Grants Officer at Creative Associates International

Details:

Position Location: Abidjan, Cote d Ivoire.

Position Summary:

The Grants Officer will support the Grants Manager with the oversight of all grants activities, including ensuring efficient and proper controls for USAID grant compliance and reporting; coordinating training and grants administration with grantees; and review and submission of financial reports as required for each grant.

Reporting & Supervision:

The Grants Officer will report to West Africa Grants Manager

Primary Responsibilities:

• Review sub-grantees’ liquidation and financial reports and provide summaries to the project’s West Africa Grants Manager on a monthly basis;
• Implement procedures and templates to be used for formulating, negotiating, executing, monitoring, and closing grants according to USAID regulations and the project’s Grants Manual;
• Monitor grantee to ensure compliance with USAID regulations, Grants Manual and the content of sub-agreement;
• Responsible for maintaining grant files and ensuring they stay up-to-date;
• Support project audits, grantor’s audit, or monitoring visits.
• Responsible for entering and maintaining Creative’s)online System for the Management of Activities, Reporting and Tracking (SMART) for sub-grantees;
• Support the West Africa Grants Manager in enforcing and maintaining policies for grant processes
• Provide mentoring support to strengthen and improve sub-grantees’ management capacity for improved performance; and
• Perform other tasks as assigned.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• High school diploma is required, Bachelor’s Degree or professional accounting/financial qualification is preferred;
• Minimum two (2) years’ experience in grant management, including disbursements and reporting and four years of general experience.
• Demonstrated experience in financial administration, budget and cost control management is essential;
•  Knowledge of USAID Rules and Regulations, previous experience working on USAID-funded projects is preferred;
• Ability to analyze data and suggest areas of improvement
•  Excellent record keeping, and documentation skills;
• Have a good computer literacy;
• Understanding of cost-share and/or leveraging preferred; and
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.

Interested applicants should send their CVs either in PDF or word format as one document to recruit@westafricatih.com before 16th December 2019

Only finalists will be contacted.  No phone calls, please.

Creative Associates International Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Disability/Veteran.