Universities Fund Senior Grants Management Officer Jobs in Kenya

Universities Fund Senior Grants Management Officer Jobs in Kenya


Academic qualifications

  • A Bachelors’ degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics, Accounting, Law,Commerce, Project Management or any related discipline

  • Supervisory course not lasting less than two (2) weeks is an added advantage;

    Professional Qualifications / Membership to professional bodies

  • Management course lasting not less four (4) weeks

  • Demonstrated results in work performance

    Previous relevant work experience required.

  • At least ten (4) years’ work experience in related duties in the public or private sector.

    Functional Skills:

  • Communication skills

  • Credit management skills.

  • Customer Relationship Management.

  • IT proficiency.

  • Presentation skills.

  • Analytical skills.

    Behavioral Competencies/ Attributes:

  • Leadership skills.

  • Interpersonal.

  • Problem solving and decision-making skills.

  • Innovative.

  • Emotional Intelligence.

  • Fulfil the requirements of Chapter 6 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010.

    Responsibilities:

  • The job holder works in either Grants Administration division or Grants Monitoring and Evaluation Divisions

    Operational Responsibilities / Tasks

  • Preparing indents for and making grant calls;

  • Sorting out the grant proposals for screening for eligibility

  • Reviewing eligible grant applications;

  • Reviewing compliance with the requirements of the grant award contracts;

  • Updating the database on all grants of the Fund;

  • Developing tools for grants Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting frameworks

  • Monitoring and Evaluation of grants disbursed by the Fund

  • Developing the grant impact assessment reports

  • Developing work plans for the section

    Financial Responsibility

  • Implementing and monitoring the approved departmental budget, procurement plan and work plan;

    Responsibility for Physical Assets

  • Responsible for
    physical assets assigned by the institution to the individual;

  • Coordinate the oversight for all the physical assets;

  • Problem Solving;

  • The job holder will be required to solve the following type of problems

  • Technical problems in all the universities funding;

  • Problems are technical, requiring significant research and creative thinking. Consultations will be required.

    Communication

  • The job holder will need to understand the following information to discharge his/her mandate:

  • Detailed verbal instructions or requests from universities, students, the Ministry of Education on matters of university education financing;

  • Writing Universities Fund internal policy documents as well as university funding policies;

  • Drafting of internal or external newsletters, general articles or content for newspapers, journals, magazines or internet sites

  • Drawing up communication to universities

    Decision Making/ Job Influence:

  • Establishes and manages linkages, collaborations and interactions with various departments and external client.

    How to Apply

  • For more information and job application details, see; Universities Fund Senior Grants Management Officer Jobs in Kenya


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