Marie Stopes Kenya (MSK) is a marketing-focused,
results-oriented social business, which uses modern management and marketing
techniques to provide family planning and reproductive healthcare.
MSK subscribes to the MSI goal and mission that is; to prevent
unwanted births and to ensure the individual’s right to Children by Choice not
Chance.
Maries Stopes Kenya is seeking to fill the following position:
The Role: Grants Compliance Manager
Reports To: Director, Financial Management
Liaises With: Project Managers
Duty Station: Support Office, Nairobi
Purpose of the role
Ensure that all the project activities are carried out as per the terms and conditions set out in the contract.
Key responsibilities
- Monitor
and ensure there is a consistent understanding and implementation of donor
regulations and requirements of awards.
- Serve
as principle point of important documents for all the projects, such as
the contracts, reports submitted to the donor, communication with the
donor.
- Facilitate
and supervise the production of monthly project financial reports for
monitoring of expenditure against the budgets.
- Involvement
in proposal budget development, ensuring that sufficient costs are
included in line with donor guidelines.
- Analysis
of project transactions with project managers to ensure that these are
aligned to budgets and identify actions required for potential over and
under expenditure.
- Review
of transactions to ensure these are incurred in line with the terms of the
agreements.
Key Performance Areas
Compliance:
Compliance:
Ensure compliance of grant agreements
Reporting :
Monitoring of costs against approved budgets.
Ensure reports are submitted as per the agreements.
Ensure reports are submitted as per the agreements.
Budgeting :
Ensure budgets for proposals include all relevant costs
Custody:
Custodian of all key documents
Job Requirements
Job Requirements
- University
degree in Accounting or Finance
- CPA
(K) or equivalent
- Four
years’ grant management experience in an INGO
Key skills and qualities
- Strong
interpersonal skills
- Knowledge
of management information systems, spreadsheets application and budgeting.
- Ability
to meet tight deadlines.
- Analytical
- Attention
to detail.
- A
good grasp of donor financial reporting requirements
NB: Please clearly indicate the subject as ‘Grants Compliance
Manager’
Applications quoting the position title with detailed CV with contact details of three referees (two of who should be immediate former supervisors) should be submitted to:
People and Development Dept
pd@mariestopes.or.ke
Marie Stopes Kenya
On or before 19th October, 2012
Marie Stopes Kenya is an equal opportunity Employer
Applications quoting the position title with detailed CV with contact details of three referees (two of who should be immediate former supervisors) should be submitted to:
People and Development Dept
pd@mariestopes.or.ke
Marie Stopes Kenya
On or before 19th October, 2012
Marie Stopes Kenya is an equal opportunity Employer