Overall Purpose
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), Save the Children International (SCI) and Mercy Corps (MC) established a Durable Solutions Consortium project titled โBuilding Resilience and supporting solutions to displacement in Central Darfur โ funded by SIDA and SDC. The purpose of the programme is to build resilience and support displaced populations in addressing their priority needs, reducing aid dependency, supporting early recovery and paving pathways to durable solutions for IDPs in Darfur. The area-based approach will mean that communities are targeted based on need rather than status (fostering social cohesion, a key component of future solutions for IDPs) and benefit from the projectโs interventions โ including refugees, returnees, nomads and hosting communities. To work towards durable solutions for IDPs, all stakeholder groupsโ needs and vulnerabilities must be considered and accounted for in the projectโs implementation. Community engagement and mobilization is key to the approach, ensuring participation of all relevant stakeholder groups.
DRC is therefore recruiting a Consortium Manager to support and oversee the successful management of the SIDA and SDC funded Consortium. The Consortium Manager will be recruited and hosted by DRC Sudan as lead of the consortium. However, he/she will be accountable to the Consortium Steering Committee composed of Country Directors of the three consortium member organizations.
Responsibilities:
Strategic Planning, Oversight, and Leadership:
Durable Solutions Management & Representation
Act as DRC Sudanโs durable solutions manager in internal and external meetings. Represent DRC and the INGO community in the UN Working Group on Durable Solutions in Sudan. Develop good working relations with international agencies and organizations working on durable solutions in Sudan, most notably UNHCR, UNDP, ReDDS and INGOs. Set up structure to retrieve field information from different solutions-based projects in Sudan across INGOs to develop policy messages to be used in local, regional and national platforms on early/durable solutions. Contribute to development of general advocacy messages related to solutions-programming in Sudan. Represent DRC and INGO-community in policy forums on durable solutions. Develop and maintain relations with local and national representatives of (defacto) authorities and key community stakeholder to gain support for consortium project and durable solutions programming in general.Coordination & Performance Management
Supervise partners and manage overall implementation and delivery of SIDA/SDC funded consortium project. This includes coordinating consortium partners and monitoring programme activities to ensure full compliance with project targets, deadlines and other commitments, including donor compliance requirements. Serve as primary focal point between all consortium agencies; Engage with the protection cluster plus other relevant sub clusters, the Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat (REDSS), INGOs and relevant UN Agencies (most notably UNCHR & UNDP) Lead on the harmonization of tools among all consortium partners to ensure best practices are applied and common standards are set across the consortium Lead on setting up and facilitate the meetings of any technical working groups that are relevant to the consortium. Ensure that core functions (internal and external coordination, financial oversight and compliance; M&E, donor liaison, communication activities and reporting, etc.) are carried out in a timely and effective manner. Lead steering committee and ensure donors and country directors are abreast of all project related issues and opportunities, from programmatic operation issues and strategic perspectives; ensuring consortium partners are kept abreast of programme implementation progress, any challenges that need to be flagged and opportunities that arise. Establish and coordinate different Technical Working Groups based on the Consortium Structure. Lead all meetings among consortium working groups (Steering Committee, Project Management, Operations, Finance, Advocacy, and MEAL); document and share key discussions points and decision making. Track activity implementation and indicator progress, plus budget follow up โ flagging anomalies/variations for corrective actions. Ensure โlessons learntโ through the consortium are well documented and followed upon by relevant focal points, supporting coordination between the key consortium partners on specific joint initiatives as deemed relevant Ensure conflict sensitive programming throughout the duration of the project.Grants Management & Reporting
Maintain a broad and deep understanding of SIDA and SDC policies, regulations, and procedures, ensure that the grant is well-administered and implemented in compliance with donor regulations and DRC procedures. Maintain a proactive relationship with the donor, ensuring requests and reports are responded to in a quality/timely manner. Maintain responsive and clear communications with donor on grant management issues, and with consortium partner focal points on ongoing project interventions. Proactively identify compliance risks throughout the portfolio and advise partner agencies & DRC senior management on necessary actions. Assist program technical leads and operations staff with understanding the reporting and other compliance requirements for the project. Take the lead on internal and external reporting with partners, programs and finance teams, ensuring high-quality, well-written and timely reports meeting donor and DRC requirements. Maintain close collaboration with all relevant departments in preparation of donor reports and donor visits. Conduct regular field monitoring visits to project locations to observe and understand the progress of project implementation, security protocols permitting. Ensure documentation and information exchange/management system is in place for the grant implementation.Partnerships Management
Facilitate and coordinate different aspects of sub-award life cycle management, including vetting, project and agreement/amendment development, monitoring through to close-out coordinating with the partnership team and different DRC departments Draft partnersโ sub-agreement with close coordination and review of HQ compliance, DRC internal departments and partners In close collaboration with finance and grants, accountable for timely review and disbursement of financial instalments pending satisfactory review of works progress and financial reports by the finance and programme teams respectively. Monitor the timely submission of accurate financial and activity reports from partners Ensure that comprehensive electronic and physical files for partnerships are maintained. Ensure smooth communication and collaboration between all the partners, in line with DRC partnershipsโ principles, skills and approachesQalifications, experience and technical competencies
Masters in Social Sciences, International Law, Humanitarian Studies, Development Studies and relevant fields. Minimum 5 yearsโ experience leading projects within consortia, with an (I)NGO or partner network Minimum 2 yearsโ experience in leadership in early recovery and/or durable solutions programming Demonstrable understanding of project planning and management cycles. Strong communication and representation skills, including fluent verbal and written English - with the ability to organize and lead meetings with various stakeholders Demonstrable experience in managing donor grants and grant processes, with specific experience and knowledge of SDC and SIDA regulations and requirements; Strong organizational and documentation skills with the ability to effectively manage multiple competing deliverables on varying timelines Excellent communication, negotiation and problem-solving capacities; with the ability to work flexibly within a team as well as in a leadership position Ability to manage stress, multi-task and take decisions; Excellent computer skills, particularly in Word and Excel. Demonstrated experience with support services and associated compliance, including in finance management, MEAL and advocacy/communications depts.Languages:
About you
In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRCโs five core competencies:
Conditions
Contract: Six monthsโ contract with possibility of extension, subject to funding and performance. Salary and conditions in accordance with the Danish Refugee Councilโs Terms of Employment for International staff. This position is graded at M.F2
Start Date: Immediate
Duty Station: Port Sudan with travel to Central Darfur
Reports to: Head of Programme
Application and CV
Only motivated applications that address the stipulated duties and meet the required qualifications, sent together with a CV, will be considered.
Please submit your application and CV in English via our online-application form on www.drc.ngo under Vacancies by 31 October 2025