Nigeria: Grant Officer

Grant Officer – Abuja, Nigeria

Crown Agents is an international development company delivering capacity building and institutional development services in procurement, public financial management, revenue enhancement and expenditure management. We work for the public and private sectors in more than 100 countries, as well as for international development agencies and institutions and operate at all times to the highest standards of integrity and transparency. On behalf of our client NDPI and PIND we are seeking the services of a qualified Grant Officer.

Our client NDPI and PIND are two foundations responsible for administering grants to NGOs to support socio-economic development in the Niger Delta. The foundations are sponsored by Chevron and aim to create innovative partnerships to ensure sustainable development in the areas of Economic Development, Capacity Building, Peacebuilding and Analysis and Advocacy. Crown Agents has been contracted under the PSS programme to build sustainable capacity within both NDPI and PIND in order to establish standardised project management and grant administration procedures and create documents and templates that can be used by staff members.

The Grant Officer will be based in the PIND office in Nigeria and will oversee grant administration and management activities. The role will require significant travel to the PIND offices in Warri.

In particular we are looking for holder of a Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant subject, Chartered Accountant or other approved accounting qualification would be desirable

You should possess at least 5 years of grant/fund management experience, be fully conversant with accounting standards and procedures with a proven understanding of international development grant-making mechanisms (preferably with CSOs/NGOs).

Experience of working in similar organisations or on similar programmes (preferably in Nigeria) and be highly proficient IT skills (MS Excel, MS Access, Sage or similar accounting software) Interested individuals are invited to submit their CVs for consideration along with details of their availability and anticipated fee rate.