Job Title: Grants Officer
Hiring Organization: Boma
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Non
Profit Organisation
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Competitive
Date Posted: 03/30/2024
Duties and Responsibilities
General
- Support
the manager in coordinating all other partner’s requirements especially
the audit and reviews.
- Handle
correspondence and matters concerning grant management in consultation
with the Project Manager and Grants Manager
- Co-ordinate
the project’s grants accounting, reporting, compliance and risk management
- Review
and finalize sub grants budgets, prepare contracts/agreements, facilitate
funds disbursement and follow up on compliance.
- Manage
sub grants agreements by ensuring compliance with the terms, rules,
regulations, legal and regulatory requirements governing the award.
- Developing
action plans on all findings and working with partners to initiate the
recommendations and close up.
Grant
Management and Reporting
- Support
in monitoring of sub awardee budgets, expenditure tracking, timely
reporting and implementation of risk mitigating measures.
- Ensure
timely, accurate reporting from partners to allow consolidation and
submission of the program and finance report within the set timelines.
Assist in the preparation of progress update reports as per donor
requirements and BOMA policies.
- Provide
feedback to all Sub recipients on grants performance.
- Work
closely with Grants Manager to ensure accurate and timely disbursement and
liquidation of sub-award expenses. Ensure a comprehensive review of
partner budgets.
- Maintain
an updated grants matrix for each sub awardee that informs regular
decision making as well as used as a reference tool when reviewing partner
cash requests.
- Provide
on-site mentorship to sub recipients and capacity development to them to
plan, implement, monitor and report on grants awarded.
Experience
and Qualifications
- A
University Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance or a
relevant field, or a combination of experience and education working in
this sector.
- Certified
Public Accountant (CPAK), Certified Financia Analyst (CFA) or ACCA or any
other relevant certification.
- Proven
working experience of at least 5 years in managing sub-grants and donor
funding in NGOs with knowledge of project cycle management.
- Experience
supporting large donor funded project is an advantage.
- Excellent
interpersonal skills, ability to work in a multi-cultural environment,
flexible and able to handle the pressure.
- Cultural
sensitivity