Experience in working in complex and hardship areas/contexts.

About you:  

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:  

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.   
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.   
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.   
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.   
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.   

Education: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Development Studies, Project Management, or any other related fields.