Job Title: Senior Business Development and Grants Coordinator The International Rescue Committee is a global network with its headquarters in New York. The IRC is committed to a culture of bold leadership, innovation in all aspects of our work, creative partnerships and, most crucially, accountability to those we serve. Our team: The Awards Management Unit (AMU) is a global department responsible for identifying, securing, and managing all funding from statutory/government donors. The AMU ensures that donor compliance policies and procedures are implemented consistently, and supports all staff working across the award management cycle. CRRD Department Overview: The Crisis Response, Recovery and Development (CRRD) Department has a growing portfolio of humanitarian relief, post-crisis recovery, and development programs under their remit. Our focus areas: We ensure safety from harm, improve health, increase access to education, improve economic well-being, and empower people to influence decisions that affect their lives. Regional Teams: Our regional teams work across 6 regions globally, including West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Role Overview: The LatAm Region has a portfolio of humanitarian relief, post-crisis recovery, and development programs. When additional support is required by the countries in the region, the Senior Grants and Business Development Coordinator is deployed to work as part of the grants, partnerships and/or program teams in country offices. Responsibilities: - Support country programs to develop proposal work plans, write non-technical sections, consolidate and edit written inputs, develop annexes, write budget narratives, and other tasks as needed. - Act as proposal development lead, writer and/or coordinator. - Facilitate design sessions with key country program, partners, regional and HQ teams. - Liaise with the AMU's global Business Development and Regional Program and Award Support Teams. - Support the country team in cultivating donor relationships at the country level. Awards Management and Compliance: - Develop donor reports and other award deliverables. - Manage and/or support agreement and amendment/modification reviews and negotiations. - Provide technical guidance on donor rules and regulations. - Monitor and support the use of award management tools. Partnerships: - Support the management and implementation of partnership responsibilities. - Support country programs to strengthen existing systems and structures around PEERS implementation. Training/Capacity Building: - Contribute to the development of training materials/modules. - Train and support country program teams on reporting, donor compliance, proposal development, and award and sub-award management. Regional Support: - Provide surge support for other positions within the Regional Program and Award Support team or targeted support to different country programs.