Background:

The In-Country Grants Officer is responsible for working flexibly and collegially in offering support to the Country Director, Grants and Programs staff as well as in processing grants and maintaining a grants database.

Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day project and grants management of grantees within their portfolio.
• Creates and maintains a grant tracking database through the AGRA management information system (AMIS) and other tools to monitor the flow of project proposals from the time full grant documentation is received in the grants unit to the time a grant award is issued, and the first payment is made.
• Identifies grantees requiring technical assistance and provides relevant training on AGRA grants compliance and reporting requirements.
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Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a commercial domain or equivalent experience in a related field.
• Computer proficiency in: Word, Excel, Outlook, Internet search skills, PowerPoint, and ability to learn new applications quickly.
• Working knowledge of key donor agencies including MCF, USAID, The Rockefeller Foundation and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
• Fluency in English and experience in a grant making environment.

• Manage day-to-day project and grants management of grantees within their portfolio.
• Creates and maintains a grant tracking database through the AGRA management information system (AMIS) and other tools to monitor the flow of project proposals from the time full grant documentation is received in the grants unit to the time a grant award is issued, and the first payment is made.
• Identifies grantees requiring technical assistance and provides relevant training on AGRA grants compliance and reporting requirements.
• ...

• Bachelor’s degree in a commercial domain or equivalent experience in a related field.
• Computer proficiency in: Word, Excel, Outlook, Internet search skills, PowerPoint, and ability to learn new applications quickly.
• Working knowledge of key donor agencies including MCF, USAID, The Rockefeller Foundation and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
• Fluency in English and experience in a grant making environment.