Job Title: Grant Management Officer
Hiring Organization: Global
Initiative
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: NGO
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 07/11/2024
The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
(GI-TOC) is an independent civil society organization, headquartered in Geneva,
Switzerland, with offices in Austria, South Africa, Colombia and Malta, and a
globally dispersed Secretariat working in around 40 countries. GI-TOC comprises
a network of more than 660 independent global and regional experts working on
human rights, democracy, governance, and development issues where organized
crime has become increasingly pertinent. GI-TOC provides a platform to promote
greater debate and innovative approaches as the building blocks to an inclusive
global strategy against organized crime. GI-TOC commissions and shares research
globally; curates a robust resource library of 2,000 reports and tools specific
to organized crime; and uses its convening power to unite both the private and
public sectors against organized crime.
Job Summary
The Grant Management Officer will be responsible for the
administrative management and oversight of a few of the organisation’s
projects/programmes to ensure successful planning, budget management,
administration and reporting of the projects, in line with donor requirements.
Main
responsibilities and specific tasks :
- Interact with
programme management team, finance and personnel department to ensure the
smooth management of contracts and expenditure;
- Work closely
with team leaders and the administrative units to ensure
projects/programmes run smoothly;
- General
administrative support in the form of drafting correspondence and
assistance;
- Financial and
budget management tasks;
- Supporting in
ensuring the project processes are in line with donor and organisational
financial requirements;
- Facilitation of
contracting procedures (including managing signing and invoicing
processes, managing contract templates etc.).
Requisite
skills and experience :
- Qualification in
Business Administration/Project Management preferred
- 2+ years of
professional experience in administration or project management
- Fluent in
English and any other language is a plus
- Knowledge of the
latest Microsoft software especially MS Word and MS Excel
- Good
communications skills and a team player
- Experience in
budgeting and financial management
- Ability to work
effectively with colleagues that are remote, in different locations and
time zones, with a strong client orientation and relationship building;
- Strategic
thinking and problem-solving abilities;
- Ability to work
in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple workstreams.
- Accuracy and
attention to detail
