Lujin Shawareb

Funding Identification and Proposal Development

Be updated on donor priorities and trends, maintain and update the Funding Opportunity Follow-up tool to track relevant funding opportunities, and compile essential information from these opportunities to distribute to the appropriate teams;
Lead the coordination of regional prioritization exercises by collecting and compiling CO inputs, organizing prioritization scoring meetings, and acting as the region's focal point for communicating the results with the head office;
Initiate the go/ no-go discussion for identified Regional funding opportunities and record discussions and completed checklist, and organize proposal planning meetings;
Organise proposal planning meetings for Regional opportunities and coordinate proposal development, as delegated by the RGM;
Ensure consistency between budget and proposal documents, ensuring compatibility with donor compliance requirements.
Grant Agreement

Support the RGM in reviewing donor contracts using NRC checklists, flag any points that might challenge NRC’s procedures, and support contract negotiations;
In close coordination with the RGM, summarize in writing, key reporting and donor compliance requirements including issues to be raised during Grant Opening Meetings;
Organize and facilitate Grant Opening Meetings within 30 days of the grant being activated and update/share a schedule of mandatory PCM activities to be conducted for each project.
Donor Compliance

Ensure high-quality management of grants by being familiar with NRC organizational and donor compliance requirements, meeting all donor deadlines;
Identify and report any risks of non-compliance with donor requirements to the Regional Grants Manager (RGM);
Advise and support programme colleagues on donor compliance queries, ensure the availability of appropriate donor templates, and provide training and capacity building on NRC grants management/donor compliance and PCM as required;
Assist compliance and finance teams in ensuring donor documentation is available during audits, following NRC SSD guidelines;
Coordinate and follow up on Reconciliation of Deliverables (RoD) from MENA Country Offices, perform tri-annual quality checks, liaise with stakeholders for scoring, and provide feedback and recommendations.
Donor Reporting and Monitoring/Review:

Provide monthly overviews of upcoming donor reporting deadlines;
Coordinate and consolidate the development of donor reports and revisions/modifications, ensuring consistency between narrative and financial reports and adherence to NRC and donor quality standards;
Track key PCM activities and organize quarterly review, ad hoc, and grant closure meetings in collaboration with COs, ensuring donor rules and regulations are communicated to the team, meeting minutes are filed, and action points are recorded.
Regional Grants Helpdesk

Lead the creation of a comprehensive Regional Grants Helpdesk, ensuring consistency and usability across all Country Offices;
Work closely with Grants staff in various Country Offices (and other regions when relevant) to identify and integrate effective grants tools, templates, and best practices that benefit the entire region;
Compile a wide array of grants-related resources, regularly update the toolkit/database with new and relevant information, and ensure it remains current and useful;
Distribute the toolkit/database to all relevant stakeholders, ensuring easy access and usability for Country Offices and other regional teams;
Provide training and ongoing support to Country Office staff on the use and application of the toolkit/database, facilitating its effective implementation across the region.
General Administration

Ensure all essential grant documents are available within Grants filing system, adhering to standardized information management and filing systems;
Proactively update the Grants Trackers;
Assist the Regional Grants Manager as needed, including representing and attending meetings, and coordinating with teams to follow up on action points;
Manage the grants portfolio as assigned by the line manager, with potential variations over time;
Perform other duties as assigned periodically.

• Coordinate project design, implementation, and evaluation with all relevant staff, using the defined processes
• Develop concept papers and prepare proposals to major donors, in coordination with technical specialists, finance and procurement staff and SOs
• Monitor funding status for each sector of the program to identify possible funding gaps and ensure smooth transitions from one grant to the next
• Ensure monthly, annual and end-of-project narrative reports, newsletters, situational reports and other reports are prepared
• Coordinate with the operations and finance departments to ensure the compiling/collating of major donor management reports
• Monitor program’s progress ensuring goals and objectives are achieved and non-financial grant requirements are adhered to
• Provide program updates to key WV support offices and the regional office
• Support Grant Managers and DME to implement technical and managerial evaluations as required
• Develop and maintain strong relationships and information sharing with Support Office representatives
• Partner selection for new project opportunities and capacity building in GAM for partners and support the programs team to identify potential

• Chosen out of 800+ applicants to represent Jordan in the 2020 Lazord Fellowship for civic leaders
• The Lazord Fellowship is a program that provides recent graduates with professional and civic skills through year-long job placements, mentoring, and around 20 training by local partners
• Followed up with the program's staff to submit all the required reports on time with high quality, and ensured the full documentation for all the projects per IRJ standards
• Conducted registration, needs assessment, and feedback interviews in accordance with IRJ's registration standards
• Managed bills, receipts, and resolved financial discrepancies effectively
• Conducted field visits to ensure the accurate implementation of the project's activities and followed up with projects’ coordinators
• Consolidated and analyzed data on programs' implementation updates and achievements to facilitate the preparation of periodic reports and activity-specific reports as requested
• Worked on project management tools (risk analysis, log frames, MEAL plans, budgets, etc..)
• Supported desk research tasks, and developed concept notes
• Established and updated daily and weekly schedules to organize the implementation of IRJ's seasonal projects
• CHS focal point (Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability)
• Provided support to projects’ staff in the development, and implementation of projects, and provided support to information and data collection, archiving and documentation on specific projects
• Analyzed, interpreted and also, monitored and reviewed information and data from regular and wide variety of sources for internal and external reporting

• Provided appropriate follow-up according to the patient's individual treatment goals and referred patients to outpatient and community services as appropriate
• Calculated, revised, and verified proper enteral and parenteral feedings to meet the patient's nutritional needs
• Counseled patients, families, handled complaints, and resolved problems
• Cooperated with the purchasing department to provide high-quality food at the lowest prices