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
