Vacancy title:
Grants Officer

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Accounting & Finance]

Jobs at:
Jhpiego

Deadline of this Job:
Monday, June 2 2025

Duty Station:
Dar es Salaam | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, May 30 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Responsibilities

• To effectively manage a portfolio of grants and provide support to MUHAS team in order to facilitate the delivery of quality projects on time and on budget aligning with FAA and Cost Reimbursement awards
• Implement transparent and effective grants management processes with MUHAS team
• Work with the Finance Manager and Project Director and coordinate subgrant awardee -MUHAS milestone-based implementation
• Collect and maintain complete documentation of submission/transmittal of reports that are specific to grants under FAA and Cost Reimbursement awards
• Facilitate payment of grantee/MUHAS based on the accomplishment of specific milestone
• In coordination with the project team maintain and update the sub award tracking system on monthly basis, including invoices and technical reports, in accordance to sub grants documents.
• In coordination with the finance manager and technical team, conduct a timely review and verification of deliverables submitted by MUHAS including budget analysis and review.
• Provide technical assistance to staff and grantees on administrative policies and procedures for grants management and recommend appropriate approaches to mitigate the risks identified
• Review monthly reports against the milestones where MUHAS submits requests for reimbursements, liquidations, financial status, monitoring and evaluation of data and a narrative report on progress.
• Monitor performance of subgrantee/MUHAS including expenditure analysis and progress on targets, and coordinate with the finance and technical teams for mitigation strategies.
• Ensure systems and tools are in place to enable successful monitoring of the action at contractual and programmatic levels.
• Oversee accuracy, presentation and timeliness of MUHAS programmatic and financial reports, ensuring reconciliation of the Jhpiego accounts system respectively.
• Build capacity of MUHAS in the areas of grants management and compliance to the donor’s and organizational policies as needed
• Organize and maintain all project documents and files related to grant process and grantee activities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Economics, project management
• Professional training related to grants management is an added advantage
• Minimum of 5 to 6 years of post-qualification experience in grants management position in a reputable NGO or development agency.
• Program management skills
• Communication and interpersonal skills – Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to deal with staff at all levels
• Tax Knowledge – In depth knowledge of Tanzania income tax regulations
• Understanding of USAID rules and regulations
• Supervisory skills- Ability to Mentor and train other Finance staff
• Knowledge of the Microsoft office suite
• Knowledge of sub awards and mandatory award requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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