Country: United States of America
Closing date: 24 Apr 2017
Project Description: The Contracts & Grants Coordinator provides support to the C&G staff in the administration of IFES’ awards (both contracts and grants) with the US Government, other bilateral and multilateral donors such as DFID and CIDA, the UN, European Union, multilateral development banks, as well as foundations and private sector donors. Working under the direction of the team lead the C&G Coordinator will work within C&G and the Regional Support Teams (RSTs) to support IFES’ regional programmatic areas and its regional field offices and sites.Job Responsibilities:
Participate in the daily operations of the RST.
Help to ensure compliance with Region award terms and conditions.
Under the direction of the RST lead and/or other senior staff within the RST, coordinate with the Business Development team and Regional program/finance staff in formulating and negotiating strong, competitive and compliant proposals and final awards/grants.
In consultation with the RST lead, coordinate with the Finance division on a variety of common issues.
Under the direction of the RST lead, work to establish and maintain positive working relationships with donors and IFES staff.
Under the direction of the RST lead, help to ensure compliance with C&G and IFES operational procedures and policies for contracts/grants management.
Under the direction of, or in consultation with, the RST lead, will establish and maintain communications with prime and sub-contractors to ensure the smooth working of the contract awarding process.
Under the direction of the RST lead, helps to ensure the timely processing of all closeouts.
Participate in development/proposal meetings.
Other duties as assigned.
POSITION SCOPE:Performs specialized functions to achieve assigned objectives. Complies with established procedures and determines appropriate action within standard protocols. Work performance is monitored by supervisor.
DECISION MAKING/PROBLEM SOLVING: Identifies simple, easily detected problems affecting own work. Limited decision-making, subject to supervisory approval.
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY: Limited participation in formulating and negotiating, competitive and compliant proposals and final awards/grants. Uses allocated resources judiciously and takes care of company property, equipment and other assets. RELATIONSHIPS: Routine interdepartmental and external business contacts, primarily to exchange information necessary to complete work or provide services. SUPERVISION EXERCISED: None Qualifications: Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Business, International Relations, Finance or related field.
Experience: 2 years of work experience. Experience with NGOs and/or international development a plus.
Related Skills or Knowledge: Experience with Microsoft Office required. Detailed oriented and organized. Strong communicator, both verbally and in writing. Excellent analytical, written and verbal communication skills. Collaborative, team oriented individual.
LANGUAGE SKILLS: English required. Proficiency in French language desired.
TRAVEL: Limited.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT: Standard office work environment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
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