Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Grants and Compliance Manager.
CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries without regard to race, religion or nationality.
Responsibilities
- Support the development/regular revisions of the grants’ facility manual
- Ensure financial and programmatic compliance of the grant to contractual obligations, donor requirements and CRS policies
- In collaboration with the CoP, DCoPs and other technical leads, contribute to decisions on expanding economic opportunities in Kenya ASAL counties through better management of water resources, expansion of water and sanitation services and improved water for domestic and productive services
- Coordinate with the CoP, DCoPs, technical lead and finance staff to provide input in the design and development of grants
- Prepare grant agreements, negotiation memos, and detailed budgets on a regular basis, ensuring attention to detail, compliance, and accuracy
- Act as the point of contact (PoC) for GUCs before and after awards, ensuring thorough due diligence assessments are conducted and resulting recommendations are implemented
- Support STAWI GUCs to align their systems and policies to comply with USAID grants financial regulations and policies as outlined in the grants facility manual
- Contribute/lead updating expense forecasting and APP data for the contract
- Support the finance department in reviewing staff, SR and consortium member advance and expense liquidation reports and work on conflict resolutions, if any, to keep the advances reconciled at all times
- Review monthly BCRs and track commitment and provide analysis to the CoP and DCoP on major variances
- Ensure the maintenance of all files, records and documents relating to CRS programme and projects within the programme portfolio
- Oversee grant closeout processes in line with guidance provided within the grants facility manual
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Studies, Auditing, Economics or a related field
- Five years, minimum, of experience managing and administering U.S. Federal contracts and/or grants with grantmaking components
- Experience working with U.S. government-supported projects and knowledge of financial rules and regulations, including fiscal controls and fund accounting procedures
- Grant management training experience (highly preferred)
- Analytical skills
- Ability to train partners on grant management and required reporting (highly desirable)
- Experience in mentoring, coaching and skills transfer
- Excellent representational and communication skills, written and oral proficiency in English
To apply and for more information, click here.
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