DAI Recruitment: Grant Specialist | Dailytrust

Job
Title:

Grant Specialist

Reports
To/Supervisor

Grants Manager in Bauchi.

Role
Location

Ebonyi, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Contract
Duration

July 2022 – August 2025

Type
of Contract

Naira Based Contract

Remuneration

Competitive – Firm Details
Available on Request.

Background:

The
purpose of the five-year (2020-2025) “State Accountability,
Transparency and Effectiveness” (“State2State”) Activity is
to increase the accountability, transparency and effectiveness of
selected state and local governments (LGAs) in Nigeria. This will
be achieved by: strengthening governance systems (with a focus on
public financial management [PFM] and procurement, as well as
monitoring and evaluation) related to the delivery of services in
key sectors (basic education, primary health care, and water,
sanitation and hygiene [WASH]); increasing government
responsiveness to citizen needs and priorities; and improving
government and civil society capacity to manage conflict (through
work on prevention, mitigation and reconciliation with the same
sectoral partners, not stand-alone assistance to the police or
judiciary). State2State will achieve this purpose by facilitating
the strengthening of subnational governance systems in a
sustainable manner, supporting the efforts of local reformers and
building on locally derived solutions including, to the extent
possible, reforms already working in other parts of Nigeria.

DUTIES
AND
RESPONSIBILITIES

The Grants Specialist will:

• Oversee grant implementation and work
  with grantees to ensure that activities are implemented in
  accordance with activity design.

• Facilitate grantee and program team
  to resolve issues that arise during grant implementation.

• Generate and review all aspects of
  grant agreements with grantees and ensure all activities are
  implemented in line with the activity design.

• Ensure that all grant activities are
  properly documented from the start of implementation to grant
  close-down.

• Provide procedures and policy
  guidance and interpretation for program staff as well as
  sub-grantees to ensure adherence to grant management policies.

• Analyze and evaluate grant
  applications, proposals and awards to ensure adherence to grants
  management policies.

• Ensure proper negotiation of the
  terms and conditions for sub-grants.

• Review and analyze budget estimates
  for allowability, allocability, reasonableness, and consistency.

• Prepare grant agreements and assist
  with supervision/implementation of grant, including closure and
  disposition plans.

• Monitor grantees and subcontracting
  organizations to confirm that funds allocated are used for
  specified purposes.

• Monitor the procurement process under
  the grant to ensure competitiveness and compliance

• Prepare regular reports on grants to
  Chief of Party

Impact
of Results

The Grants
Specialist will provide support to the Grants Manager in Bauchi in
support of the grant implementation process in Ebonyi.

SKILLS
AND
QUALIFICATIONS

Education

A minimum of first degree in finance,
business administration, public administration, economics, or
other relevant field. Master’s degree preferred.

Experience

Essential

• Working
  knowledge of US Government operations, policies, and procedures,
  and FAR regulations preferred.

• At
  least 8 years of experience of relevant professional experience.
  At least 4 years in grants design and administration (experience
  with grants award and grants management as well as prior
  experience in the award and administration of subcontracts),
  preferably in the good governance sector.

• Working
  knowledge of USAID Contract Management and Grants Management
  policies and procedures required.

• Experience
  implementing grant policies and procedures required.

• Strong
  interpersonal skills with the ability to engage with a wide range
  of organizations, beneficiaries, and related parties.

• Ability
  to work under own initiative or as a part of a team

• Experience
  of working in a conflict environment is a plus.

Language requirements:

Essential:
Fluency in English, written and spoken.

Desirable:
Fluency in one or more of the local languages spoken in the state
of interest is preferred.

Assessment Type

Capacity
Based assessment.

METHOD
OF
APPLICATION:

Qualified candidates should apply
using the link
https://reliefweb.int/job/3863616/grants-specialist
on or before 25^th
July 2022. DAI Nigeria will
only contact candidates that are successful at this
pre-qualification
stage.

Applications
from women,
people with disabilities and young people
who meet the above qualifications are encouraged to apply. 

More
information
about
DAI
can
be
found
on
the
DAI
website;
www.dai.com