Position Information

Position Title

Manager, Resources Management & Grants

Research Project

Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace & Security

Department/Unit

Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and Security

Location

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Posting Number

S123-26

Employee Group

Grant-Paid (non-union)

Position Type

Term

Duration of Contract (if applicable)

One year

Employment Type

Full Time

Full-time Equivalency (FTE)

1.0

Salary

$75,000 - $80,000.00 per annum

Classification

Provisional Statement

About Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University is Atlantic Canada’s leading research-intensive university and a driver of the region’s intellectual, social and economic development. Located in the heart of Halifax, Nova Scotia, with an Agricultural Campus in Truro/Bible Hill, Dalhousie is a truly national and international university, with more than half of our almost 21,000 students coming from outside of the province. Our 6,000 faculty and staff foster a vibrant, purpose-driven community, that celebrated 200 years of academic excellence in 2018.

Job Summary

The Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and Security (Dallaire Institute) was established in 2007 by retired Lieutenant-General the Honourable Roméo Dallaire, former Force Commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). Our mission is to develop new strategies and tactics to progressively end the recruitment and use of children as soldiers worldwide.

The Manager, Resources Management and Grants is responsible for ensuring the smooth implementation of Dallaire Institute projects, as well as supporting new business development for the organization. It will work across multiple teams to ensure the effective delivery of projects on schedule and on budget. It will lead to the drafting of project proposals.

The Manager, Resources Management and Grants will coordinate a diverse team of colleagues across multiple locations.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinates on the needs required to support philanthropic donor proposal development and reporting needs, as well as global proposal development and review processes, ensuring all staff inputs happen in a timely and effective manner and advising on donor compliance requirements to ensure high-quality and on-time proposals.

• Create narrative and financial reports, plans and adjustments, meeting set deadlines for reporting and ensuring communication with philanthropic donors is supported with relevant documentation, being in charge of the communication and setting of agreements with Legal and Finance colleagues at Dalhousie University to follow up on legal, financial and budget requirements, including providing timely project reports for review by Dalhousie finance staff to meet contract deadlines.

• Leads on liaising across teams and convening relevant staff on overall project workplans, schedules and activity reporting commitments, updating, and modifying as required, and ensuring they remain in line with the Dallaire Institute’s core values and Strategic Plan Identify, assess, input, and recommend the existing and desired reconciliation process (reporting assurance mechanism) between Finance, Procurement, Logistics, and MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning) to ensure accountable reporting to donors.

• In collaboration with the Programme Managers and HR Manager, support in undertaking consultants’ assessments, legal vetting (if required) and preparation of partners’/consultants’ agreements to ensure compliance with donor requirements.

• Ensure that key contributing staff have a clear understanding of donor requirements and expectations at the agreement, kick off, implementation, amendment, reporting, close out and audit stage of projects/awards, ensuring potential issues and amendment requests are flagged promptly to donors. This may include developing business cases where donor waiver/derogation requests need to be more thoroughly articulated or negotiated with donors.

Note

The successful applicant will be eligible for hybrid work (combination of in-person work on campus and remote work from within Nova Scotia) as agreed by all parties based on operational requirements and university guidelines.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s Degree or demonstrable experience in a relevant field, including Business Administration, International Development, Commerce, Public Administration, or other relevant field.

• Five years of experience managing multinational teams and as a leader of multidisciplinary teams.

• Experience in successful project delivery and coordination in complex or fragile environments (minimum seven years), including delivering and closing projects and communicating with donors and partners.

• Proven experience (minimum five years) in managing budgets and multiple administrative and finance tasks in fast-paced environments.

• Demonstrated experience working with large donor contracts ($10M USD Annual budgets), within the philanthropic sector, government, multilateral organizations, or multinational corporations.

Assets

• International working experience.

• Experience in successfully supporting projects remotely or from the headquarters level.

• Familiarity with Earned Value Management.

• Able to communicate in French, Spanish or Portuguese.

Job Competencies

The successful candidate is expected to demonstrate proficiency in Dalhousie’s core and leadership competencies, in particular:

• Self-Awareness & Professionalism

• Integrity

• Respect & Inclusion

• Adaptability

• Relationship Building

Additional Information

Dalhousie University supports a healthy and balanced lifestyle. Our total compensation package includes a voluntary RRSP, health and dental plans, a wellness allowance, an employee and family assistance program and a tuition assistance program.

Application Consideration

Applications from current university employees and external candidates are assessed concurrently. Current university employees will be given special consideration.

We sincerely appreciate all applications and note that only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted directly by the hiring department or People and Culture.

Diversity Statement

Dalhousie University commits to achieving inclusive excellence through continually championing equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. The university encourages applications from Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island (especially Mi’kmaq), persons of Black/African descent (especially African Nova Scotians), and members of other racialized groups, persons with disabilities, women, persons identifying as members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community. In accordance with our Employment Equity Policy, preference will be given in hiring processes to candidates who self-identify as members of one or more of the equity-deserving groups listed above. For more information, including details related to our Employment Equity Policy and Plan and definitions of equity-deserving groups please visit www.dal.ca/hiringfordiversity

If you require any support for the purpose of accommodation, such as technical aids or alternative arrangements, please let us know of these needs and how we can be of assistance. Dalhousie University is committed to ensuring all candidates have full, fair, and equitable participation in the hiring process. Our complete Accommodation Policy can be viewed here.

Posting Detail Information

Number of Vacancies

1

Open Date

05/07/2026

Close Date

05/18/2026

Open Until Filled

No

Special Instructions to Applicant

Quick Link for Direct Access to Posting

https://dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/20928