Senior Grants And Subcontracts Manager USAID / Kenya And East Africa, Scaling Inclusive Food Systems
Closing: Sep 26, 2023
5 days remainingPublished: Sep 19, 2023 (2 days ago)
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Key Competencies Required:
- 5 - 7 years’ experience in leadership roles managing international grants, preferably managing large complex USAID grants; experience with performance-based mechanisms preferred
- 3 – 5 years’ experience leading teams overseeing
- Demonstrated background ensuring compliance on large complex donor funded programs and current knowledge of USAID rules and regulations
- Proven track record of working collaboratively with various external stakeholders
- Strong interpersonal skills to maintain good relations with the relevant partners and counterparts
- Well organized, able to work independently, skilled in handling multiple tasks, able to adhere to deadlines
- Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, including ability to develop and communicate a common vision and foster collaboration across an interdisciplinary team
- Strong management skills to guide all project human, technical, and financial resources
- Strong interpersonal, writing, and oral presentation skills in English
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Key Competencies Required:
- 5 - 7 years’ experience in leadership roles managing international grants, preferably managing large complex USAID grants; experience with performance-based mechanisms preferred
- 3 – 5 years’ experience leading teams overseeing
- Demonstrated background ensuring compliance on large complex donor funded programs and current knowledge of USAID rules and regulations
- Proven track record of working collaboratively with various external stakeholders
- Strong interpersonal skills to maintain good relations with the relevant partners and counterparts
- Well organized, able to work independently, skilled in handling multiple tasks, able to adhere to deadlines
- Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, including ability to develop and communicate a common vision and foster collaboration across an interdisciplinary team
- Strong management skills to guide all project human, technical, and financial resources
- Strong interpersonal, writing, and oral presentation skills in English
- The Senior Grants and Subcontracts Manager will be responsible for leading the design, implementation, and management of all the Activity grants and subcontracts operations for the USAID-funded Activity.
- Working in close tandem with technical Component Leads, responsible for designing partnerships with private sector, technology providers, and civil society organizations that facilitate systems-level change in agricultural productivity, resilience, and nutrition
- Responsible for overseeing grants and subcontracts and ensuring compliance with USAID requirements
- In accordance with Palladium’s USAID-approved GUC Manual, develop and execute all aspects of the GUC process
- Design and manage grant and subcontracts tracking systems to ensure the timely and compliant execution of all grant agreements
- Participate in the implementation and monitoring of grants milestones, tracking grants deliverables and monitoring grants delivery against grants budget
- Coordinate grants and subcontract management activities with home office project management unit
- Guide and advise grantees/subawardees on the interpretation of grant terms and conditions and client rules and regulations; provide training, guidance, and mentorship to grantee/sub-awardee counterparts
- Take initiative and provide creative solutions to complex contractual/compliance problems, working with Palladium team members on project-wide initiatives and issues
- Prepares, organizes, and maintains grant records and files documenting grant award, modification, performance and compliance
- Review and process request for payment invoices for milestone(s) achieved and verified
- Maintain the grant portfolio database and project grant data on relevant grant database system and Project SharePoint site for all grants mechanisms, ensuring up to date records at all times
- Manage the development and presentation of internal and external reporting (for example: Internal grants reviews, grants risk assessments, grants annual reviews, and grants deliverables)
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