Apply: International Rescue Committee Costing Consortia Manager

By Isaac Ajala
October 2, 2024

Deadline: 25 February, 2025

Location: Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is seeking applications to fill the role of a Costing Consortia Manager, who will support the Best use of Resources team (BUR) cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness work through management of a cost-analysis software, Dioptra.

The IRC is one of the world’s largest international humanitarian non-governmental organisations (INGO), at work in more than 50 countries, responding to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster.

Responsibilities

Create and track contracts, purchase orders, invoices, payments, and funds transfers
Track project revenue/spending against budgets
Schedule and coordinate meetings (e.g., monthly and quarterly Dioptra consortium working group, BUR team weekly meetings), including notetaking, follow-up engagements, and tracking action points
Maintain consortium folders, coordinate with consortium partners to migrate all folders to a secure workspace
Ensure users adhere to project and knowledge management guidance and, as needed, revise guidance
Support consortium partners with software configuration, troubleshooting, and user queries
Manage software sprints according to budgets and timelines
Coordinate with consortium partners and software developers to test software features, issues, and fixes
Facilitate communication of software technical details between consortium partners and software developers
Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure data accuracy and data protection within the software
Update software documentation with new release notes and help pages
Update the BUR and Dioptra websites
Track reporting requirements
Draft reports and communications collateral
Copy-edit public-facing collateral (e.g., research reports)

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in related field, or one or more of the positions’ focus areas, or equivalent professional experience
Two years, minimum, of similar work experience
Experience in large projects with multiple stakeholders at various organisational levels, including managing schedules and task priorities
Demonstrated proficiency in Excel spreadsheet data organisation and analysis skills, for the purpose of validating/troubleshooting Dioptra analysis
Experience supporting budgets and in finance system and software management
Highly organised with proven time and project management skills
Excellent communication skills, including ability to provide feature demonstrations
Strong writing skills including demonstrated ability to write for non-technical audiences with a focus on advocacy
Ability to work as part of a remote team across time zones, cultures, and contexts
Excellent communication skills, cultural sensitivity, flexibility, ability to improvise, team player
Commitment to IRC’s core values
Software development background is helpful but not required
Fluency in spoken and written English, fluency in French or Arabic highly desirable