Amref Grants Assistant Jobs in Kenya

Amref Grants Assistant Jobs in Kenya

Amref Health Africa was founded in 1957 and has since grown to become the largest African-based
international health development organization, currently implementing more than 120 programs, directly reaching more than 12 million people across 35 African countries.

Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, Amref Health Africa has offices in ten countries in Africa and an additional eleven advocacy and fundraising offices in Europe and North America. In the spirit of Ubuntu, partnership and networking are key elements of our approach. Amref has a staff complement of over 1,500.

Amref Health Africa is driven by its vision of ‘Lasting health change in Africa’ and its mission ‘To increase sustainable health access to communities in Africa through solutions in human resources for health, health service delivery, and investments in health’.

Main Responsibilities

Ensure effective management of the project grants by enhancing Sub grantee compliance with contractual stipulations and enforcing procedures that assure transparency in the grants processes.

Key Area Activities

Grants Management

Participate in setting grant management policies, and developing and enforcing procedures that assure transparency in the grants processes.

Assist in the preparation and follow up on timely release of the grants funds for approved
grants including quarterly disbursement.

Participate in the project’s grants accounting, reporting, compliance and risk management
process.

Carry out grants specific database maintenance and reporting and upload relevant reports in the Grants Management Information System (GMIS) in a timely manner.

Representation of Amref at key stakeholder forums

Development of Budget and Work Plan

Review and finalize sub recipients budgets and work plans, prepare contracts/agreements and follow up on compliance.

Report Review Receive and review periodic grants reports for sub recipients, liquidate the eligible costs and take relevant action on the expenses rendered ineligible.

Provide timely feedback to sub recipients on grants performance.

Handle

correspondences and matters in regard to grant management in consultation
with the project team.

Assist in preparing monthly, quarterly and annual project performance reports.

Compliance Ensure compliance to donor regulations and Amref Health Africa policies within the
project as well as by implementing partners

Mentorship and Research

Participate in mentoring, monitoring and other SRs capacity building initiatives.

Provide technical advice and capacity development to Sub recipients to plan, implement,
monitor and report on grants awarded in a manner consistent with assessed needs above.

Participate in operation research, documentation and dissemination of new lessons and
experiences in grant management.

Reporting and Audit

Compile monthly and annual grant reports and assist in quarterly dashboard preparation,
biannual donor reports

Assist in Coordinating internal and external audit and act on audit issues in collaboration
with Grants Officer, PIT and finance department.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce or its equivalent.

Professional qualification in CPA (section 2) or its equivalent.

Experience

Three (3) years of relevant experience in managing CSOs granting process, capacity building and mentoring, risk and compliance management for CSOs with diverse institutional structures.

Skills and Competences

Mentoring and Coaching

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Analytical and attention to details

Good organization, planning and coordination skills

High integrity and honesty

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Amref Grants Assistant Jobs in Kenya

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