Grants Officer
Introduction
Introduction
Our client operates in Somaliland
and Puntland with its main office in Nairobi Kenya.
The position will also advice on the
need of budget evaluations and funding gaps in the projects which will affect
Management decisions in Somalia Program.
Need
The roll out of PAMODZI came with
many challenges, wrong posting of transactions, none allocations of shared
cost, capacity and knowledge which has resulted to gaps in Grants
management.
These among other things have led to
the urgent need to have an additional staff to assist with reporting.
The gap has also led to delayed
submission of Monitoring, Donor reports and Audit Statements, as well as
disbursements due to withheld reports.
Due to the above changes and the
skeleton staff in the Unit, there is need of support in the grants team to
prepare all donor and monitoring reports for all grants to bring us to a place
where we can easily pick up and continue.
In addition, the organization is on
the selection list for A133 audit for FY12, and therefore there is need to
ensure that the company improves its readiness for the upcoming audits through
the Grants Management function
Scope of Work
Working closely with the Finance
team and reporting directly to the Grants, Budgeting and Reporting Manager to
ensure that controls applicable to each grant, this person is expected to
perform the following:
- Donor regulations, mapping donor budget line item to
organization’s Chart of Account,
- Ensuring expenses are within budget line item and
budget flexibility,
- To provide support to Project Managers and Program
Coordinators,
- To inform all concerned about budget over/under
expenditures and recommending actions such as line item re-alignments and
other budget revisions.
- Perform data analysis and all report preparation
activities in co-ordination with the Grants, Budgeting, and Reporting
Manager.
- Ensure sub grant management including partners’ grant
agreements, sub recipients’ financial reporting and budgeting monitoring.
Expected Results
Monitoring and Donor reports are
submitted and are up to date with the donor reporting schedule as at August
2013
All Donor reports are reconciled to
the PS for period 1 to 10
Ensure sub grants financial reports,
burn rate, and reconcile advances and liquidations
Requirements:
Requirements:
- Minimum of 5 years experience, with some experience in
senior management position
- Bachelors’ degree in Business administration, Commerce,
Finance/accounting option with CPA IV or its equivalent to demonstrate the
required skills for this position
- Solid knowledge of key donor regulations, and
compliance requirements (USG, EU, and ECHO).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office including Excel and
word and good skills at using financial software applications. Proficiency
in English Language.
- Analytical thinking
- High integrity
- Planning and organizing skills
If interested, kindly send in your
CV to recruitkenya@kimberly-ryan.net with the job title as the subject