NRC in Germany
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across 40 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating for their rights.
NRC Flüchtlingshilfe Deutschland was established in Berlin in 2017 to raise funds for NRC's overseas programmes and engage with German donors, parliamentary committees, and peer non-governmental organisations.
NRC is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We therefore encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages, sexual orientations, people living with disabilities and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our organisation.
To strengthen our team in Berlin NRC Germany is seeking a Senior BMZ/GIZ Institutional Partnership Advisor (IPA) to join its Partnerships and Policy Department in Berlin. This role will focus on strengthening NRC’s collaboration with the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
The Partnerships and Policy Department serves as NRC’s hub for strategic relations with institutional donors, acting as the “centre of excellence” for donor and partner engagement across the organization. Responsibilities include developing global resource mobilization strategies, identifying funding opportunities with existing and new donors, optimizing NRC’s processes and tools for resource mobilization and grant management, and providing internal training and help-desk support to all departments, as well as regional, country, and representation offices.
What you will do:
- Development of and leading implementation of NRC’s engagement strategy for BMZ and GIZ on programme and advocacy.
- Lead the development and revision of concept notes, funding proposals, budgets and donor reports, including for grants from the German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO).
- Lead the strategic engagement with BMZ and GIZ including advocacy to ensure alignment with NRC’s policies in terms of Principled Humanitarian Action and Humanitarian financing.
- Assist with similar tasks for other German Institutional donors; foundations; corporate partners as assigned.
- Coordinate donor relationships and ensure regular reviews of performance/activity implementation for grants where NRC Germany is the grants holder, focal point for proposals, reporting and other grant related donor communication.
- Visit NRC Country offices to provide project-specific technical guidance on rules and regulations specific to German donors and to monitor projects funded by German donors.
- In addition, it is expected that the IPA covers for the Head of Partnership and Programmes and other staff of the partnership and programmes unit of NRC Germany as assigned.
What you will bring:
- 7 years experience in working with German donors from a humanitarian/development organisation and/or from a donor administration, either at Head Office/capital or field/embassy level, including experience with managing BMZ Transitional Development Aid and GFFO grants.
- A thorough understanding of Project Cycle Management, especially of the logical framework approach.
- Good understanding of donor rules and regulations.
- Skills and experience in report and proposal writing.
- Master’s degree or equivalent qualification.
- Strong communication, coordination, and interpersonal skills.
- Strong analytical skills (data and financial).
- Native language level German and excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
- A conscientious and structured person with strong planning and administrative skills, including above average computer skills (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint).
- Right to live and work in Germany.
- Knowledge of BMZ and GIZ including strategic priorities, organisational setup, and funding mechanisms.
What makes this position attractive?
- A challenging and exciting opportunity to work with our dynamic and highly motivated international team.
- Centrally located office in Berlin.
- Permanent full-time contract with Berlin as the primary duty station.
- Salary and benefits according to NRC Germany’s salary scale.
- Company Pension Scheme (Betriebliche Altersvorsorge)
- Group Life and Disability Insurance.
- Hybrid working (with home office options).
- Jobticket/Deutschlandticket.
- Flexible working hours.
- Pet friendly office.
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Deadline for applications is 26.01.2025
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