Grants Administrator
(Bilingual in English and French)
An international organization that supports research in developing countries invites applications for two positions in its regional office in Nairobi.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The right candidate will be responsible for among others, the following duties:
- Providing
financial and administrative advice and support to program staff, grantees
and others, on the development, implementation, and monitoring of
projects;
- processing
project approval and contract documents;
- following
up with recipient institutions on projects including analysis of financial
reports and other grant administration issues;
- maintaining
project information in the organization’s database;
- ensuring
timely disbursements to projects, consultants and suppliers;
- maintenance
of the inventory of project outputs, files, documents and correspondence
related to all aspects of projects;
- participating
in meetings;
- and
acting as main administrative contact for the designated programmes.
Personal Specifications:
The ideal candidate profile should include the following:
- A
university degree.
- At
least five years working experience relevant to the duties outlined above,
ideally within an international organization.
- Excellent
communication skills, a professional demeanor, and a good team member.
- Strong
analytical skills, particularly in the areas of numeracy and financial
analysis.
- An
ability to manage detailed work with minimum supervision.
- Ability
to adapt to a dynamic environment.
- Experience
of Internet usage, word processing, spreadsheet and database software.
- Only
candidates who have excellent capacity in both English and French, orally
and in writing, should apply.
Interested candidates should forward their applications to the
address below including a full CV no later than 3 June 2012:grantadmin@idrc.or.ke
A French version is available by contacting the above email address.
