Follow-up submissions, proposal evaluations from donors and provide feedback as necessary.
Program Reporting and Donor Compliance:

Lead day-to-day aspects of donor reporting processes to ensure the timely submission of accurate programmatic reports. Coordinate with the Finance department to ensure timely submission of budget modification requests and financial reports. This includes tracking and disseminating reporting schedules and templates, as well as, reviewing and submitting reports to donor.
Coordinate HQ and technical unit reviews and approvals prior to donor submission.

Ensure strict compliance with internal and donor deadlines.

Provide programs and operations teams with routine technical guidance and information to ensure that all grants are implemented in compliance with IRC and donor regulations.
Coordinate with HQ to obtain and disseminate specialized compliance guidance as required.
Proactively raise potential compliance issues to senior management; work closely with HQ compliance colleagues to resolve any related issues.
Develop and update compliance cheat sheets for all grants.
Grants Management and Monitoring:

Act as focal point for communications with HQ on all grants administration functions.
Ensure the timely and productive facilitation of Project Cycle Meetings (PCM), including project design, opening, implementation, closing, and learning meetings. Capture all action points and regularly follow up to completion.
Facilitate monthly budget-versus-actual meetings to analyze project spending and track action points for corrective action.
Lead and/or support all project revisions, amendments, and budget realignments.
Ensure quality information management through regular maintenance of grant files, reporting calendars, timely submission and updating of internal IRC documentation and other Grant Unit tools and IRC specific online platforms (particularly, OTIS) including coordination and preparation of documents and files for internal and external audits.
Assist in preparing, reviewing and modifying memoranda of understanding and grant agreements. eI9JGQq veHAd
Ensure all departmental communication with IRC colleagues and donors is constructive, clear, and organized.
Partnership Management:

Act as the focal point for all partner-related compliance.
Work closely with the Partnership Coordinator to facilitate pre-award and post-award partnership processes related to grants, including approval of partner sub-awards, according to the IRC Partnership Excellence for Equality and Results System (PEERS).
Engage partners in business development, proposal development, reporting and grants management processes as appropriate, in coordination with the partnerships team.
Ensure the compliance of implementing partners in all donor processes in line with internal protocols.
Staff Management and Development:

Lead direct management of the Grants Unit staff and provide professional development/capacity building as needed.
Build the grants management capacity of program staff by facilitating training and provide one on one follow up support in report writing, proposal development and other related topics as needed.
Keep team updated on new grant management initiatives launched by donors, by IRC Regional or Headquarter offices and disseminate updates on grant management tools to team.
Ensure clear delineation of roles and responsibilities and logical portfolio allocation for all team members.
Coordinate performance management within the department and ensure a culture of high performance through staff engagement and accountability.
Oversee recruitment of new staff as required. Ensure comprehensive onboarding and training for new hires.