Grants Manager at Creative Associates International

Requisition Number: 16-0422
Location: Northern Nigeria
Project Duration: 5 years

Position Summary

• Creative Associates seeks a Grants Manager for an anticipated Good Governance USAID-funded project in Nigeria. The Grants Manager will serve as the principal point of contact and Manager for Grant Administration.
• S/he will be responsible to ensure effective and efficient management of grants administration and to ensure flexible, innovative, and rapid-response mechanisms are designed to target key zones within Nigeria.
• S/he will also ensure that the Grant Management and administration function is always in compliance with Creative and USAID’s policies and procedures; and will work towards capacity building of the recipients as well as the other staff members in the area of grants management.

Reporting & Supervision:

• The Grants Manager reports to the Deputy Chief of Party.  The Grants Manager supervises Grant Officers and Grants Specialists.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provides oversight and management of grants staff and grants program;
• Organizes and coordinates organizational staffing structure and workflow of grants staff activities and administration;
• Responsible for ensuring quality control and the integrity of the data in Creative’s online grants database and ensures that the data in the system is always up-to-date;
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with Creative’s grants policies as detailed in the Field Manual and the projects Grants Manual;
• Coordinate closely with program staff to ensure timely administration and monitoring of grant agreements;
• Coordinate with finance, procurement, and program staff to facilitate grantee kick-off meeting, monitoring and closeout  of grant activities;
• Provide guidance and interpretation for program staff as well as grantees of Creative’s grants policies and procedures and USG regulation;
• Manage the grants and direct implementation pipeline;
• Ensure that grant master files are always up-to-date and ready for audit;
• Lead the grants management team to serve as a central point of grant activity coordination and facilitation;
• Provide support to technical units on grants compliance and the online grants database;
• Provide training in grants compliance to project staff; and
• Other tasks as needed

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Minimum of five (5) years professional experience (including at least two year of supervisory experience) working in complex and challenging field operational contexts;
• Bachelors' degree or professional accounting/financial qualification is required;
• Experience managing teams,
• Minimum two years financial administration experience;
• Competent in computers and using financial software;
• Understanding of budget and cost control management;
• Excellent written and spoken English;
• USAID program experience desirable;
• Grants program experience preferred;
• Ability to work under pressure and efficiently handle multiple tasks; and
• Ability to work under own initiative or as a part of a team.