Company’s Background & Details:
Job Reference: GA/OPS/KE/08/2024
AGRA is an African-led
institution that actively supports the drive towards inclusive
agricultural transformation and sustainable food systems. We do this by
empowering the continent’s 33 million smallholder farming households to
transform their agriculture from a struggle to survive to profitable
businesses. The continent’s farmers regularly face challenges, and we
aspire to provide uniquely African solutions that respond to their
agricultural and environmental challenges, leading to increased harvests
for reduced hunger and more income.
Working in alignment with the
development priorities of our focus countries, we enable farmers to
access improved and high-yielding seeds, gain knowledge on sustainable
farming, and linkages to profitable markets.
In our work, we aspire to build the alliances, partnerships, and networks required to drive an inclusive agricultural transformation. We work with our partners to create an equitable youth-friendly environment that harnesses the youth dividend on the continent to drive growth and facilitate open employment opportunities for young women and men. We achieve our key objectives through a focus on the following four areas of intervention:
Policy and state capability – We support governments in creating an
enabling environment for private sector involvement in agricultural
transformation.
Seed systems – We trigger higher productivity by
increasing the availability and access to improved seeds by farmers
allowing them to increase their harvests for food security and better
incomes.
Sustainable farming – We support farmers in building
resilient farming systems for sustained high yields through
interventions such as mechanization and irrigation.
Inclusive markets
and trade – We work to increase the linkages between farmers, and other
market actors for a positive, sustained cycle of commercialization and
reinvestment.
Employee's Key Responsibilities:
People are the heartbeat of our organization and remain the true drivers of our delivery, impact, and success.
We
have cultivated a workplace that fuels Depth in Collaboration,
Excellence in Execution, Constructive Engagements, and a spirit of being
Increasingly Entrepreneurial; all underpinned by our cherished I-RISE
Values (Integrity, Respect, Innovation, Stewardship and Equity)
We
work with incredible people and partners who have roots in farming
communities across the African continent combined with an inclusive,
diverse, and talented workforce from over 25 nationalities. Our
commitment to a call to action goes beyond ourselves as we arise to
catalyze African Food Systems transformation and improve the livelihoods
of smallholder farmers.
We are looking for people who are passionate about being part of a mission-driven team that is making a real difference on the continent; love to work on cutting edge Ag technologies; and able to grow their skills, expertise, and experience career growth, while enjoying very competitive compensation and benefits.
Are you ready to embark on this exciting transformative journey with us?
The Position
Grants Associate, Job Reference: GA/OPS/KE/08/2024
The Grants Associate has the responsibility for providing administrative, financial and logistical support to the Grants Unit. Grants Associate supports the grants unit staff with grants disbursements, reporting, and follow-on grantees’ general communication correspondence.
- Receive and log in AMIS (Management Information Systems) all funding requests and inquiries and forward them to relevant program units for review while maintaining a tracking system to ensure timely response.
- Generation of monthly grants process performance reports for Head of Grants review and reporting any deviations.
- Schedule reporting and payment requirements for all new grants in the grant management system
- Develop and maintain an effective document management system for all documents related to the grants unit for easy retrieval.
- Conduct pre-award due diligence for potential grantees including organization capacity assessments
- Monitor grantee budget utilization and advise grants officer and Head of Grants on variances and forecasts.
- Engages and follows up with the program staff for timely grants reporting and closure
- Monitors and maintains updated records of all in-kind budgets and ensures that the Grants Officer and program staff are informed of the current utilization and expenses reported.
- Tracking approvals and initiate grants related disbursement requests
- Serve as the Grants Unit contact person to receive, acknowledge, log-in and track resolutions of general grants-related issues in a timely manner.
Conclusion:
Bachelor’s degree in a commercial domain or equivalent experience in a related field.
Desirable
- Knowledge of AMIS operating system
- Relevant experience in a grant making environment
- Computer proficiency in: Word, Excel, Outlook, Internet search skills, PowerPoint, and ability to learn new applications quickly
- Working knowledge of key donor agencies including USAID, Rockefeller Foundation and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Master Card Foundation and FCDO.
- Capacity Building and Training Coordination
- Grantee Budget Management and Performance Reporting
- Record and Database Management
- Technical and Industry Knowledge
- Ability to drive collaboration through inclusive and agile teaming, breaking siloes, sharing information celebrating joint successes.
- Ability to execute excellently by delivering high-quality work at speed, committing to decisions and plans, and increasing accountability to deliver impact at scale.
- Ability to be sincerely constructive in interactions with others by demonstrating trust, sincerity, and care, in recognition of our joint purpose.
- Ability be increasingly entrepreneurial by breaking hierarchies, embracing learning and innovation to unlock the potential of diversity and ideas.