Established in 1951, World Education, Inc. is a US-based non-profit organization aimed at improving the lives of marginalized people through education (formal and non-formal) and training, institutional development, and targeted technical assistance.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Grants Manager \u2013 Job Number: 63005<\/strong><\/p>\n Application Deadline: June 29, 2018 Description This program seeks to decrease key barriers to access quality education, opportunities for employment and improving safety of highly marginalized girls in schools and their communities, while increasing girls\u2019 knowledge and adoption of positive behaviours, empowering them to become leaders and role models within their communities.<\/p>\n The Grants Manager reports to the Finance and Operations Manager and is responsible for distributing, managing, monitoring and reporting on sub-awardee grants. The Grants Manager will serve as the lead contact for sub-awardees on all financial issues. She\/he will work closely with NGO Downstream Partners to provide support and capacity building for financial structures within NGO Downstream Partners.<\/p>\n The Grants Manager will lead a team of two Grants Officers who will support partners in the Northern and Southern Sectors.<\/p>\n Responsibilities Review of Down Stream Partners financial reports and co-ordination with programs to ensure that technical and financial reports correlate Facilitation of funds transfer between World Education Inc. Boston\/ Ghana and sub-awardees Ensure ongoing partner adherence to WEI , DFID financial and accounting policies and procedures and implement applicable compliance policies, procedures and administrative circulars in support of WEI sub-awardees; Minimum<\/p>\n Degree or equivalent in Accounting or related experience; If you are an individual with a disability, or a disabled veteran and unable to apply online for an available position, you may submit your request for reasonable accommodation by calling Human Resources at +1 617-482-9485.<\/p>\n WEI is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer committed to workplace diversity. How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n To apply submit a covering letter and curriculum vitae to\u00a0world.education.gh@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n Please include the job number in the email subject line<\/p>\n Closing Date<\/strong>\u00a0: June 22, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Established in 1951, World Education, Inc. is a US-based non-profit organization aimed at improving the lives of marginalized people through education (formal and non-formal) and training, institutional development, and targeted…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-83w","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30970"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPosition Type: Full-time
\nCompany\/Division: WEI\/Africa
\nLocation: Accra, Ghana
\nSalary: Commensurate with experience<\/p>\n
\nWorld Education, Inc. seeks a local candidate for a Grants Manager based in Accra, Ghana pending award from DFID\/Girls\u2019 Education Challenge\/Leave No Girl Behind. The programme aims to improve the literacy and numeracy skills of highly marginalized out-of-school girls and transition them into formal school or employment.<\/p>\n
\nGrants Management:<\/p>\n
\nMentors, supports and develops the capacities of grantees on financial monitoring, record keeping and grants management
\nVisiting and supporting partners to ensure appropriate spending
\nAny other grants related duties as assigned by Finance and Operations Manager
\nFacilitation of contracts between WEI-Ghana and sub grantees
\nProvides technical assistance to grantees as required on budget monitoring with a focus on maximizing cost recovery and aligning budgets to donor guidelines.
\nMaintain Sub-Grants Tracker and ensure regular maintenance of sub-grant files, both electronic and hard copy.
\nOversee financial management training and workshops for grant recipients and others as needed
\nManage the sub agreement close out process.
\nOther duties as assigned by the Finance and Administration Manager.
\nSupervise grant officers
\nFinancial Reporting:<\/p>\n
\nManage a database for grant monitoring
\nKeep sub-awardees informed on the status of their funds
\nTechnical & Administration support for sub-awardees
\nReview sub-awardee expenditures and provide feedback on expenses incurred as necessary
\nEnsuring that sub-awardee financial reports have been sent to WEI\/Boston in a timely manner
\nEnsure that all expenses and vouchers are correctly entered and audit ready at all time.
\nCompliance & Assurance:<\/p>\n
\nRepresent WEI with external partners and sub-awardee organizations, to ensure accordance with policies and procedures, including prime donor compliance
\nWork in coordination with the M&E Coordinator to develop a monitoring structure for Local Partners
\nProactively identify compliance risks throughout the portfolio and advise programs, support teams and senior management on necessary actions
\nRequired Skills or Experience<\/p>\n
\nExcellent professional track record with at least 3 years in the same role
\nAbility to train partners on grant management and required reporting highly preferred.
\nHe\/she will have analytical skills to identify and assess credibility of organizations eligible of grants.
\nExperience in mentoring, coaching and skills transfer
\nExcellent English written and oral communication skills;
\nKnowledge of local languages desired
\nKnowledge of DFID rules and regulations an advantage
\nDemonstrated experience building partnerships and networks between civil society organizations
\nStrong analytical and reporting skills<\/p>\n
\nWe are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, colour, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, gender, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, sexual preference, genetic information, political affiliation, or military status (special disabled veterans or veteran status) in any employment decisions. M\/F\/V\/D<\/p>\n