University of Nairobi Grants Officer (GO) - USAID Fahari Ya Jamii Project Jobs in Kenya

University of Nairobi Grants Officer (GO) - USAID Fahari Ya Jamii Project Jobs in Kenya

The Project

The University of Nairobi received funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in to support implementation of the Kenya Health Partnerships for Quality Services (HIV, FP/RMNCAH, Nutrition and WASH) in Nairobi and Kajiado Counties through the USAID Fahari Ya Jamii Project. This is a five-year project that began in April 2021.

The position

The Grants Officer is a full-time position, to be based in our office in Nairobi.

Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting to the Grants and Compliance Manager (GCM), the Grants Officer will be responsible for
the administrative management and compliance oversight for sub award agreements. The Grants
Officer will support the GCM in preparation of outgoing agreements, disbursements to sub awardees, reconciliations, maintaining grants file and tracker.

In addition, this role will build the capacity of the project teams and sub awardees to ensure compliance in the project implementation and management through to closeout. The Grants Officer, in collaboration with the Grants and Compliance Manager will advise staff on contractual and grant issues, management of risks and reporting requirements and donor compliance.

Job specifications

At a minimum, the Grants Officer will have:

A Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following fields Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or any other related field

CPA Part 3 Section 5 certificate.

Five (5) years’ experience in Donor compliance/Grants management

Experience with MS Word, Excel and any other Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).

Demonstrated Knowledge and Experience in USAID Rules and Regulations.

Experience working with Counties Sub awardees will be an added advantage.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; University of Nairobi Grants Officer (GO) - USAID Fahari Ya Jamii Project Jobs in Kenya

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