Grants Officer

Grants Officer

Internews
Internews, an international nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC and Arcata, CA, works to ensure access to trusted, quality information that empowers people to have a voice in their future and to live healthy, secure, and rewarding lives. Internews has worked with citizens and local media in more than 100 countries. Together with local partners such as universities and other non-profit organizations, Internews has supported the development of thousands of media outlets worldwide, including radio and television stations, newspapers, mobile news networks, and online news sites.
 
Context
 
The USAID-funded Balkans Media Assistance Program (BMAP) is a regional media support project in the Balkans focused on strengthening the competitiveness, sustainability, and cooperation of the independent media sector in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia. BMAP will aim to make media more competitive in the local and regional marketplaces and strengthen the sustainability of the independent media sector across the region, particularly in the digital space. 
 
Core Functions/Responsibilities
Work directly with counterparts at Internews in Washington DC and Arcata offices to ensure a smooth flow of sub-grant requests and documentation from project target countries to the US and sub-grant funding from the US to project target countries.
Manage Internews Field Grant portfolio.
Maintain regular contact with Internews sub-grantees with respect to implementation of projects. 
Provides regular mentoring to partners to ensure data and research quality in their reporting and feedback on project results and indicators, in support of the Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Coordinates with the project’s country-based coordinators on administrative and technical monitoring of subgrants.
Responsible for developing, translating and updating grant agreements (after consultations with Arcata counterparts).  
Consult Internews partners on all types of reporting. Ensure the reports are submitted by sub-grantees on a timely basis.
Identifies, visits, follows up, monitors, and evaluates funded projects.
Responsible for maintaining sub-grant agreement and reporting files. 
Keep COP and DCOP informed of all challenges, issues and successes of sub-grantees.   
Contribute to Internews program reports.
Contribute to development of RFAs and other grant-making or solicitation documentation.
Work closely with the finance staff to ensure that Internews, USAID and local regulations are observed in sub-grantee grant execution.
Follow changes in USAID, Internews and local requirements.
Represent Internews at external meetings if assigned by management.
Assists Chief of Party in preparing reports, projections, implementation plans, etc.
Other tasks if assigned by Internews management.  
 
Kontakt i prijava: Internews
 
Rok za prijavu: 
Monday, October 30, 2017
Vrsta posla: 
Nije navedeno
Angažman: 
Nije navedeno
Grad: 
Sarajevo
Država: 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Potrebne kvalifikacije: 
Bachelor degree in related field or equivalent standard of education. 
Experience in grant program design, including design and oversight of RFAs, grant decision making bodies and grants administration and monitoring required. 
Experience in federal grants management and familiarity with U.S. government grant regulations - required. 
University graduate with 5-8 years work-related experience 
Experience administering grants in the Balkan region required, experience administering cross-border grants preferred.
Demonstrated analytical abilities. 
Strong computer skills particularly with MS Excel, Word 
Good organizational skills and attention to detail. 
Ability to meet tight deadlines. 
General familiarity with political, economic, and social issues in the Balkan region.
Ability to handle multi-faceted programs and tight deadlines
Sensitivity to cross-cultural dynamics in the work place.
English language skills required.
Knowledge of more than one Balkan language preferred.