CARE USA Grants and Finance Lead Jobs in Kenya

CARE USA Grants and Finance Lead Jobs in Kenya

CARE is seeking an experienced Grants and Finance Lead for a high-visibility, five-year, $40M+ digital inclusion program. The initiative will directly support the scale up of evidence-based solutions to effectively close the gender digital divide through the management of global and region-specific competitions.

This position will provide grants and financial management services for the global program, responsible for ensuring effective and timely administration of grants, contracts and sub agreements through the project life cycle; developing an understanding of donor requirements and expectations for the agreement; ensuring compliance; and coordinating with CARE teams, sub-awardees and donors as appropriate.

As the Grants and Finance Lead, you will take the lead on preparation / review, negotiation, due diligence, monitoring and modifications of agreements and contracts as well as the submission of regular reports. You will serve as the business manager for this initiative: developing and monitoring the annual budget; modeling budgets for new opportunities; monitoring financial reports and expenditure on ongoing grants and contracts; identifying trends of over or under-expenditure and making recommendations across finances and grant management functions.

Responsibilities:

Manage agreements and key start-up tasks

Agreement administration key tasks

Program monitoring and

reporting, and Financial management and reporting Key Tasks

Manage grants and finance team

Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in relevant discipline: sciences, business, social sciences, social development, international management, public health or other relevant fields of study.

7-10 years of experience working in the field of international development with escalating responsibility

Experience managing US government grants/contracts administration of similarly sized programs. Other bilateral/multilateral donor funding, private corporate, private foundations experience a benefit.

Confidence to bring a greater voice to FGM activities, and make substantive program recommendations

Strong cross-cultural communication skills, including experience working with globally distributed teams in disparate countries and time zones

Demonstrated management experience

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; CARE USA Grants and Finance Lead Jobs in Kenya

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