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Costing Consortia Manager at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) – Remote

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The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Costing Consortia Manager
Job id: req55225
Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full Time
Sector: Research & Development

Major Responsibilities
Project management:

  • Create and track contracts, purchase orders, invoices, payments, and funds transfers.
  • Track project revenue/spending against budgets.
  • Schedule and coordinate meetings (e.g., monthly and quarterly Dioptra consortium working group, BUR team weekly meetings), including notetaking, follow-up engagements, and tracking action points.
  • Maintain consortium folders, coordinate with consortium partners to migrate all folders to a secure workspace.
  • Ensure users adhere to project and knowledge management guidance and, as needed, revise guidance.

Software management:

  • Support consortium partners with software configuration, troubleshooting, and user queries.
  • Manage software sprints according to budgets and timelines.
  • Coordinate with consortium partners and software developers to test software features, issues, and fixes.
  • Facilitate communication of software technical details between consortium partners and software developers.
  • Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure data accuracy and data protection within the software.
  • Update software documentation with new release notes and help pages.
  • Update the BUR and Dioptra websites.

Communications and Reporting:

  • Track reporting requirements
  • Draft reports and communications collateral
  • Copy-edit public-facing collateral (e.g., research reports)

Job Requirements

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  • Bachelor’s degree in related field, or one or more of the positions’ focus areas, or equivalent professional experience;
  • 2-3 years of similar work experience.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

  • Experience in large projects with multiple stakeholders at various organizational levels, including managing schedules and task priorities;
  • Demonstrated proficiency in Excel spreadsheet data organization and analysis skills, for the purpose of validating/troubleshooting Dioptra analysis;
  • Experience supporting budgets and in finance system and software management;
  • Highly organized with proven time and project management skills;
  • Excellent communication skills, including ability to provide feature demonstrations;
  • Strong writing skills including demonstrated ability to write for non-technical audiences with a focus on advocacy;
  • Ability to work as part of a remote team across time zones, cultures, and contexts;
  • Excellence communication skills, cultural sensitivity, flexibility, ability to improvise, team player;
  • Commitment to IRC’s core values.

Strongly Preferred:

  • A software development background is helpful but not required;
  • Fluency in spoken and written English required; fluency in French or Arabic highly desirable.

Working Environment:

  • This role may require working remotely full or part-time and part-time remote employees may be required to share workspace.
  • Applicants must have a home or alternate workspace they can effectively complete their work from during regularly scheduled work hours.
  • Some international travel, as needed, up to 30%.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply

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