Job Description
The position
The Grants Officer is a full-time position, to be based in our office in Nairobi.
Duties and Responsibilities
Reporting to the Grants and Compliance Manager (GCM), the Grants Officer will be responsible for
the administrative management and compliance oversight for sub award agreements. The Grants
Officer will support the GCM in preparation of outgoing agreements, disbursements to sub awardees,
reconciliations, maintaining grants file and tracker. In addition, this role will build the capacity of the project
teams and sub awardees to ensure compliance in the project implementation and management through
to closeout. The Grants Officer, in collaboration with the Grants and Compliance Manager will advise
staff on contractual and grant issues, management of risks and reporting requirements and donor
compliance.
Job specifications
At a minimum, the Grants Officer will have:
i) A Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following fields Accounting, Finance, Business Administration
or any other related field
ii) CPA Part 3 Section 5 certificate.
iii) Five (5) years’ experience in Donor compliance/Grants management
iv) Experience with MS Word, Excel and any other Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).
v) Demonstrated Knowledge and Experience in USAID Rules and Regulations.
vi) Experience working with Counties Sub awardees will be an added advantage.
Terms of appointment
This a position whose tenure is one (1) year contract renewable based on performance and by
mutual consent. The salary is negotiable depending on the level of education and work experience.