PATH Grants and Capacity Building Officer Job

Job Responsibilities: 

  • Manage all the phases of the project’s sub-granting processes from award through close-out, including pre-award assessments, preparing sub-award agreements, and securing internal approvals, reviewing requests for disbursement of cash requests for accuracy and compliance with the sub-agreements and monitoring and evaluating sub-grantees performance. 
  • Determine capacity building needs for sub-grantees and work with various stakeholders (project leadership, programs, office of grants and contracts, finance, etc.) to design customized training packages, including post-training follow up and associated documentation. 
  • Develop and execute a targeted, risk-based, compliance review and monitoring plan for sub-grantees. 
  • Monitor sub-award periods and spending trends for sub-grantees and work with project teams to request and secure any modifications on a timely basis. 
  • Ensure that all required sub-grantees documentation is filed in the sub-awards management Information System (Salesforce) and ensure that copies of supporting documents for sub-grantees expenses are available for audit. 
  • Review monthly financial reports from the sub-grantees for compliance, accuracy, and completeness and make reimbursement requests. 
  • Support sub-grantees audit process and take action to resolve findings contained in audit reports, such as cost items questioned or unresolved. 
  • Prepare regular and ad hoc sub-awards management reports and analysis that are useful, efficient, and effective in supporting and informing decision making. 
  • Ensure that the sub-grantees adhere to the sub-award terms and conditions.  
  • Ensure effective channels of internal and external communications relating to sub-grants are established and respected. 
  • Ensure the timely administration of all sub-award closeouts

Key Competencies required:  

  • Partnership 
  • Accountability 
  • Stewardship  
  • Integrity 
  • Communication   ​

Background, Experience & Requirements: 

  • A bachelors degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Management, Auditing, Economics, or related field plus a full CPA qualification. A masters degree will be an added advantage.  
  • A minimum of 3 years’ relevant experience in the NGO sector. 
  • Outstanding communication skills including interpersonal communications, problem solving, strong writing skills and fluency in English. 
  • Excellent report writing and presentation skills 
  • Detail oriented; high degree of accuracy and strong analytical skills. 
  • Ability to develop and implement training programs for multi-faceted audiences  
  • Ability to interpret funding regulations and develop implementing procedures. 
  • Experience in providing technical assistance to build organizational capacity of local organizations using tools such as organizational capacity assessments and Non-U.S. Organization Pre-Award Survey. 
  • In depth knowledge of United States Government grant and procurement regulations, systems, and procedures for managing complex grant programs with many partners and beneficiaries  
  • Advanced Knowledge of Excel, Word, Outlook, Business World, Salesforce, and other Microsoft Office products highly desirable. 

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