Grants Management Specialist

Place description

The U.S. African Growth Basis (USADF) is an impartial U.S. authorities company established by Congress to speculate immediately in African grassroots enterprises and social entrepreneurs. USADF’s investments enhance incomes, revenues, and jobs by selling self-reliance and market-based options to poverty. USADF creates pathways to prosperity for marginalized populations and communities throughout Africa. 

The place is within the Applications Division of the USADF. The USADF Program Division is accountable for the oversight and coordination of all facets of USADF’s illustration and program growth abroad; engages in outreach within the nations the place USADF operates; and identifies, screens, and selects organizations which may profit from USADF help.

 

Duties

 

The incumbent serves as a key member of the assigned Regional Program staff. The Grants Administration Specialist’s major tasks are to help in monitoring the implementation of funded initiatives and to offer help to the Chief Program Officer and Regional Portfolio Managers, with a particular emphasis on technique to incorporate program administration, buyer relationship administration, enterprise administration, funds, and operations.
The incumbent offers program and undertaking help for the USADF and the Chief Program Officer and Regional Portfolio Managers. Duties embrace:
 Venture Growth
 Help within the assessment and evaluation of initiatives proposed for funding in French and English-speaking nations to make sure compliance with USADF’s technical, monetary, and due diligence necessities and the Company’s insurance policies and administrative procedures and processes.
 Venture Implementation
 Monitor undertaking portfolios to make sure recipients adjust to the phrases and circumstances of their grant agreements and cooperative agreements.
 Evaluation and monitor recipients’ progress in opposition to targets, reporting in opposition to efficiency indicators particular to every grant, and timeliness of implementation.  
 Evaluation monetary stories, financial institution statements, and financial institution reconciliation statements to make sure correct accounting; confirm that the usage of funds are inside the grant budgets.
 Evaluation recipients’ disbursement requests to make sure requests are aligned with USADF insurance policies.

{Qualifications}

Candidates for the GS-09 grade degree should possess one yr of specialised expertise equal to a minimum of the GS-07 degree.

Specialised expertise is that which has geared up the applicant with the information, expertise, and talents to efficiently carry out the duties of the place, and that’s usually in or associated to the place to be crammed. Specialised expertise for this place consists of however isn’t restricted to helping with numerous particular applications and initiatives (customer support and outreach, and so on.,); drafting numerous correspondences, accumulate and analyze knowledge; and offering steerage on administrative administration controls.

A mix of schooling and/or expertise could substitute for the specialised expertise requirement.

Solely schooling from establishments that are accredited or preaccredited/candidate for accreditation could also be used to satisfy schooling necessities.

Bachelor’s diploma in one of many following: finance, accounting, economics, worldwide growth, enterprise administration, African research, African historical past, or associated subject.

Two to a few years of expertise of worldwide growth, small enterprise growth, or finance in Africa.

Sturdy interpersonal expertise, potential to speak successfully, and courteousness when interacting with others.

Sturdy organizational expertise.

Capacity to deal with delicate info discretely and with integrity.

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