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.