Job Title: Grants Officer
Hiring Organization: Kenya
Primary Literacy Program
Location – Locality: Eldoret
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: NGO
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 07/21/2024
EDC promotes equity and access to high quality
education and health services and products that contribute to thriving
communities where people from diverse backgrounds learn, live, and work
together. We support an inclusive workplace culture that embraces many
perspectives and broadens our understanding of the communities we serve,
enhancing and enriching our work.
EDC is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion
in the workplace.
Project Description
The Kenya Primary Literacy Program (KPLP) is a
five-year, USAID-funded initiative that supports the Kenyan Ministry of
Education to deliver interventions at scale as well as pilot and expand
innovations that address the language and literacy needs of primary grade
learners while building more inclusive, accountable, and resilient education
institutions and systems.
KPLP has three broad objectives:
1.
Improving education services and student
learning outcomes, including for vulnerable populations;
2.
Strengthening education institutions and
systems to become more accountable, self-sustaining, and resilient; and
3.
Empowering local youth organizations to
strengthen and sustain community and family support for student learning and
wellbeing.
Position Description
- KPLP activities will be implemented in all
23,300+ public primary schools across all 47 counties by Education
Development Center (EDC) and its partners Aga Khan Foundation, Inclusive
Development Partners (IDP), National Opinion Research Center (NORC) and
Sesame Workshop in full collaboration with the MOE and USAID. The grants
program shall be a key vehicle for delivering objective 3 of KPLP through
intensive youth-led and youth managed activities focusing on family and
community engagement and reading remediation. The Grants Officer is
responsible for grants management at the regional level. The Grants
Officer position will be responsible for the administration, management,
and monitoring of the grants to the youth led organizations (YLO). Regular
communication with each YLO will be required to ensure that the work is of
quality, stays on track and is completed strictly within the agreed
timelines. The Grants Officer will work collaboratively with other members
of EDC’s technical, contractual, and administrative units as well as
Ministry of Education team.
This is a full-time position based in Eldoret and
relocation costs will not be provided. The Grants Officer reports to the
Eldoret Regional Education Advisor and works under the technical supervision of
the Grants and Partnerships Manager, based in Nairobi.
Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited
to:
- Demonstrate diplomacy to foster an atmosphere of
teamwork, collaboration, productivity, and innovation.
- Manage partners engaged through grants,
encompassing the pre award phase through closure. The grants officer shall
support participatory assessments of grantee capacity and develop and
implement capacity strengthening and sustainability plans, in collaboration
with technical and operational teams.
- Execute the monitoring plan and conduct visits
to grantee sites to ensure that grantees are compliant with award specific
requirements and applicable USAID regulations and are on track with
milestones deliverables.
- Track all deliverables, ensuring grantees stay
up to date on their work, troubleshoot problems as they arise, and keep
management apprised of the status of all grants to the Youth Led
Organizations.
- In coordination with the technical team, review
grantee invoices for compliance and coordinate with technical teams for
validation of performance and data quality assurance.
- Maintain grant files including records on
monitoring and evaluation and other quality control activities (financial,
programmatic, and proof of performance).
- Close-out completed grants in full compliance
with USAID regulations and EDC policy and ensure audit trail for all
necessary grant documentation.
- Qualifications
- The candidate for the position of Grants Officer
shall have at a minimum the following qualifications:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a
related field.
Skills and Experience:
- Five to six (5-6) years of directly relevant
experience required.
- Prior experience working on USAID-funded
projects preferred.
- Knowledge of USAID and USG assistance-related
regulations (2CFR200, 22 CFR 228, ADS 303, ADS 591)
- Proficient in Microsoft Office package,
especially Excel
- Demonstrated experience providing training and
developing capacity building/sustainability plans for local organizations.
- Strong organizational and time management
skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks, collaborate and meet
deadlines.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal
skills, with the ability to interact effectively with employees at all
levels.
- Good report writing skills.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle
sensitive information with discretion.
- Effective oral and written communication skills
in English.
