Grants Officer at LVCT Health

Ref number: GO/LVCT/08/2022

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in the evaluation of potential sub-recipients’ proposals and conduct the pre-award and risk assessments for all potential partners ensuring adequate documentation of this process.
• Support sub-recipients in the development of budgets and work plans. Prepare sub-awards amendments and contracts modifications
• Ensure compliance with financial and administrative requirements, regulations, and policies of LVCT Health and the respective donors.
• Provide ongoing support to sub-recipients to improve their administrative performance, build their operational capacity, and reduce the risk to the project and LVCT Health
• Provide assistance to the sub-recipients in understanding the terms and conditions of the award and facilitate or provide any necessary training/mentoring.
• Report all compliance findings to the Grants Manager and assist in the development of possible solutions.
• Review monthly financial reports and cash requests and monitor actual expenditures against budgets/ceilings, documenting material variances and working closely with the partners to minimize deviations from planned spending.
• Ensure that all the expenditures reported by sub-awardees meet the allowability criteria prior to being charged to the award; document, disseminate and follow up on disallowed expenses.
• Monitor deadlines and ensure final deliverables from grantees conform to LVCT Health requirements. Work with the Sub-awardees to build their capacity to prepare and submit accurate financial reports.
• Provide ongoing assistance in reviewing sub awardees financial and accounting policies and procedures and also their internal control system.
• Convene grant review meetings with the Sub-grantees
• Provide relevant financial information for decision making to the sub-awardees and technical teams in order to facilitate proper program implementation.
• Ensure the cash disbursement tracking schedule is updated and circulated in a timely manner, liaising with the finance team to minimize delays in partner funds disbursement
• After projects are completed, support closeout grants in accordance with applicable policies and procedures.

Qualification, Skills, and Experience

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance.
• Minimum of CPA finalist
• 3 years of experience in as similar position in a donor funded organization. Experience in USG rules & regulations
• Well-developed Interpersonal skills
• High integrity, honesty, initiative and team-player Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Good oral and written communication skills. Ability to work under tight deadlines.