We are currently recruiting a Grants, Awards & Partnerships Lead to join our Sudan team.
This is a field-based position with frequent travel to various locations across Sudan.
The role is a 6-month fixed-term international position, starting March 1, 2026.
At Relief International, we are committed to building a representative, inclusive and authentic workplace. We strongly encourage applications from candidates from minoritized backgrounds those who bring lived experience of the contexts in which we work.
This role is classified as requiring advanced pre-employment checks.
About Relief International
Relief International is an international non-profit organization that partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience and promote long-term health and wellbeing. We work in 14 countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, providing Health and Nutrition, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), Education and Livelihoods programming that creates the foundation for community resilience.
About the Opportunity
You will lead on end-to-end grants management, ensuring smooth startup, high quality reporting, ongoing compliance, and timely closeout. You will oversee donor submissions aligned with approved logframes, manage amendments or reprogramming needs, drive strong partnership management, and work closely with country and field teams to maintain accurate data and early identification of risks or deviations.
Your Responsibilities
This role includes the following responsibilities.
- Lead end-to-end grants management from startup through closeout.
- Ensure timely, high quality donor reporting aligned with approved logframes and indicators.
- Monitor compliance with award conditions and flag risks or deviations early.
- Support grant amendments, reprogramming, or extensions if required.
- Lead on Partnership Management
- Coordinate with country level support teams and field level staff to ensure data accuracy for donor submissions.
About You
You will bring the following experience and skills.
- Experience managing end to end grants cycles for major humanitarian donors.
- Strong spoken and written English and French are essential.
- Strong understanding of donor compliance, reporting standards, logframe based monitoring, and award conditions.
- Proven ability to produce timely, accurate donor reports and coordinate data collection across dispersed teams.
- Skilled in identifying compliance risks, managing amendments or reprogramming, and supporting smooth closeout.
- Demonstrated experience in partnership management, including oversight, coordination, and compliance support.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills for working with country level support teams and field staff.
- High attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple deadlines in fast-moving contexts.
Research shows that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs, unless they meet every single requirement. If you’re excited about this role, but your experience doesn’t align with every criteria described, we encourage you to apply anyway, you could be exactly what we need!
How to apply
To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button in the job advert page.
- You will be asked to upload a CV and Cover Letter.
We are currently recruiting a Grants, Awards & Partnerships Lead to join our Sudan team.
This is a field-based position with frequent travel to various locations across Sudan.
The role is a 6-month fixed-term international position, starting March 1, 2026.
At Relief International, we are committed to building a representative, inclusive and authentic workplace. We strongly encourage applications from candidates from minoritized backgrounds those who bring lived experience of the contexts in which we work.
This role is classified as requiring advanced pre-employment checks.
About Relief International
Relief International is an international non-profit organization that partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience and promote long-term health and wellbeing. We work in 14 countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, providing Health and Nutrition, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), Education and Livelihoods programming that creates the foundation for community resilience.
About the Opportunity
You will lead on end-to-end grants management, ensuring smooth startup, high quality reporting, ongoing compliance, and timely closeout. You will oversee donor submissions aligned with approved logframes, manage amendments or reprogramming needs, drive strong partnership management, and work closely with country and field teams to maintain accurate data and early identification of risks or deviations.
Your Responsibilities
This role includes the following responsibilities.
- Lead end-to-end grants management from startup through closeout.
- Ensure timely, high quality donor reporting aligned with approved logframes and indicators.
- Monitor compliance with award conditions and flag risks or deviations early.
- Support grant amendments, reprogramming, or extensions if required.
- Lead on Partnership Management
- Coordinate with country level support teams and field level staff to ensure data accuracy for donor submissions.
About You
You will bring the following experience and skills.
- Experience managing end to end grants cycles for major humanitarian donors.
- Strong spoken and written English and French are essential.
- Strong understanding of donor compliance, reporting standards, logframe based monitoring, and award conditions.
- Proven ability to produce timely, accurate donor reports and coordinate data collection across dispersed teams.
- Skilled in identifying compliance risks, managing amendments or reprogramming, and supporting smooth closeout.
- Demonstrated experience in partnership management, including oversight, coordination, and compliance support.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills for working with country level support teams and field staff.
- High attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple deadlines in fast-moving contexts.
Research shows that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs, unless they meet every single requirement. If you’re excited about this role, but your experience doesn’t align with every criteria described, we encourage you to apply anyway, you could be exactly what we need!
How to apply
To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button in the job advert page.
- You will be asked to upload a CV and Cover Letter.
- The cover letter should be one page, and explain why you are interested in this post with Relief International and how your skills and experience make you a good fit.
Closing Date
As this is an emergency response role, we will be reviewing applicants on a rolling basis, please apply today as we may withdraw the position from the jobs board before the closing date.
As a humanitarian organization, Relief International is committed to the safeguarding of all those we come into contact with through our work. We are committed to the core humanitarian principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse. Relief International expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and uphold the values and behaviors outlined in the Code of Conduct.
Recruitment to all roles in Relief International include a criminal records self-declaration, references, and other pre-employment checks, which may include police and qualifications checks.
- The cover letter should be one page, and explain why you are interested in this post with Relief International and how your skills and experience make you a good fit.
Closing Date
As this is an emergency response role, we will be reviewing applicants on a rolling basis, please apply today as we may withdraw the position from the jobs board before the closing date.
As a humanitarian organization, Relief International is committed to the safeguarding of all those we come into contact with through our work. We are committed to the core humanitarian principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse. Relief International expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and uphold the values and behaviors outlined in the Code of Conduct.
Recruitment to all roles in Relief International include a criminal records self-declaration, references, and other pre-employment checks, which may include police and qualifications checks.
