Project Coordinator (Sudan Witness Project)

• Assist the Project Manager in developing project plans, defining deliverables, and refining quality assurance procedures.
• Track project progress, rapidly identifying and escalating any issues impeding delivery.
• Support Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) activities by collecting MEL data, managing surveys, and tracking outputs.
• Manage group calendars, team meetings, travel movements, and online storage systems.
• Collaborate with the Project Manager to generate spending reports, budget forecasts, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Facilitate onboarding processes (reference checks, contracts, policy adherence, template distribution).
• Support grant management for external civil society organisations, including tracking grant outputs, reviewing budgets, spend reports, invoices, and narrative reports.
• Foster conflict-sensitive, supportive relationships with external partners and translate project outputs between English and Arabic as needed.

• Track project members' timesheets and expenses, ensuring correct monthly submissions and updating organisational spreadsheets.
• Assist in planning travel logistics, including flights and hotel reservations.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for suppliers and vendors, assisting CIR staff during team trips.
• Manage the setup of workshops, conferences, and capacity-strengthening events for NGO partners and project participants.

• Fluency in English.
• Demonstrable professional experience in project coordination and grant management (or related roles).
• Experience (voluntary or professional) in the human rights, development, peacebuilding, humanitarian, or charity sector.
• Excellent organisational, time-management, problem-solving, and written communication skills.
• Experience in planning workshops, events, and managing logistical arrangements.

• Understanding of open-source research and geopolitical issues.
• Experience working with multi-stakeholders, including development partners, government agencies, and civil society organisations.
• Experience or familiarity related to Sudan.
• Arabic language skills.

• Note: Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview (conducted remotely or in person). CIR encourages applications from under-represented communities.