CRS Grants & Compliance Officer Jobs in Mogadishu, Somalia

CRS Grants & Compliance Officer Jobs in Mogadishu, Somalia

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an International non-governmental organization supporting relief and development work in over 100 countries around the world.

CRS carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas.

Through its programs, CRS assists poor and vulnerable persons based on need, and, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality.

It works through local partners to implement its programs, therefore, strengthening and building the capacity of these partner organizations is fundamental to programs in every country in which CRS operates.

CRS has a long history of supporting local civil-society organizations in Somalia and has implemented development and emergency programming in multiple sectors, primarily supported by United States Agency for International Development’s Office of Foreign Disaster (USAID/OFDA) and Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP).

CRS’ programs in Somalia are currently focused in South Central Somalia, with a flagship OFDA project supporting integrated health, nutrition, protection and WASH interventions for IDPs and other vulnerable populations.

Job Summary:

You will help coordinate and contribute to the implementation of the SHArPEN: Somalia Health, Protection, and Nutrition project, and others as necessary, policies and procedures in compliance with CRS’ established accounting standards, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), donors’ (USAID) rules and regulations, and legal requirements to support high-quality programs serving the poor and vulnerable.

You will efficiently perform accounting services through documenting the project financial transactions by compiling, analyzing, and verifying account information, preparing account entries, and delivering financial reporting services throughout the project life cycle.

As a key member of the SHArPEN project team, you will collaborate with our local implementing partners on sub-recipient compliance in support of CRS’ work serving the poor and vulnerable.

This includes developing and embedding best practices to comply with donor financial rules, expenditure tracking, monitoring and providing management information on key risks, contributing to the implementation of improved financial systems and processes to facilitate better donor reporting and compliance, and capacity building of partner/LIP staff with grants and compliance related roles.

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