Grant Assistant at MSH

September 10, 2011 | Posted by admin | 1,428 views

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) saves lives and improves health, especially among the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people, by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. We live our mission to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

Job Title: Grant Assistant

Overall Responsibilities:
The objective of the Grants Assistant position is to collaborate with the Grants Manager in order to manage and coordinate MSH Nigeria’s complex grants portfolio lending to a variety of Non-governmental organizations, faith based organizations, and community based organizations in order to strengthen health systems and improve health service delivery throughout Nigeria. The Grants Assistant will work closely with Grants Manager to establish and follow a transparent process, and develop tools to implement the process, assuring that sound grant practices are applied at every stage of the grant process from guidelines to closeout. The Grants Assistant must be available to travel up to 50% of the time, including the Niger Delta Region

Specific Responsibilities
Assist Grants Manager in setting up and administering a grants management system MSH Nigeria
Help to issue grants to NGOs, FBOs, and CBOs ensuring that all necessary guidelines and regulations are followed
Help Grants Manager establish a grants application evaluation of grants recipients to guarantee best use of project funds
As directed by the Grants Manager, manage grants at all phases and ensure compliance with donor and MSH regulations
With the Grants Manager, monitor and support grant recipients’ financial and operations systems ensuring best practices are being implemented in the institutions or organizations
Provide accounting support to the Country Operations Management Unit as directed by the Grants Manager
Other tasks as requested by supervisor

Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in accounting, finance, business management or related fields.
At least 3 years of relevant working experience with an international non-governmental organization. Experience with PEPFAR and USAID funded projects is highly desirable
Fluency in the English language is required
Strong organizational and financial management skills
Ability to work well in a collaborative manner, including robust communications capabilities
Mastered the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, and QuickBooks. Past experience with grants management software preferred
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