NEW Senior Grants Officer – Beirut Mid level – Mid level IRC – International Rescue Committee Remote | Beirut

IRC - International Rescue Committee

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world’s largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 50 countries and more than 25 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you’re a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

Based in Beirut, this position will be a critical part of the IRC Lebanon grants team. Reporting to the Senior Grants Manager, this position will work closely with seven programmatic sector leads, finance, and operations on compliance, donor regulations, reporting, and business development. In addition, this role will work alongside the Partnership unit to ensure that IRC’s local partners are effectively engaged at each stage of the award cycle in alignment with the IRC’s partnership strategy. The Senior Grants Officer will provide vital support to the Grants team, leading on streamlined reporting, monitoring and tracking responsibilities.

Major Responsibilities:

Grants Management:

  • Manage a series of grants from philanthropic or institutional donors, from supporting an initial go/ no decision through proposal development, reporting, financial management, MEAL indicators to close out and lessons learned sessions.
  • The Senior Grants Officer will apply IRC’s project cycle management tools to monitor the progress of each grant under their purview and support the Grants Managers and Senior Grants Manager in the project cycle management process related to their grants.
  • Work with the Project Support Manager to track the spending on all IRC Lebanon grants and support the program teams in addressing under or overspending.
  • Lead on internal Grants planning documents including grants tracker and deadline forecast and prepare updates for the IRC Lebanon office to ensure full awareness of upcoming deadline.
  • Work closely with Partnership colleagues to ensure forward planning and preparation for donor report writing, adherence with IRC regional and headquarters requirements and timelines, and timely submission of sub-grantee reports.
  • Participate in weekly and monthly grant monitoring meetings to ensure awards are implemented in compliance with the IRC and relevant donor regulations and to ensure strong financial management, proper operational openings and closings of grants, and monitoring and evaluation of programmatic progress. Support the follow-up on action points from meetings.

New Business Development:

  • Work with the Senior Grants Manager to support proposal development processes for new opportunities, including preparation of information for a go/no go decision, coordination of inputs from program coordinators, Partnerships and Monitoring and Evaluation colleagues, and ensuring online documentation of all stages of the process, including IRC’s OTIS pipeline award management system.
  • Assist in compiling and editing budgets and ensure communication and coordination between all departments (finance, programs, and operations) in drafting and development of budgets according to both IRC and donor regulations.

Compliance and Knowledge Management:

  • Develop a broad and deep understanding of donor policies, regulations, and procedures and build this knowledge among grants team members.
  • Proactively identify compliance risks throughout the portfolio and advise programs, operations, finance and senior management on necessary actions. Assist program technical leads and operations staff with understanding the reporting and other compliance requirements on their grants.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • At least 2-3 years prior professional experience in a similar post (preferably NGO or UN agency).
  • Demonstrated successful experience developing projects for public and private donors.
  • Demonstrable understanding of project planning and management cycles, including planning and budget development processes.
  • Experience managing awards from a variety of donors, including European and US public donors.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

  • Very strong verbal, writing and editing skills.
  • Highly proficient in Microsoft Office suite.
  • Excellent time and process management competencies and strong organization.
  • Flexibility to adapt to changing requirements.
  • Ability to work well under unstable security, administrative, and programmatic pressures.
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively with stakeholders at all levels.

Language Skills:Excellent written and spoken English .

Preferred experience & skills:

  • Experience of education, health, livelihoods and/or protection programming in Lebanon.
  • Strong organizational and time-management skills; proven ability to prioritize and deliver on time.
  • Ability to work both independently and in a dynamic, cross-functional global team structure.
  • Ability to manage and work through change in a proactive and positive manner.

Working Environment:Standard office working environment (with possible remote working arrangements)

Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.


Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion:
The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.

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