Grants Specialist

Job Description

Skills, qualifications and experience

Essential:
Qualification

• Fully qualified Accountant (ACCA, ACA, CA or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Bachelor's degree in Accountancy with significant Grant Management experience.
• Skilled financial accountant with knowledge of financial management of restricted donor funding, reporting, procurement procedures, grant management, grant equipment, donor rules and regulations for non-profit organizations.

Experience

• Line Management – experience of managing staff with the ability to develop, coach and motivate a high performing team and empower others to apply good grant management principles
• Strong leadership experience in budget management (including project budgets), partnership and donor management, financial planning and analysis. Knowledge of Internal, External and Project Audit. Strong attention to detail
• Financial Business Partnering - Service oriented, customer focused approach. Experience of working in and understanding a global organisation, using knowledge to analyse and interpret financial information to support management.

Communication Skills

• Good verbal and oral communication skills in English and local languages. Able to effectively communicate complex financial information to a wide range of audiences and experience of remote and cross-cultural communication, demonstrating sensitivity to cultural and language differences.

Competencies and Behaviour

• Ability to be open minded and respectful
• Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
• Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
• Ability to seek and share knowledge

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