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Grants and Finance Officer - Job Number: 63008

JOB SUMMARY

Company World Educati...
Industry NGO/IGO/INGO
Category Finance
Location Tamale
Job Status Full-time
Salary GH¢ 
Education Bachelor̵...
Experience 5 years
Job Expires Jun 29, 2018
Contact ...
 

Company Profile

Established in 1951, World Education, Inc. is a US-based non-profit organization aimed at improving the lives of marginalized people through education (formal and non-formal) and training, institutional development, and targeted technical assistance. Please visit our website at www.worlded.org for more information.

Job Description

  • Grants and Finance Officer - Job Number: 63008
  • Application Deadline: June 29, 2018
  • Position Type: Full-time 
  • Company/Division: WEI/Africa
  • Locations: Tamale, Ghana
  • Salary: Commensurate with experience 

 

Description
World Education, Inc. seeks a local candidate for a Grants and Finance Officer based in Tamale, Ghana pending award from DFID/Girls’ Education Challenge/Leave No Girl Behind.

The programme aims to improve the literacy and numeracy skills of highly marginalized out-of-school girls and transition them into formal school or employment. This programme seeks to decrease key barriers to access quality education, opportunities for employment and improving safety of highly marginalized girls in schools and their communities, while increasing girls’ knowledge and adoption of positive behaviours, empowering them to become leaders and role models within their communities.  

The Grants and Finance Officer reports to the Grants Manager and is responsible for distributing, managing, monitoring and reporting on sub-awardee grants as well as managing and reporting the WEI Tamale Office finances. The Grants and Finance Officer will serve as the regional contact for Northern Sector sub-awardees on all financial issues.  She/he will work closely with NGO Downstream Partners to provide support and capacity building for financial structures within NGO Downstream Partners. 

Responsibilities

Grant Management Responsibilities

  • Support financial management of sub-grantees and maintain local sub-grant partner files;
  • Maintain grants management database;
  • Facilitate funds transfer to sub-grant partners; 
  • Conduct assessments of partners to determine qualifications and readiness to carry out work;
  • Review sub-grantee expenditure reports and process disbursements to sub-grantees;
  • Collaborate closely with national Finance and Operations Manager and Grants Officer;
  • Track budget disbursements and advances reconciliations by sub-grant partners. 
  • Other responsibilities as assigned.

Financial Management Responsibilities

  • Handling day to day accounting transactions
  • Reconcile all staff advance accounts and bank accounts;
  • Maintain orderly, hard-copy financial records including back-up documentation, bank statements, Cost Point Reports, etc.;
  • Ensuring statements of expenditure for activities are correct and captured in the accounting system;
  • Assist in preparation and tracking of budgets;
  • Compile regional office cash forecasts to prepare cash forecasts for the project;
  • Assume other financial responsibilities as assigned.

Required Skills or Experience

Minimum

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or other relevant academic background;
  • Minimum of 5 years of work post-degree experience in the development field;
  • Experience in grants management and financial reviews for major development agencies;
  • Ability to present complex financial information in a succinct and compelling manner;
  • Solid experience in management of budgets;
  • Solid experience in financial reporting to various donors;
  • Working knowledge of QuickBooks; 
  • Strong computer skills with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint;
  • Experience working with DFID funding preferred.

Preferred

  • Experience planning and facilitating meetings
  • Demonstrated training experience 
  • Demonstrated experience building partnerships and networks between multiple programmatic partners
  • Strong analytical and reporting skills
  • Strong English written and spoken communication skills 

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