Role and responsibilities

The Institutional Partnership Adviser is NRC’s lead expert adviser on UK institutional donors. As such, the IPA is responsible for relevant strategic relationships and for building internal capacity and maintaining a help desk on donor related issues.

Responsibilities related to NRC’s strategic donors

Be the NRC focal point for expertise on UK institutional donors and their relations with NRC:

• Be the lead for NRC’s strategic engagement with the donor, especially at Head Office (HO) level
• Maintain NRC’s position as a professional and relevant partner, establish close relations and share information internally in NRC on their policies and priorities.
• Advise NRC colleagues on communication lines with the donor, annual funding cycles, and best practice when it comes to resource mobilisation
• Maintain an overview of NRC’s past and present engagement with the donor
• Assist with setting up, preparing as well as participate in donor meetings

Assist with resource mobilisation:

• Track and share information about new funding opportunities
• Undertake “donor mappings” upon request from NRC Country Offices and departments
• Be responsible for prequalification processes in order to access donor funding
• Manage the processes related to prioritisation of internally competing proposals

Provide help-desk support and capacity build staff on fund raising and donor rules

• Stay updated on donor conditions, rules and regulations. Ensure that key information about these is regularly updated and available to NRC staff in order to facilitate compliance
• Provide advice on donor expectations and requirements in proposal and reports, proactively and on request
• Provide advice on clauses in grant agreements, service contracts and consortia agreements
• Document learning and good practice related to the individual donor

Network and advocate for improved financing conditions 

• Network, share information and undertake joint lobbying (vis-à-vis donors) with other NGOs that receive financial support from the same donor
• Advocate for and negotiate improved conditions with the donor, whenever relevant

Liaise with other NRC units on donor related issues

• Stay updated on NRC‘s priorities and funding needs
• Ensure that NRC’s donor relations are adequately reflected in external communication

• Assist with setting up, preparing as well as participate in donor meetings
• Track and share information about relevant new funding opportunities
• Develop an overview of donor rules and regulations
• Manage the processes related to prioritisation of internally competing proposals
• Assisting in reviewing grant agreements, service contracts and consortia agreements, if requested

Other responsibilities – Climate 

In line with NRC’s Climate and Environment Strategy 2030, NRC is further developing programmatic approaches to adaptation and clean energy. In line with this, it is an objective for NRC to explore opportunities to grow climate finance as a funding stream.

This responsibility includes

• Responsible for mapping climate related funding streams that match with NRC programmatic priorities in the UK and coordinate the mapping of climate funding globally with other Representation Offices.
• Contribute to recommendations to NRC senior management on an organisational approach to climate funding.
• Further climate responsibilities may also be developed

The Institutional Partnership Adviser is also responsible for maintaining NRC representation and contribution to the BOND network and other relevant NGO fora.

2. Behavioural competencies

• Handling insecure environments
• Planning and delivering results
• Working with people
• Analysing
• Communicating with impact and respect
• Coping with change

Applicants are asked to complete the online application including a CV and a supporting statement / cover letter