Senior Subgrants Officer, Communities & Governance Practice at IREX Jobs In Kenya
Your Background & Skills
- A Bachelor’s degree in international development, accounting or a relevant field.
- A minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in finance and compliance of donor-funded programs, preferably with substantial and diverse subgrant components.
- Experience with USAID or other United States Government-funded programming is preferred.
- Strong command of 2 CFR 200 and 700, ADS 303, and other relevant USG rules and regulations and systems is desirable.
- Accounting skills and certifications preferred.
- Familiarity with cross-sectoral positive youth development programming and learning, including youth employment, education, health, and/or psychosocial support, is advantageous.
- Demonstrated ability in building capacity and providing training and technical assistance to grantees.
- Strong interpersonal and cross-cultural skills with the ability to interact and cooperate effectively and empathetically with a large and multicultural team and partners.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team, taking initiative, identifying priorities, solving problems, and making decisions to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent analytical and quantitative skills.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Learning and growth mindset.
- Excellent communication skills in both oral and written English and Kiswahili.
- Must demonstrate valid proof of unrestricted work authorization in Kenya.
Your Daily Tasks
- Serve as a point of contact on grant management and compliance for regional and global portfolio.
- Establish and maintain equitable, transparent, and collaborative partnerships with diverse youth organizations.
- Lead partner selection and development processes. Manage roles and responsibilities and timeframes. Coordinate processes with Youth Excel team members, including engagement of technical leads and senior managers for decision-making and approvals, and partners in order to ensure technically and financially aligned grants designed to support accomplishment of program objectives.
- Develop and review subgrants and modifications, including workplans, budgets, and agreements. Draft donor approval requests.
- Conduct risk assessments and design risk mitigation plans. Provide management/performance feedback and propose corrective actions as needed.
- Contribute to the development of subgrant templates, procedures, and training materials for subgrant management, compliance, and organizational capacity development.
- Liaise with partners through regular check-ins and site visits to provide oversight and support.
- Monitor timely completion and quality of work plan activities, deliverables, and MEL reporting in collaboration with the technical manager. Contribute to program reporting and knowledge management.
- Support overall Youth Excel budget monitoring of grant expenditures and projections.
- Monitor budget expenditures and projections through financial reporting review and tracking.
- Ensure prompt disbursement and reconciliation of subgrant payments.
- Oversee management of grant files to ensure audit readiness.
- Ensure compliance with IREX and USAID policies and regulations, and proactively identify gaps and recommend solutions.
- Provide training and technical assistance for grant management and compliance capacity strengthening to partners.
- Coach Youth Excel global team members on subgrant management and compliance. Review subgrant documents and provide feedback to ensure clarity, accuracy, and compliance from the finance perspective.
- May supervise and mentor grants assistants and coordinators.
- Other duties as assigned.