The Nature Conservancy is a global conservation organization dedicated to preserve the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is seeking to recruit
Grant Specialist - Based in Jakarta
Essential Functions:
- Responsible for the administration of all aspects of government-funded awards, such as the U.S. government, other national governments, and multilateral agencies (for example, the World Bank, the United Nations agencies, and the Inter-American Development Bank), including review of proposals and preparation of budgets, set-up in central finance systems, preparation and submission of all invoices and financial reports to agencies, and maintenance of master agreement files.
- Works closely with project managers to ensure that the terms and conditions of agreements are met and properly documented, and directly with agency contracting officers to clarify or negotiate financial and administrative requirements.
- S/He is also directly responsible for the administrative aspects of partner awards, including assistance with due diligence activities, preparation and revision of agreements, review of invoices and financial reports, and maintenance of award files.
- Works closely with project managers to ensure that the terms and conditions of agreements are met and properly documented, and directly with finance staff to clarify or negotiate financial and administrative requirements.
- Ensure that award monitoring meets Conservancy standards.
- The Grants Specialist is the primary point of contact for local partners on award administration issues and with the Conservancy's sub recipient monitoring program.
- In addition, the Grants Specialist assists Operating Unit Management with preparation of the work plan in response to internal partner audits.
- The Grants Specialist is responsible for tracking the resolution of action items detailed in audit response work plans.
- S/He will support the Conservancy's Asia Pacific Region, including the Indonesia country program and/or Pacific Islands programs.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor´s / Master degree in finance, accounting or business administration and 2 to 3 years related experience or equivalent combination.
- Minimum 2 years of successful experience in government grants administration preferred.
- Current knowledge of applicable U.S. Federal government circulars (OMB Circulars A-110, A-122 and A-133), local regulations, and of meaning of standard contract clauses.
- Current knowledge of the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) regulations as detailed in 22 CFR 226 and USAID's Mandatory Standard Provisions for U.S. and Non-U.S. Non-governmental Recipients.
- Current knowledge of bilateral agencies´ regulations preferred. Demonstrated experience using accounting and financial reporting systems
Please submit your application to : yarianto@tnc.org. Applications close on Oct 18, 2009.
