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Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in over 120 countries, including the United States. We aim to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives by improving their health, education and economic opportunities. In times of acute crisis, we mobilize rapid assistance to help children recover from the effects of war, conflict and natural disasters. Each year, we and our partners reach millions of children in communities around the world. Join our dedicated and diverse staff in their work to improve the well-being of children everywhere.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Awards Manager
Job ref.: 190001CJ Location: Abuja
Employee Status: Fixed Term
Reports to: Chief Of Party STEER
Staff directly reporting to this post: Sub-Grants Coordinators
Role Purpose
To ensure excellent financial accountability to the programme and to USAID and working closely with the country finance and grants management team to support overall effective donor contract management and ensure the programme meets its contractual obligations.
The Awards Manager is also responsible for providing effective and efficient support, advice, expertise and training to finance and grants team and other team members in the STEER project.
Key Areas Of Accountability
Work with the programme managers and Finance Team to ensure that project implementation and reports are of high quality and meet donor's requirements and conditions and that the narrative and budgets are consistent, well presented and accurate and are submitted by the due date.
Set-up a system of accounts management of the STEER project including:
Preparation of monthly donor accounting returns and reconciliations;
Checking of coding to donors and ensuring a full audit trail of any recordings
Reconciliation of all donor reports to the financial systems
Production of timely management information as and when required
Budget monitoring, including working with programme and logistics to ensure commitments are taken into account when necessary.
Set-up electronic and paper filing systems for the above.
Facilitate and prepare the team for grant audits
Working with the Chief of Party and Programme Management Team to maintain and develop the overall funding grid for the programme.
Leads on Quality Control, Manages the bidding process and ensures transparency
Working with the Technical and Finance Team to monitor expenditure against grants, any potential over or under-spends are flagged and budgets revised as necessary in consultation with donors.
Monitor and analyse income received against expected timing in liaison with the in-country Finance Team to ensure debt is kept at a minimum level.
Working with the Chief of Party and in country Finance Team to ensure that an audit trail is available for all reports produced (both internal and external). To be involved in all donor/audit queries regarding grants both current and historic.
Maintaining and managing the grant filing and retrieval system to ensure that it provides easy and immediate access to information on these grants at country office level.
Review of all ‘live’, closed, proposed Grants obligations. Including mapping missed / current deadlines and, in consultation with the Chief of Party and Finance Manager, produce a realistic plan with timeline to meet these and map all other deadlines and produce a schedule for these.
To build the capacity of Save the Children and partner staff on Grant Management (STEER, USAID) and donor compliance issues, ensuring grant management systems are being reviewed and reflect the changing demands of donors. Including:
Identify skills and competency gaps (if any) within the current budget holders and finance and grants team to ensure maximising grant management
Advise the Chief of Party on the above and together work out appropriate measures to address these
Supports and builds capacity of the sub-grantees on grants management
Provide on the job training to bring change within the period of the appointment.
Visiting field offices and project locations with donors or as required, to gain an understanding of the operating environment and provide support in grant compliance to the teams.
Skills & Experience
Essential:
A Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Commerce or Finance with a recognised professional certificate in accounting, CPA, CIMA, ACCA
Substantial management experience of which at least 3 for the non-profit sector
Experience of managing institutional donor contracts such as EC, USAID, DfID
Proven experience in strategic financial management and producing appropriate management information to support strategy development and decision-making by management
Proven training experience to all levels of staff, both informal (on the job coaching) and formal (structured training courses).
Proven analytical skills and ability to translate analysis into appropriate, feasible and practical implementation plans and goals.
An understanding of development work in order to communicate effectively with donors and programme staff on funding sources and programme issues
Experience of developing guidelines and formats to support staff in donor applications and reporting with particular reference to USAID grants
Knowledge of major donor funding sources and grant application processes
Ability to recognise and interpret funding trends and make recommendations on implications for funding
Experience of managing or supporting programmes in each stage of the project cycle, including development of funding proposals, budgeting, technical and financial monitoring in the context of grants/restricted funding sources.
Thorough understanding of interdepartmental relationships, dynamics and functioning in an overseas programme setting
Commitment to the aims and principles of Save the Children UK
Ability to translate complex, technical and financial issues into a language understandable by non-finance staff
Willingness to travel to field offices and work in difficult environment from time to time
Ability to work within a multicultural and multi-religious settings
Desirable:
Experience of Save the Children USAID financial accounting packages, policies, systems and procedures.
International experience preferably gained within an INGO in a relief/emergency setting
Experience or knowledge of working in the region or country programmes
Proven experience in grants auditing especially of USAID grant audits
Skills and Behaviours (Our Values in Practice):
Accountability:
Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
High level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations
Holds self and others accountable
Ambition:
Creating best-in-class EA function
Future-orientated, thinks pro-actively
Collaboration:
Working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to
Creativity:
Designing more effective admin systems
Willing to take disciplined risks
Integrity:
Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates highest levels of integrity.
Application Closing Date
10th June, 2019.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply online