Grants Officer

Job title: Grants Officer
Primary manager: Senior Finance and Administration Manager
Job Grade: 5
Location: Arusha, Manyara, Singida, Kagera and Tabora
Job Summary
Grants Officer in the provision of contract and sub-contract support to EGPAF Tanzania’s program and ensures compliance with the terms and conditions of the Foundation’s awards, applicable EGPAF and US Federal Government audit, cost and administrative principles and regulations
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Compliance review, monitoring and support
Participate in developing compliance review plans with project grant coordinator and ensure they are properly implemented.
Facilitation and execution of compliance review at least twice a year for each partner as per Grants under contract management plan.
Facilitation and execution of risk assessment on annually basis to and pre award assessment to new partners.
Advise the technical leader on any potential risk within the respective portfolio.
Tracking and ensuring all outstanding compliance findings are addressed and resolved in a timely manner as per grant under contract management plan.
To provide updated property register of all assets and inventories within the portfolio to technical leader during the compliance review visit.
Advice technical leader on the audit requirement for all sub grantee under the respective portfolio on annually basis as per donor rules and regulations by filling out audit questionnaire.
To ensure sustainable technical relationship between EGPAF and the Grants under contract recipient.
Monitor Grants under contract recipient performance to ensure compliance with the terms and conditions of Grants.
Provides on-going assistance to Grants under contract recipients to administer their agreements compliant with all terms and conditions.
Manages the Grants under contract close out process.
Documentation and Communication
Tracking and documenting all relevant and necessarily information using the documentation guideline.
To always keep files updated in both as a hard copies and electronically in the country sharing drivers and in the organization portal.
The Grant officer will be responsible to proactively and professionally communicate with colleague and partners on the information ready to be shared.
To facilitate documentation of the Grants under contract in hands of the recipients under the respective portfolio
To communicate and document any conversation and/or written information to a supervisor, colleagues, and partners.
To provide a weekly updates and plan as per monitoring and support tracker.
Cash Flow Management
To facilitate that all Grants under contract recipients in the portfolio has cash in hand to implement activities all the time of the project life
Submit all cash requests for each Grants under contract recipients on a monthly basis and in a timely manner as per SOP.
To monitor Grants under contract recipient’s expenses on monthly basis by providing financial analysis and BVA on monthly basis on every 10th the month.
Advise the technical leader on the cash flow risk within the portfolio.
To track all wire transfer made to the Grants under contract recipients and collect all receipts and file accordingly.
To realistically and accurately facilitate projection of the cash for Grants under contract recipient under your portfolio on quarterly basis as per SOP.
Contract
Ensure each Grants under contract recipient has an active contract at all times by monitoring and tracking all modification requirement
Ensure Grants under contract recipient adhere to contractual and donor regulations at all times through capacity facilitation plan.
Facilitate in Pre-Award assessment process and ensures organizations have the capacity to appropriately manage a Grants under contract.
To provide a technical justification of selection and cost analysis of the proposed Grants under contract.
Works closely with contractual, financial and technical staff and provides guidance as necessary on Grants under contract requirements.
To advise on the need for modification of any Grants under contract on your portfolio
Addresses problems or concerns with management of Grants under contract in a timely and effective manner.
Advise on the proper funding mechanism of the respective portfolio
Capacity Facilitation
To facilitate technical assistance in trainings on USG, Grants under contract, EGPAF, and donor regulations and financial management to recipients including, but not limited to - Startup Training, Initial Training, Orientation of Grants under contract recipients, Renewal Workshops, and Annual Trainings.
Providing technical assistance to GUC recipient key personnel on the daily administrative and financial procedures.
To proactively build your portfolio capacity by provide onsite training on need basis.
To at least orient and learn critically at least two key policies of A&C and share with your colleagues
To continually learn new development in the project management and Grants under contract management.
Other Duties
To work as a team player with the colleagues and demonstrate positive altitude and readiness to offer support upon need.
To continually advise on tools, SO, Checklist, policies and ideas to support continuous learning and improvement.
To plan and report all quarterly activities with the project office plan with the administrative supervisor.
To provide support to other Grant officers, supervisors and other colleagues as advised by supervisor.
To be successful, you will have:
Bachelor’s degree in Business or other related field required.
Minimum of three years’ experience in US Govenment funded grants/contracts administration and management.
Project management experience
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Prior experience in business management or financial administration federally-funded programs.
Data management experience
Prior experience with international non-profit organizations preferred.
Excellent communications skills (oral and written), including editing and proofreading.
Proficient computer/software skills, including command of Word and Excel.
Excellent organizational skills, ability to work independently, assess priorities and manage a variety of activities with attention to detail.
Ability to interact professionally with staff, applicants, and sub recipients.
Willingness to travel in Tanzania and throughout the region.
Advert will automatically unpublish on September 26th at 2300h.

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
No