Accounting/Financial Officer l, Maternal and Child Health/Nutrition Matola, MOZAMBIQUE

Tracking Code

5181

Job Description

Grants Manager, Matola. Relocation expenses will not be provided and authorization to work in Mozambique is required.

PATH is an international, nonprofit organization that creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions, enabling communities worldwide to break longstanding cycles of poor health. PATH's mission is to improve the health of people around the world by advancing technologies, strengthening systems, and encouraging healthy behaviors.

PATH’s Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) global program works to apply effective, innovative approaches to broadening access to and use of key interventions that address the most pressing causes of maternal and child deaths, poor health, and poor nutritional status.

We are seeking a Grants Manager for two new projects implemented in Maputo Province that propose to catalyze early childhood growth and development activities, with a special focus on newborns and children under three years of age. The Grants Manager will supervise the effective management of the subgrants process where community-based organizations (CBOs) will be awarded grants to strengthen their organizational capacity for monitoring and evaluation and for improving the quality of child health, care, and development support and services offered by them. Specific responsibilities include the following:

• Work closely with the PATH Mozambique Finance and Administration Officer to ensure the smooth running of the PATH Mozambique office and the two projects implemented by PATH in Mozambique.
• Work with the Finance and Administration Officer to develop, process, track and monitor contractual subawards, including consultant agreements, subagreements, subcontracts, and work orders.
• Lead in the pre-funding capacity assessment of the potential grantees and provide follow-up training to build their skills.
• Manage the receiving and reviewing of proposals/grant applications to assess compliance with relevant guidelines and assist the Program Officer to carry out technical reviews.
• Manage the selection of grantees for awards—including design of selection criteria for subgrantees and conducting pre-award assessments.
• Oversee the review and finalization of budgets with the CBOs, preparation of contracts/agreements for the CBOs, and then following up on compliance.
• Regularly check the grantees’ financial reports for accuracy, accountability, and compliance with PATH and donor requirements.
• Design and implement systems and procedures that meet PATH standards to ensure effective internal controls and to minimize risks.
• Participate in the closeout of the subgrantee CBOs and ensure that all the CBOs submit their final financial reports as per PATH and donor rules and regulations.
• Work with US-based project finance and administration staff to develop and process finance documents such as purchase order requests, contractor justification forms, etc.
• Liaise with the PATH finance and administration staff across relevant projects to capture synergies and build upon best practices and lessons learned in the grants management process.
• Provide technical/programmatic assistance in the assessment, design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of CBO services—if and when requested by the Program Officer.

Required Skills

• Knowledge of standard best practices, rules, and regulations of awarding and monitoring subgrants.
• Excellent skills in budget management.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills—especially when dealing with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Excellent facilitation and training skills—including experience in building organizational capacity of small(er) organizations.
• Proven ability to manage a complex and diverse workload under tight deadlines.
• Detail oriented, high degree of accuracy, and strong analytical skills.
• Excellent computer proficiency—particularly working with spreadsheets and databases.
• Proven effectiveness working as a team member under minimum supervision.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.

Required Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Management, or a related field. At least five years experience managing finance and administration in a non-profit environment and prior experience working on a project that involved awarding, managing, and evaluating subgrants required.

Job Location

Matola, MOZAMBIQUE

Accounting/Financial Officer l, Maternal and Child Health/Nutrition