Grants Manager at Chemonics International

Responsibilities

• Control and oversee the grant application, approval, implementation and close-out processes, and ensure compliance with USAID regulations and policies
• Mentor relevant partners in all processes related to grants and subcontracts
• Organize and track all grant and contract documents
• Monitor individual grant/contract budgets and expenditures
• Perform due diligence on reimbursement requests to ensure they are valid and allowable
• Provide both strategic and technical guidance to the Chief of Party and other component leaders
• Proficiently manage and administer a sizeable and complex array of subcontracts and subgrants
• Provide technical and administrative support to local sub-grantees and subcontractors to effectively manage grants

Qualifications

• Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Agricultural Economics, or a related field
• Minimum of 5 years' of demonstrated experience and success in setting up and managing grants under contracts
• Demonstrated knowledge of USAID financial and management systems, regulations and reporting requirements, and evidence of ability to, within those requirements, be creative and flexible
• Demonstrated record of achieving results in grants management with international development programs
• Candidates with experience working in Northeast Nigeria highly preferred
• Willingness to travel frequently to Northeast Nigeria (Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Jigawa, Kano and Yobe States)
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Demonstrated leadership, versatility and integrity
• Fluency in English required.