Grants Officer at RTI International

RTI International hereby invites applications from highly resourceful, motivated and experienced professionals to fill the following vacant position:

The Grants Officer will be responsible for supporting grants management tasks as well as ensuring smooth functioning of the Grants administrative systems

 Essential Duties:

• Organize and maintain electronic and paper files of grant documents and resources;

• Record receipt of grantee reports in grants database;

• Data entry and coding in grants database;

• Review grantee financial and progress reports and process grantee payment requests;

• Support the Grants Manager to prepare all documents related to grants for approval in compliance with USAID grants requirements;

• Support the Grants Manager with generating grant documents and administrative tasks related to compliance;

• Work to enhance and improve grants management processes and increase efficiencies.

  Support the Grants Manager as follows:

  Pre-Award

• Administrative support to moderate technical evaluation of grant applications.

• Conduct of assessment visits to each potential grantee for responsibility determination.

Capacity Building

• Develop a monitoring plan for grantees using the information collected pre-award.

• Provide capacity-building/training to grantees, customizing it to meet the organizations’ needs.

Post-Award

• Coordinate execution of award documents (pre-award authorizations, awards, modifications, etc.).

• Maintain grant files, including records on monitoring and evaluation and other quality control activities (financial, programmatic, proof of performance).

• Lead invoice processing and financial reporting requirements. Ensure timely payments to implement technical activities.

• Performing grant close out activities/tasks for completed grants.

 Qualifications and Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance and 2 year of experience in Grants administration or equivalent combination of education and experience

 Skills & Abilities

• Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel
• Ability to multi-task
• Ability to work well with others
• Ability to listen and communicate well both verbally and in writing
• Ability to work independently
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to obtain proper security clearances as noted by contracts