Institutional Partnership Adviser Norway

The Institutional Partnership Adviser (IPA) is NRC’s expert adviser on institutional donors, responsible for strategic relations with donors and building internal capacity on donor-related issues. The role supports all NRC departments and offices globally, with specific responsibility for development funding from Norad and managing global framework agreements with Norad Humanitarian and Sida.

Responsibilities

• Lead expert adviser for institutional donors and NRC’s relations with them, with specific responsibility for development funding from Norad
• Assist with business development and fundraising from the donor
• Analyse and share information internally on donor policies and priorities
• Establish and maintain close relations with key staff in the donor head office
• Advise NRC colleagues on relations with the donor and relevant funding opportunities and compliance issues
• Maintain an overview of NRC’s past and present engagement with the donor
• Undertake donor mappings upon request from NRC country offices and departments
• Responsible for prequalification processes to access donor funding
• Network and advocate for improved financing conditions
• Manage NRC’s global framework agreements with Norad Humanitarian and Sida, including project management of annual global proposal and reporting processes

Requirements

• University degree or equivalent qualification, preferably at master’s degree level
• Minimum 3 years of work experience from a humanitarian/development organisation and/or from a donor administration, either at Head Office/capital or field/embassy level
• Documented results within fundraising, grants management and finance
• Knowledge of Project Cycle Management, especially of the logical framework approach
• A conscientious and structured person with strong planning skills, including computer skills (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, SharePoint)
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and service mindedness
• Fluency in English: excellent written skills are required
• Fluency in Norwegian is an advantage

Skills

• Fundraising
• Grants Management
• Finance Management
• Project Cycle Management
• Logical Frameworks
• Strategic Donor Relations
• Donor Management
• Planning Skills
• MS Word
• MS Excel
• MS PowerPoint
• SharePoint Development
• Interpersonal Skills
• Communications Skills
• Development Funding Management

Languages

English, Norwegian