Awards Specialist – Save the Children
Job Overview
Save the Children Ethiopia is looking for qualified applicants for the following open position.
Job Title:
Awards Specialist
Job Overview:
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: Company’s Scale
Place of Work: Addis Ababa ,Ethiopia.
Job Position:
Awards Specialist
Duties:
- To ensuring all award compliance requirements are met; provide guidance and training to Ethiopia CO staff implementing different award programs as well as provide a relevant support to the unit.
- Act as main contact for the Awards assigned to him/her.
- To ensure high quality management on the awards throughout the award cycle.
- Ensure all staff and partners involved in Awards implementation and management are aware of with relevant donor rules and regulations.
- Continuous improvement and development of all grant management systems, ensuring that they are consistent with global Save the Children procedures in CO.
- Ensure all award cycle processes (opportunity identification to award closeout) are followed through workflows on the award management systems (AMS). That all relevant documentation is uploaded in the system and up-to-date.
- Organize kick off meetings promptly for all new awards and that proper coding structure and budgets are communicated to budget holders, finance; any training they need is provided in a timely manner.
- Coordinate budget realignments, cost and no-cost extension requests going to member office in a timely manner.
- Ensure all requests for information from members are responded to in a timely and complete manner
- Ensure monthly BvA (Budget verses Actual) meeting minutes are shared with Budget Holders and action points followed up
- Participate on the AIR meeting and follow up meeting actions are addressed by different functions
- When SCI operating as lead or member of a consortium, the liabilities and responsibilities of members of the Consortium are set out in one Consortium implementation agreement between all Consortium members or a series of Consortium implementation agreements between the lead member and each of the other members, which are signed before any work starts.
- Ensure that award income in country should only be received if there is an award agreement that has been approved by the member/region via the process detailed in the award management manual.
- Ensure the system for programme-wide income and debt tracking is working and lead in chasing income from donors in liaison with Finance and ensure member/region is informed of any receipts promptly.
- Ensure that any losses of GIK are fully documented and written off only is appropriately authorised.
- Identify gaps/challenges on the Award implementation and escalate on due time and also propose solution to overcome the challenge faced.
- Prepare summarized report updates on awards she/he managed on a weekly basis & share to the Sr. Awards manager.
- Do monitoring visit to field offices & partners as necessary and provide grant related supports.
Job Requirement:
Qualification:
Education:
- Bachelor Degree/Masters from recognized University in Accounting, Finance or Management.
Experience:
- 8 years, out of which 2 years’ experience directly related to award management.
Skills:
- Special Training- Computer literate.
- Knowledge of local laws of the country.
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
- Ability and willingness to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with incoming surge teams, in the event of emergencies.
- Fluency in English, both verbal and written, preferred.
- Commitment to Save the Children values.
How to apply
Interested applicants, who fulfill the above requirement, can submit your CV, copies of relevant documents and Application to: Click Here
Deadline: 27, May , 2023.
Company Information
- Total Jobs 73 Jobs
- Location Addis Ababa