Confidential
Grants Officer- Karachi (STTA)
Confidential
1059 views
Posted date 17th June, 2021 Last date to apply 24th June, 2021
Country Pakistan Locations Karachi
Category Grant
Type Consultant Position 1
Experience 3 years
Status Closed

Position:                                               Grants Officer

No. of Positions:                                 01

Base of Operations:                           Karachi, Pakistan

Period of Performance:                   STTA (7 months – from July 15, 2021 till February 14, 2022)

Overview

The Grants Officer will oversee the grant implementation process in the designated regional office. This is a short-term position and will report to the Grants Manager in the region.

Scope of Work

  • Support the full cycle of grants beginning from solicitation application review, and including pre-award assessments, monitoring/compliance visits and reporting, and close-out procedures.
  • Coordinate with Reporting Officer to update information in program reports and other written materials, including weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports.
  • Review and coordinate with the IRO, Content Analyst, Communications Officer and USAID for the Non-Partisan Review (NPR) process of all the contents and materials produced under grants.
  • Oversee grant implementation and work with grantees to ensure that activities are implemented in accordance with activity design.
  • With grantee and team, solve issues that arise during grant implementation.
  • Analyze grant budget estimates for allowability, allocability, reasonableness, and consistency.
  • Schedule meetings to define roles, responsibilities and timelines for grantees.
  • Generate and review all aspects of grant agreements with grantees, and ensure all activities are implemented in line with the activity design.
  • Review and submit payment requests. Verify milestone documentation and submit deliverable approval/payment requests to the Grants Manager, COP and Finance department.
  • Ensure that all grant activities are properly documented from the start of implementation to grant close-down.
  • Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

 Qualifications

  • University degree in relevant field required.
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience in grants management or in a related role required.
  • Relevant experience working on USAID contract in a related role highly preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to work with communities, civil society and the local government.
  • Experience with grants or small grants under contract programs required.
  • Strong computer skills (MS Office suite) required.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
  • English language fluency required. Working knowledge of local/regional language highly preferred

 

Search