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Brussels, Be

Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

Brussels Region, Belgium

- Primary point of contact for the whole grants’ portfolio of 10+ M EUR.- Developed, implemented systems, and monitoring procedures to ensure proper stewardship of funds; - Communicate regularly with the finance department and assists in financial reporting to donors and EIP project partners by verifying their compliance with the approved budget and all contractual stipulations;- Help Project Managers in drafting project budget proposals and reports for a wide range of donors (including EU and public donors). - Liaise with Programme Managers/Officers regarding narrative and financial reports and send consolidated feedback on these reports before they are submitted to the donors; This includes reports of local project partners as well.- Work with Programme Managers to assist EIP project partners in preparing requests for addenda, including budget revisions; - Advise staff and project partners on donor regulations and internal EIP procedures; - Assess of adhere to internal and donor policy requirements on awards and financial management - Monitor new funding opportunities, assist in business plan development.

Kenya

- Led the grants department in the IRC’s office in Nairobi to cover a gap in recruitment.- Led the proposal development process from the time the call is announced to submission (such as BPRM and DFID), as well as donor reports (such as ECHO)- Oversaw cross department coordination in relation to proposal development and project revisions and donor reporting.- Supported the Country Director and the Deputy Director of Program in providing guidance and interpretation of donor rules and regulations and monitored/facilitated compliance of programs with donor and IRC requirements.- Led liaison with headquarters-based focal points during the proposal development phase.- Led direct management of Grants Unit staff and provide professional development as needed as well as: regular follow up on of grant files, reporting calendars, funding trackers, expenditure, timely submissions of external and internal reports and updating of documentation and other Grant Unit tools.

Amman Governorate, Jordan

Amman Governorate, Jordan

Key items i take care of :- Managing IRC Jordan’s private funding portfolio , and ensuring government approvals to all grants.Submitting high quality narrative and financial reports to donors.- Monitor and facilitate compliance of programs with donor and IRC requirements.- Support the Grants Coordinator in the development and coordination of high quality proposals for submission to donors.- Assist the Grants Coordinator in preparing, reviewing and documenting memoranda of understanding, agreements and agreement modifications

Iraq

For around 5 weeks, I supported the IRC's office in Erbil in the grants department through participating to improve in Budget Review meetings, and submitting pending Donors' reports.

Amman

As a government reporting officer, I handled the following: - Develop and submit accurate narrative and financial report to the ministries IRC work with and other agencies as needed.- Assist in facilitating compliance of programs with Government of Jordan requirements and raise issues affecting compliance to the Grants Coordinator.-Ensure quality information management through regular maintenance of hard copy grant files, and tracking donor correspondences. - Support internal and donor reporting as required to ensure the timely submission of high quality programmatic and financial reports.- Assist with building capacity field staff by facilitating trainings and providing follow up support inreport writing, proposal development, and other topics as needed.

Jordan

Jordan

Main activities and responsibilities: Fundraising activities and account managementProduct developmentMarket researchOrganize promotional campaigns for events and recruitment.Raise partnerships manage current ones.Manage local eventsCRM

Main activities and responsibilities:-Fundraising and partnership development.-Overall management and administration of the Organizing Committee.-Creation of all partnership proposals and important official sheets.-Develop and facilitate the planning process-Meet, coach and evaluate regularly the performance of each member-Act as a Liaison on behalf of the team with the Event and agenda Manager-Issue a post conference report.-Coordinate and develop the communication and promotion plan.-Secure facilitators and speakers, and maintain communication with them.

Master Of Arts - Ma, International Development And International Migration

Non Degree, Journalism

I was part of an exchange program for one semester in the Czech Republic.

Bachelor'S Degree, Translation