USAID Project Management Specialist (Budget) Jobs in Kenya
USAID Project Management Specialist (Budget) Jobs in Kenya
Major Duties and ResponsibilitiesBudget Planning and Direction 40% Serves as subject matter expert in leading the Health Office Team in the preparation of annual and multi-year office budgets and ensures program budget planning and development is aligned with Mission and PEPFAR strategy and cross-cutting priorities.
Provides extensive advisory services to a wide array of stakeholders including project managers, USAID/Washington PEPFAR team as well as other USG agencies implementing PEPFAR funding and implementing partners to ensure annual multi-million-dollar USAID budgets are aligned with USAID priorities in the host country.
Analyzes budget guidance from a variety of sources, and guides Health Office and Mission leadership to ensure adherence.
Provides the appropriate fiscal data to be used for new and existing projects.
Advises the Health Office on budgeting issues and pertinent regulations that apply to the use of USAID funds by source, type and duration.
Makes recommendations to the Teams regarding appropriate contractual and financial actions.
Compiles budget information, project obligation materials and budget scenarios in conjunction with the Office of Financial Management (OFM).
Coordinate closely with USAID/Washington PEPFAR team on PEPFAR-funded activities to ensure Health Office budget planning and direction aligns with PEPFAR goals and guidance.
Budget Implementation, Monitoring and Analysis 30%
Ensures health program budgets adhere to agency requirements, (adequate documentation, forward funding compliance, adherence to earmarks, initiatives, directives, and budget guidelines).
Updates uncommitted balances regularly and provide technical and programmatic recommendations to Health Office management on the use of un-sub-committed balances for new or ongoing activities.
Tracks obligations, outlays, accruals and pipeline and ensure their conformity to action plans, budgets
and U.S regulations, as well as PEPFAR guidelines. Analyzes existing financial data, including pipelines, disbursements, accruals and forecasted expenditures to inform the budget formulation process.
Prepares field support budget requests, in coordination with the Technical Teams
Develops and/or edits obligation documents, action memos, waivers and other documents needed for budget decisions.
Serves as Health Office subject matter expert (SME) for GLAAS.
Reporting 30%
Provides guidance and coordinates Health Office contributions to a variety of plans and reports, including PEFAR Country Operational Plan (COP), Congressional Budget Justification, Mission Resource Request (MRR), and Performance Plan and Report (PPR).
Organizes and coordinates Health Portfolio Reviews and assists in preparing the necessary document and presentations for Mission Portfolio Reviews. Helps track and follow-up action items from the portfolio reviews.
Identifies existing and potential program implementation and management problems as evident from tracking efforts and work with respective program managers to resolve problems/take corrective action.
Serves as a key liaison with the Mission’s Program Office (PRO) responding, on behalf of Health Office, to regular and ad hoc reporting and programmatic requests.
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