Global Awards and Donor Compliance Manager

Relief International (RI) is home to teams of humanitarian activist-professionals committed to transforming adversity into renewal for the world’s most vulnerable populations. By partnering with beneficiaries and communities on the front-lines, RI innovatively bridges the gap between immediate relief and long-term community development. Relief Internationa…

Global Awards and Donor Compliance Manager

Your Responsibilities

This role includes the following responsibilities.

• Lead and support the management of donor-funded awards and contracts throughout the full award lifecycle, from proposal review and award negotiations through implementation, modifications and close-out.

• Provide strategic guidance on donor compliance requirements, award risks, donor regulations and organizational policies across Relief International’s country programmes.

• Participate in Go/No-Go reviews, proposal development processes and donor agreement reviews, ensuring strong compliance, risk mitigation and quality assurance.

• Monitor country office performance against awards management standards and KPIs, identifying risks and supporting corrective actions where required.

• Strengthen donor reporting quality by reviewing reporting frameworks, supporting compliance reviews and contributing to donor communication processes.

• Provide technical oversight on partnership management processes, including due diligence, partnership agreements, sub-awards and localization approaches.

• Support audit readiness, award close-out processes and implementation of lessons learned to strengthen organizational performance and compliance.

• Lead the development and delivery of capacity-building initiatives, training and guidance for Country Office teams on awards management, donor compliance and partnership management.

• Maintain and strengthen awards tracking systems, dashboards, compliance matrices and knowledge management tools to support decision-making and portfolio oversight.