Grants Manager at North East Regional Initiative (NERI)

North East Regional Initiative (NERI) - An International Development Organization, is seeking applications from qualified Nigerian nationals for the position below:

Job Title: Grants Manager

Location: Abuja
Position Start Date: Immediately

Position Summary

• The Grants Manager will serve as the principal point of contact and Manager for Grant Administration.
• S/he will be responsible to ensure effective and efficient management of grants administration and to ensure flexible, innovative, and rapid-response mechanisms are designed to target key zones within Nigeria.
• S/he will also ensure that the Grant Management and administration function is always in compliance with Creative and USAID’s policies and procedures; and will work towards capacity building of the recipients as well as the other staff members in the area of grants management.

Reporting & Supervision:

• The Grants Manager reports to the Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP). The Grants Manager supervises the Senior Grants Officer, Grant Officers and Grants Assistant.

Primary Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Provides oversight and management of grants staff and grants program;
• Organizes and coordinates organizational staffing structure and workflow of grants staff activities and administration;
• Responsible for ensuring quality control and the integrity of the data in both OTI and Creative’s online grants database and ensures that the data in the system is always up-to-date;
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with Creative’s grants policies as detailed in the Field Manual and the projects Grants Manual;
• Coordinate closely with program staff to ensure timely administration and monitoring of grant agreements;
• Coordinate with finance, procurement, and program staff to facilitate grantee kick-off meeting, monitoring and closeout of grant activities;
• Provide guidance and interpretation for program staff as well as grantees of Creative’s grants policies and procedures and USG regulation;
• Manage the grants and direct implementation pipeline;
• Ensure that grant master files are always up-to-date and ready for audit;
• Lead the grants management team to serve as a central point of grant activity coordination and facilitation;
• Provide support to technical units on grants compliance and the online grants database;
• Provide training in grants compliance to project staff;
• Other tasks as needed

Qualifications

• Minimum of five (5) years professional experience (including at least two year of supervisory experience) working in complex and challenging field operational contexts;
• Bachelor's Degree or professional Accounting/Financial qualification is required;
• Experience managing teams,
• Minimum two years' financial administration experience essential
• Competent in computers and using financial software essential
• Understanding of budget and cost control management essential
• Excellent written and spoken English essential
• USAID program experience desirable
• Grants program experience desirable
• Ability to work under pressure and efficiently handle multiple tasks
• Ability to work under own initiative or as a part of a team.

Application Closing Date
5th June, 2017.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should submit the following documents below to: nigeria_recruitment@neri-nigeria.com before the closing date above.

Required Documents

• A current resume or curriculum vitae (CV) listing all job responsibilities;
• A cover letter;

Note

• Please reference the job title and location on the subject line, your cover letter and resume/CV.
• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.