Advisor

• Manage a portfolio of awards for the WACAR region
• Support narrative reporting and post-award deliverables, including amendments, modifications, and submissions
• Support budget realignments, changes in scope, no-cost extensions, and other amendments
• Advise country program awards staff on post-award compliance issues and connect them with AMU teams
• Manage donor relationships and secure changes and approvals as needed
• Guide country offices on partner management policies and PEERS compliance; review and process sub-grants and partnership agreements
• Monitor projects for compliance through visits, implementation meetings, and targeted calls
• Monitor award spending and help address under- and over-spending
• Provide technical advice on donor compliance issues and escalate high-level matters
• Participate in country team meetings and calls regarding compliance, submissions, monitoring, and award management
• Feed lessons learned from finalized projects into business development
• Support country programs in following IRC policies and maintaining awards-related data in OTIS and PEERS
• Maintain organized donor documentation and award files for compliance and audit readiness
• Participate in recruitment and onboarding of country grants staff
• Develop training materials and deliver training to in-country staff
• Develop and maintain award implementation and report review processes, checklists, and lessons learned
• Onboard, mentor, and coach Grants and Partnerships staff
• Contribute to AMU and regional strategic priorities
• Provide proposal support, from direct proposal management to quality assurance
• Support donor engagement, intelligence sharing, and positioning with prioritized donors
• Represent IRC at country-specific meetings with donors and stakeholder networks
• Coordinate proposal development timelines, teams, budgets, documents, meetings, and proposal sections
• Collaborate on proposal concepts and designs for new activities and amendments
• Provide proposal quality assurance and ensure compliance with solicitation documents, IRC requirements, and PEER
• Coordinate consortium partner inputs
• Coordinate regional proposal reviews and approvals
• Review agreements and support award negotiation and handover
• Incorporate implementation lessons into proposals
• Maintain electronic submission files and internal trackers
• Lead proposal development when needed
• Facilitate post-submission debriefs and lessons-learned sessions

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