JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Grants Officer (f/m)
Background
Enabel is the Belgian development agency. It implements Belgium’s governmental cooperation. The agency also works for other national and international donors. With its partners in Belgium and abroad, Enabel offers solutions to address pressing global challenges – Climate Change, Urbanisation, Human Mobility, Peace and Security, Economic and Social Inequality – and to promote Global Citizenship. With 2,000 staff, Enabel manages about 170 projects in twenty countries, in Belgium, Africa and the Middle East.
Its staff members in Brussels and overseas embody the commitment of the Belgian State and other development partners to international solidarity.
In view of the further development of its activities Enabel is currently looking for a (f/m) Grants Officer.
Location: Kigali, Rwanda.
Duration of the contract: Open-ended employment contract – local contract according to the Rwandan labor law
Expected starting date: February 2023
Salary package according to our salary grids (class 4: Accountant): From 1.182.920RWF gross salary depending on the number of years of relevant experience.
Function:
Under the direct supervision of the Financial Controller, the Grants officer ensures a financial support and follow up of the grants to be signed/signed under a portfolio.
Main tasks:
Before Grants awarding:
- Coordinate the organisational assessments of potential grant beneficiaries from request to final report
- Support and advise the partners and Enabel colleagues in drafting the budgets related to the grants according to the legal framework
- Support the partners and Enabel colleagues with all financial requirements related to signature of a grant
- Support the contract team with the administrative process related to the awarding of grants
During grants implementation:
- Coordinate the periodical financial reports process (respect of deadlines, checking of completeness and eligibility of expenses,… up to approval by Intervention Manager)
- Coordinate the request for funds from partners (check of reports and expenses before official validation)
- Report on analysis and checks done on financial reports issued by partners
- Builds the capacity of grantees to ensure effective use of Enabel resources and value for money with the financial controller
- Maintain grantee ‘s file at ENABEL
- Collaborate with operations and grants team in the management of grantees.
Others :
- Ad-hoc Support to the financial controller in any duties related to finance and administration Profile:
Qualification and experience
- Rwandan Citizen;
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Commerce, Economics; Business Administration or Management,
- Must be a Qualified Accountant with any one of the professional accounting certifications e.g. CPA, ACCA or able to prove that is half way to be certified
- Minimum 3 years and maximum 5 years of relevant working experience in Audit, Finance and Accounting, budget support, grants management or similar position of which at least 2 years specifically in Accounting, auditing or grant management within either a public organization, donor agency, a government project or a highly recognized private organization;
Technical skills
- Experience in financial reporting, tax management and financial analysis;
- Knowledge in Financial Management policies and Accounting procedures, budget management and financial analysis.
- Knowledgeable about the management of grants and donor funds
- Knowledge in procurement and tax rules
- Good knowledge of standard ICT applications (Excel, Word, PPT (etc.)
- Knowledge in audit preparation and execution of audit feedback
- Experience in working with Government officials, private sector, Civil Society Organizations and workers’ organisations is of an added advantage.
Attitude
- Skilled at solving problems and you adopt a solution- and results-oriented approach;
- Exhibit excellent capacity to build good collaboration relationships with partners.
- Respect others and is able to build relations on the basis of credibility and expertise.
- Show engagement, sense of responsibility and integrity.
- Flexible and can work in a changing environment.
- Able to fit in a collaborative governance mindset (Self responsible, accountable, authentic communication …)
Applicants are also required to commit to the vision, mission and values of Enabel (https://www.enabel.be/content/enabel-vision-mission-values ) .
Following this recruitment procedure, a shortlist/reserve of successful applicants may be constituted which may be sourced in the next three years for similar job openings.
Interested?
Interested applicants fulfilling the above-mentioned criteria are invited to submit their application documents through Job in Rwanda “Appy” button below by “filling out the application form carefully” including detailed Curriculum Vitae (max 5 pages), a motivation letter and a copy of University degree(s). Past and current service certificates also need to be attached to the application (unproven experience will not be considered during the shortlisting). Submit the full file not later than 10th January 2023.
Enabel never requests money to be part of any of the recruitment process.
Enabel is committed to equal opportunities and diversity in its workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability status or any other factor other than competence.
Only successful applicants will be contacted.
Enabel never requests money to be part of any of the recruitment process.
Done at Kigali, December 23rd, 2022
Resident Representative, Enabel Rwanda
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