Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency

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Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Regional Sub-grant Officer- Term of Employment: One year with possibility of extension- Duty Station(s): Addis Ababa- Required Number: Two - Salary & Benefits: Competitive- Application Deadline: May 02, 2020ESSENTIAL DUTIES:Sub-grant Management;• Support the sub-grant initiation process such as dissemination of the announcement and other relevant information to partners; answer queries when needed;• Collect proposals and relay to HQ with the required level of control mechanism;• Participate in proposal review and evaluation technical committee and play a key role on evaluation of the proposed project cost of potential sub-grantees;• Participate on the due diligence assessment to the possible sub-grantee and play a vital role on identifying the potential risk that might face on the project implementation;• Collect and conduct initial review of sub grantees technical and financial reports.• Compile technical reports and send to program and sub grant team;• Confirm the sub-grantees utilization performance and facilitate the subsequent fund release by closely working with respective budget holder.• Prepare an overall sub grantees financial status portfolio and performance report on regular basis and submit to management;• Review financial utilization reports of sub grantees and submit to Regional finance team to be settled or Post reviewed sub grantee financial reports into ERP as per delegation matrix• Undertake financial monitoring visits:1. Provide briefing on donor compliance issues and ATA sub grant management procedures.2. Conduct monitoring and evaluation visits;• Provide on job technical supports and training to sub-grantees on budget monitoring, grant management and financial reporting during project implementation;• Review & address sub-grantees complaints at regional level and escalate to HQ team as needed including communication to program and sub-grant management team;• Provide input to sub-grant management team if there is any outstanding balance and any financial concerns related to specific Sub-grantee before close-out is finalized;• Follow-up on refund of unutilized budget and work with Regional finance team;• Provide input for the preparation final closure letter;Sub-Grant Management System• Regularly update and maintain sub-grant files on ERP grant management module; and hard-copy files;• Assure that closed sub-grantees are inactive on the ERP/Agresso and no payments are recorded.Other Tasks• Facilitate sub-grant audits as required from entry audit to exit meeting at the regional level;• Provide other ad-hoc regional sub-grant management information and analysis.• Other duties assigned by the Supervisor.

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Bachelor's

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REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• Minimum bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance, Business administration or Economics from recognized University.
• At least 5 years (for Bachelor’s) or 3 years (for Master’s) relevant work experience,
• Knowledge of local laws of the country including finance, tax and procurement.
• Flexibility and ability to stay effective and motivated in a fast-changing environment.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability and willingness to work long hours and work with other staffs.
• Excellent adaptive problem-solver in challenging environment.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Fluency in English, Amharic and respective regional working languages is a plus.
• Proficient Microsoft Office user.

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5-10 years

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• We invite all candidates meeting the required qualifications to submit (i) a cover letter and (ii) CV (maximum 3 pages) to https://apply.ata.gov.et• Please DO NOT submit scans of certificates with your application.• Women are highly encouraged to apply.• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.