Overview
The EU Partnership Assistant will support the Partnerships and Policy Department in managing strategic relations with institutional donors and private foundations. The role involves providing support for resource mobilization, developing funding prospects, and streamlining grant management processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist Senior EU Partnership Advisers and the EU Partnership and Compliance Coordinator in developing analysis, adapting capacity building materials, supporting internal prioritisation exercises, and coordinating strategic meetings.
- Develop analysis on EU development funding allocations for prioritized countries.
- Update donor engagement training modules for EU development donors.
- Develop analysis on the latest evolution of Global Gateway.
- Support NRC thematic leads on donor engagement at the EU level.
- Develop relevant donor analysis.
- Coordinate NRC’s inputs and response to VOICE and DG ECHO surveys.
- Attend relevant internal and external meetings and draft minutes.
- Assist in arranging and preparing meetings for visiting field-based colleagues.
- Support internal prioritisation processes for access to EU funding.
- Provide ad-hoc administrative support.
- Monitor and report on key EU policy milestones relevant to NRC’s partnership and advocacy work.
Qualifications
• A university graduate in a relevant field such as Law, International Relations, European Affairs, or some related equivalent experience.
