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Global Awards and Donor Compliance Manager at Relief International (RI)
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Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
Posted 6 days ago (21 Oct 2026) Updated about 4 hours ago
Job Description
The Global Awards and Donor Compliance Manager will lead the management of donor‑funded awards and contracts throughout their lifecycle, ensuring compliance with donor regulations and organizational policies. The role provides strategic guidance, monitors performance, strengthens reporting quality, and supports audit readiness across country programmes. Strong analytical and partnership management skills are essential.
Qualifications & Requirements
- • MBA, MSc or MA in a relevant discipline.
- • Minimum 7 years experience in donor compliance, awards management or project management.
- • Strong knowledge of donor regulations and compliance frameworks.
- • Proven ability to assess risks, develop mitigation strategies, and ensure quality assurance.
- • Excellent analytical, reporting, and stakeholder communication skills.
Required Skills
Responsibilities
- • Lead and support management of donor‑funded awards and contracts from proposal review through implementation and close‑out.
- • Provide strategic guidance on donor compliance requirements, award risks, and organizational policies.
- • Participate in Go/No‑Go reviews, proposal development, and donor agreement reviews.
- • Monitor country office performance against award standards and KPIs, identifying risks and supporting corrective actions.
- • Strengthen donor reporting quality by reviewing frameworks and supporting compliance reviews.
- • Provide technical oversight on partnership management, due diligence, sub‑awards, and localization approaches.
- • Support audit readiness, award close‑out processes, and implementation of lessons learned.