Grants Officer

Огляд

Crown Agents is a high impact social enterprise passionate about transforming the future for millions of people. The expertise of Crown Agents is finding new solutions to difficult problems for clients in the areas of health, governance, economic growth, humanitarian action, and supply chain services. The vacancy involves work in The Children’s Resilience Fund that is a Crown Agents International Development partnership with UBS Optimus Foundation established to meet the continued emerging needs of the people of Ukraine following the Russian invasion on the 24th February 2022.

Обов'язки

• Working with the Project Director and Project Manager, contribute to the design of the governance and management processes which facilitate award decisions.
• Assist with the commissioning, testing and deployment of the Grants Management System (GMS)
• Assist with the review and scoring of grants applications using the online grants management system
• Assist with the review and scoring of financial parts of grants application using the online GMS.
• Providing administration to a high standard across the grants cycle using the Grants Management System, including, receiving and reviewing applications, processing registration and policy documents for due diligence checks, collating feedback and liaising with partners, budget reviews, producing acknowledgements, monitoring and tracking live grants and grant reports.
• Serve as focal point for applicants and respond to inquiries regarding submissions.
• Support training on GMS functions and utility to prospective applicants.
• Support the Project Manager in the execution and distribution of grant agreements.
• Liaise with finance to support the smooth disbursals of grants, including checking and confirming prospective applicant bank details.
• Ensure that project documentation is archived on the Crown Agents Sharepoint system
• Work to advertise and promote the fund and specific calls on various platforms.
• Provide up-to-date and accurate contracting and payment information to the Project Accountant for forecasting and budget control.
• Work with the Project Accountant to support the verification of costs submitted by grantees
• Track the progress of grants and ensure grantees report on time
• Contribute to project deliverables such as the inception and annual workplans, quarterly reports, budget reports, etc.
• Mainstream conflict sensitive and do-no-harm approaches to work.
• Any other duties as directed by the Project team

Вимоги

• Bachelor’s degree in, finance, economics, public administration, social work or similar
• Minimum of 2 years professional experience with bachelors degree, 5 years experience without bachelors degree.
• Basic understanding of financial and grant management cycle
• Experience with review of proposals, narrative reports, budgets and financial reports
• Fluency in Ukrainian and English
• Prior experience with grants management will be an advantage
• Experience working with online grants management systems will be an advantage
• Experience working with civil society organisations will be an advantage

Умови

• Full time role for 2 months followed by part time for 4 months with possibility of extension