Job description
The International Education Division is currently accepting applications for a Grants Coordinator for a USAID-funded five-year project to improve early grade reading in Nepal. This is a full-time position with residency in Nepal. The Grants Coordinator will be responsible for ensuring the timely and efficient administration of grant awards from the proposal stage to the end of the life of the grant. S/he will report directly to the Grants Management Specialist.
Primary Responsibilities:
Assist the Grants Management Specialist in the administration of the grants program in coordination with RTI and USAID guidelines.
Maintain good financial reporting processes for all grants, and report any grants pipeline issues to management on a monthly basis.
Review potential grantees budgets and costs for appropriateness, and analyze financial reports and procedures of potential grantees.
Monitor grant budgets to ensure project expenditures versus milestones and reimbursements.
Coordinate with technical staff and Financial Manager to compile project financial reports and maintain trackers.
Track all leveraging from partners, cash and in-kind. Certify in-kind leveraging in a timely manner and evaluate according to grant objectives. Report leveraging expenditures to USAID on a quarterly basis.
Support partners in grants elaboration and training.
Support the Finance Manager, as necessary, in the administration and oversight of program funds in coordination with RTI and USAID guidelines.
Other duties as assigned by Grants Management Specialist.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in business administration, social sciences or other related fields.
The candidate must have 1-3 years of experience working with contracts and grant management to civil society in developing countries.
Strong financial and administrative management, organizational and interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and ability to work in a team-oriented setting;
Experience in client relationship management, developing program budgets, financial management of large-scale programs, and managing and supervising staff, preferably for donor-funded programs;
Strong written and oral language skills in English and Nepali.
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