Consortium Manager

The Consortium Manager leads and manages the Consortium Coordination Unit, coordinating consortium setup, strategic development, project management, and fostering collaboration among members. The role involves strengthening relationships with external partners, ensuring compliance with donor requirements, overseeing reporting and financial oversight, and representing the consortium in coordination fora.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Consortium Coordination Unit (CCU), ensuring effective planning, coordination and delivery of consortium activities in line with agreed strategies and work plans.
• Support and strengthen the consortium’s governance structure, including facilitating Steering Committee and Technical Working Group meetings and ensuring the implementation of agreed decisions.
• Provide strategic coordination and advice to consortium members and the Steering Committee, supporting the development and implementation of the consortium’s strategy in response to evolving needs and operational context.
• Ensure effective communication and collaboration among consortium partners, as well as with donors and relevant external stakeholders.
• Oversee project cycle management across the consortium, including project start-ups, implementation monitoring, reviews, learning processes and project closeout.
• Ensure compliance with donor requirements, including contractual obligations, due diligence requirements, and coordination of compliance checks and audits when required.
• Coordinate and consolidate consortium reporting and financial oversight, ensuring timely and accurate programmatic and financial reporting in line with donor requirements.
• Oversee monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning processes, in close collaboration with MEAL teams, to ensure quality implementation and evidence-based learning across the consortium.
• Lead the development of consortium project proposals and contribute to resource mobilisation efforts, supporting the diversification and sustainability of the consortium portfolio.
• Compliance and adherence to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines.
• Represent the consortium in relevant coordination fora and external engagements, promoting consortium visibility, strategic positioning and partnerships.

Requirements

• Master's Degree required.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in programmatic implementation and grant management in a humanitarian context.
• Experience managing a consortium is a plus.
• Technical experience in multisectoral programming and cash response.
• Experience in emergency response and working in complex and volatile contexts, including with refugees, IDPs or returnees.
• Ability to coordinate tasks and work processes under short deadlines.
• Experience with facilitating and leading internal organisational processes.
• Humanitarian coordination and representation experience.
• Strong managerial and interpersonal skills.
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal.
• Experience in capacity building.
• Strong safe programming/protection mainstreaming background.
• Knowledge of OCHA Country Based Pooled Funds (e.g. UHF) and other major donor reporting requirements is a plus.
• Experience in the Ukraine response is a plus.
• Knowledge of Ukrainian or Russian language is a plus.

Skills

• Programmatic Implementation
• Grant Management
• Consortium Management
• Multi-Sectoral Programming
• Cash Response
• Emergency Response
• Humanitarian Coordination
• Capacity Building
• Protection Mainstreaming
• Donor Reporting
• Project Management
• Financial Oversight
• Strategic Development
• Organizational Facilitation
• Task Coordination
• Representation in Coordination Fora

Languages

English