Position Title : Compliance & Grants Specialist
Supervised by : SRF Head of Finance and Support services
Reporting to : SRF Head of Finance and Support services
Duty Station : Dakar
Area of Operation : Region of West-North Africa & Latin America (Regional Office + 11 countries)
Employment Period : 1 year
Type of Contract (Expat/National/Trainee) : International
Salary & Benefits : Non-Management G
Introduction
The Danish Refugee Council assists refugees and internally displaced persons across the globe: we provide emergency aid, fight for their rights, and strengthen their opportunity for a brighter future. We work in conflict-affected areas, along the displacement routes, and in the countries where refugees settle. In cooperation with local communities, we strive for responsible and sustainable solutions. We work toward successful integration and – whenever possible – for the fulfillment of the wish to return home.
The Danish Refugee Council was founded in Denmark in 1956 and has since grown to become an international humanitarian organization with more than 7,000 staff and 8,000 volunteers. Based in Copenhagen (Denmark) and present in forty countries, the Danish Refugee Council is a non-profit-making, politically independent, non-governmental and non-denominational relief organization.
Our vision is a dignified life for all displaced. All our efforts are based on our value compass: humanity, respect, independence and neutrality, participation, and honesty and transparency.
1. Background
DRC has been operating in West Africa since 1998 and in Latin America and the Caribbean since 2011. The DRC West-North Africa & Latin America (WANALA) Regional Office is based in Dakar, Senegal, and covers several countries. Led by the Regional Executive Director, the DRC WANALA oversees, supports, and provides strategic directions for DRC’s Country Offices within the above-mentioned regions. From May 2022, it will include Algeria*, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Libya*, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Tunisia*, Venezuela.
2. Purpose
The DRC WANALA is looking to recruit an experienced, highly qualified, and enthusiastic professional. The DRC WANALA is in discussion to be the fund manager for the Sahel Regional Fund (hereafter: SRF), which will be a strategic regional fund.
The Compliance & Grants Specialist will be based in Dakar with frequent travelling to the field (40%). This specialist position requires a strong previous experience with grant management and donors’ regulations. This position also requires a full professional proficiency in French and English language.
3. Duties and Responsibilities
Under the authority of the Head of Finance and support services, and in close coordination with the SRF Fund Director, the SRF MEAL Manager and the DRC Regional team, the Compliance & Grants Specialist issues will be responsible of monitoring the implementation of the risk and compliance strategy and mechanism throughout the SRF projects and fund governance mechanisms to ensure all SRF members uphold and abide by the principles and commitments contained in the SRF Charter including the Core Humanitarian Standards on Quality and Accountability and the specific guidance from the Inter-Agency Standing Committee’s Six Core Principles related to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (2019) and from the Code of Conduct for International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Disaster Relief (1994) as well as with the commitments contained in the ‘Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organisations’.
The main responsibilities and tasks of the Compliance & Grants Specialist are the following:
Grant management system and strategic planning
Risk and compliance
In addition to the above, the Compliance & Grants Specialist may be asked to carry out other duties requested by the Startup Fund Manager.
4. Required Qualifications
5. Required Skills & Qualities
6. General Regulations
Are you interested? Then apply for this position on line: http://www.drc.dk/about-drc/vacancies/current-vacancies. All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages). Both can be in English or in French.
DRC provides equal opportunity in employment and prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability. DRC encourages all applicants to apply and does not practice any discrimination in any recruitment process.
However, applicants must be aware that DRC cannot employ, under an expatriate contract, a citizen of the country in which she/ he is going to be stationed (in such case, the Republic of Senegal).
Applications close on december 01st 2022 at 11:59PM (Dakar-time). Applications submitted after this date will not be considered.
Due to the urgency of the position, DRC has the right to recruit a candidate who matches the required profile before the above deadline.
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