IRC Job: Program Award Officer – West Africa in Germany

IRC is offering a job opportunity as a full- Program Award Officer – West Africa in Berlin, Bonn, Germany.

The Program and Award Officer is responsible for providing awards and partnerships management and operational support to the regional unit as well as the seven (7) country programs of the region: Burkina Faso, Cote D’Ivoire, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. This role supports the Program and Award Advisors and country programs in their efforts to ensure successful implementation of IRC donor award requirements and reporting, ensuring basic compliance, accurate financial information, and good quality narratives on program outputs.

• Support the Program and Awards Advisors and country programs in the management of the award portfolio for the region.
• Review, edit, and provide substantive feedback on donor narrative and financial reports, coordinating with and ensuring input from relevant staff prior to donor submission and submit reports in a timely manner.
• Support budget realignments and award amendments/modifications, where necessary.
• Collaborate with Program and Award Advisor in review of sub-award and partnership packages, including sub-award proposals, sub-award agreements and modifications, as well as collaboration agreements and MOUs, ensuring compliance with donor requirements and IRC’s Partnership Excellence for Equality and Results System (PEERS).

• Understanding of institutional donors and their requirements; experience working with DG-ECHO and German donors preferred.
• Experience writing, reviewing, and editing narrative and financial reports and excellent attention to detail.
• Good understanding of humanitarian aid and development programming
• Ability to work collaboratively yet in a calm manner and have a flexible work attitude as part of a diverse team and manage a varied workload while adhering to tight deadlines.
• You have English & French language of skills according to C1 Level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CERF) German language is an added advantage.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, the ability to liaise with people successfully and effectively within and across departments in a multi-cultural environment.
• Solid organizational skills, detail oriented, ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks, and to learn quickly.
• Good IT skills (Word, Outlook, Excel)
• In country experience a plus, especially experience working in West Africa

About IRC:

The International Rescue Committee helps people whose lives and livelihood are shattered by conflict and disease to survive, recover and regain control of their future. It responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic well-being and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster.

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