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Grants Compliance Officers

JOB SUMMARY

Company URC- Ghana
Industry NGO/IGO/INGO
Category Finance
Location Tamale, Ho an...
Job Status Fixed term (R...
Salary GH¢ 
Education Bachelor̵...
Experience 6 years
Job Expires Feb 24, 2016
Contact ...
 
Job Description

URC and the USAID funded Ghana Systems for Health Project is recruiting for the under-listed positions to be part of the project’s team.

  • Hours: Full-Time
  • Length of Contract:  1 year, renewable
  • Reports to: Senior Grants Manager
  • Location:  Tamale, Ho and Takoradi; One position in each location

Job Summary

Work closely with the Grants team in managing grants provided to facilities supported by Ghana Systems 4 Health. This includes maintaining a tracker of grantee expenditures and advances, reviewing grantees’ financial reports, building financial management capacity among grantees, ensure compliance with USAID rules and regulations, and orienting grantees on sub-grant requirements

Major Duties and Responsibilities

  1. Work collaboratively with other members of the grants management team to develop and implement the S4H grants management systems.
  2. Carry out the financial reviews and project audits processes of grantees to ensure donor compliance.
  3. Follow up on accountabilities from sub grantees in a timely manner to necessitate processing of additional funding.
  4. Work closely with the Finance team in developing plans/budgets for the financial needs of sub grantees.
  5. Work collaboratively with the other grants management team members in overseeing sub-grant functions and coordinate preparation of grant agreements, monitoring of grant periods and close out of the sub-grant awards.
  6. Work closely with other URC S4H staff members in developing and carrying out annual work plans.
  7. Review liquidation reports from sub-grantees.
  8. Prepare sub grantee reports to be submitted to Supervisor, S4H Finance & Admin Director and to the URC Headquarters. 
  9. Ensure budgetary controls of grantees and provide technical assistance to recipients, as required by the program.
  10. Implements policies and procedures around the administration and monitoring of grants, and procedures designed to comply with donor regulations. 
  11. Work closely with the members of the grants management team to put in place a consistent- hard copy/electronic filing structure and system for financial information and contracts related to grants.
  12. Provide mentoring and training to sub-grantees/ building financial management capacity of sub-grantees.
  13. Work collaboratively with the Program Managers to meet program goals.
  14. Ensure proper interpretation and application of donor procedures and regulations.
  15. Provide support in tracking and reporting of financial performance of grants.
  16. Work closely with Grants management team to establish tools to track supervision visits to partners and provide necessary updates to technical teams.
  17. Other duties as assigned by the Senior Grants Manager, Finance & Admin Director, or Chief of Party

Required Skills or Experience

  • BSc Admin., B.Com or Bed Accounting or related field is required.  Professional Accounting qualifications (ICA/ACCA) and registration with the relevant Accounting profession bodies is an added advantage.
  • A minimum of six (6) years’ work experience in Accounting Field is required.  Experience in projects financial management, auditing as well as experience with a USAID-funded project is an added advantage.
  • Communication, report writing and analytical skills as well as proficiency in the use of Excel is required.

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