Consortium Manager Sudan (Based in Nairobi)

Requirements

• Minimum BA in relevant areas preferably.
  
• Minimum 5 years of humanitarian experience across multiple context with at least 2 years’ experience of youth programmes.
  
• The candidate must have expetience managing Consortia.
  
• At least 3 years project management experience of managing multi-million (EURO) projects.
  
• Experience in consortium management or extensive involvement in a consortium, with a multi-year duration.
  
• Experience developing training tools, manuals, information management systems for humanitarian action and accountability to affected people.
  
• Self-motivated and confident communicator, with experience in giving briefings and presentations.
  
• Strong inter-personal skills, working well both in teams and independently.
  
• Able to work under pressure and good at timely decision making.
  
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal.
  
• Preferred experience or knowledge of Sudan context.
  
• Previous experience or strong knowledge of Sudan.
  

• Support decision-making processes within the Consortium by promoting productive discussions where partners reach agreements in line with the Consortium’s strategic objectives
  
• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, donor’s strategy, requirements and expectations and guarantee donor reports and other Consortium products are developed in time and with quality
  
• Ensure the project adapts to changes in the context and donor requests as relevant, integrating lessons learned to better respond to beneficiary needs
  
• Coordinate with key stakeholders to ensure that consortium interventions are complementary to national response mechanisms and to the interventions of other actors present in target areas.
  
• Facilitate the development and implementation of the Consortium´s communications and advocacy strategy
  
• Cultivate and strengthen positive, productive relationships with all stakeholders and guarantee the Consortium’s participation in relevant coordination forums at the various administrative levels.
  
• Develop project proposals in collaboration with relevant consortium member staff and coordinate input for reporting to donors.
  
• Responsible for quality control of donor applications and reports, for content and timeliness.
  
• Responsible for full grants and proposals management;
  
• Ensure that all grant files are up to date and that copies are kept in the field and sent to HQ in a timely manner;
  
• Lead and/or facilitate consortium committees meetings as per the consortium governance which includes steering committee, programme committee, technical working groups, etc.