Grants Specialist
Job Description
Title: Grants Specialist
Company Name: ACDI/VOCA
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or other relevant degree and at least five (5) years of related experience.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ JOB TITLE: GRANTS SPECIALIST
∎ DURATION: NOVEMBER 2019 TO MARCH 2021
∎ REPORT TO: COP
∎ We are seeking a Grants Specialist for our USAID Feed the Future Livestock Production for Improved Nutrition Project. The project seeks to impact rural household nutrition by improving the utilization of livestock products, and food security. The Grants Specialist will be responsible for ensuring that grant solicitations, Applications, proposals, and awards adhere to ACDI/VOCA`s assistance policies and procedures. He/she also ensures proper negotiation of the terms and conditions for grants and views and analyzes budget estimates for allowability, allocability, reasonableness, and consistency.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Manage grant fund program, including draft grant documents, communicate with grantees throughout both the grant application process and grant implementation, and close out grants.
∎ Periodically review the LPIN grants process to ensure it meets the basic principles of grants management and compliance requirements and recommend revisions as necessary.
∎ Communicate with grantees on selection or non-selection of their applications in a transparent manner. Conduct debriefs with non-selected grantees as requested by the grantee or as directed by the COP.
∎ Conduct mandatory training for all grantees regarding financial and technical reporting requirements.
∎ Oversee grantee invoicing, reporting, and other administrative functions to coordinate the processing of financial reports/payments, and the technical review and acceptance of milestones/deliverables as relevant.
∎ Review and analyze grantee's performance and budgets, make budget reduction recommendations as needed for cost control, and/or grant termination recommendations for poor performance as needed.
∎ Coordinate with the Senior Finance Manager to ensure consistent reporting of grantee financial data between the Finance and Grant departments and help resolve any grant data differences.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Demonstrated experience designing and overseeing different USAID grant mechanisms.
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∎ Demonstrated knowledge of USAID assistance regulations and reporting requirements and ability to apply them to programmatic work.
∎ Demonstrated experience in formulating and implementing policies and procedures.
∎ Ability to communicate technical, budgetary and program details to staff, grantees and applicants.
∎ Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines and produce quality results on time with attention to detail.
∎ Ability to design and implement effective workflow processes and procedures.
∎ Excellent analytical skills; able to quickly grasp and effectively communicate complex concepts.
∎ Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
∎ Ability to work independently with remote support from ACDI/VOCA Headquarters office.
Application Deadline: October 18, 2019
Company Information:
∎ ACDI/VOCA
∎ Business : Since 1963 and in 146 countries, ACDI/VOCA has empowered people in developing and transitional nations to succeed in the global economy. Based in Washington, D.C., ACDI/VOCA is a nonprofit international development organization that delivers technical and management assistance in agribusiness, financial services, enterprise development, community development and food security in order to promote broad-based economic growth and vibrant civil society. ACDI/VOCA currently has approximately 54 projects in 32 countries and total revenues of $151 million.
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 18th Oct 2019
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