Integrating
Nutrition in Value Chains II

CAMRIS International
is a growing international development and research firm that realizes
innovative solutions to health and
development challenges through high-quality,
cost-effective program and research management services. With experience
working in more than 80 countries, we combine our proven systems with today’s
most effective, evidence-based best practices to improve the lives of people
around the world. We apply a customized, customer-centric, cost-effective
business approach to offer greater value to our clients and challenge the way things
have always been done in our field.

Building on the
experience of our founding companies CAMRIS has nearly 60 years of experience
implementing international development programs. CAMRIS’ practice areas include
global health, agriculture and food security, economic development, education,
environment, humanitarian assistance, democracy and governance and medical
research. CAMRIS’ proven performance in monitoring and evaluation, project
design and implementation, capacity building, research and other capabilities
on more than 2,000 contracts testifies to our ability to meet the highest
standards of public and private sector clients worldwide.

We have honed a
cutting-edge approach to customer service built on providing expert human
resources supported by a strong quality assurance process and reliable
management and administrative services. We have developed agile, efficient
systems for implementing large technical assistance, research, institutional
support and other task-based contracts.

Role in
Organization:

CAMRIS seeks a
qualified Grants Manager/Specialist for an anticipated multi-year
USAID/Integrating Nutrition in Value Chains II funded project. The Grants
Manager/Specialist will be responsible for the projects grants and managing all
details including the design, development, and oversight of the grants. The
Grants Manager/Specialist will also direct a team of grant officers while
overseeing the administration and compliance of direct distribution of goods
and services, cash and in-kind grants under Contract with USAID rules and
regulations.

Job
Description:

Essential
functions, duties, responsibilities:

• Manages
  all grant policies and procedures to make sure they are in compliance with
  company rulings.
• Reviews
  projects prior to submission to USAID to ensure proper use of
  grantmaking/contract mechanisms
• Ensures
  database accuracy and compliance, and that the database is utilized
  effectively with regards to reporting and research.
• Creates
  and maintains grants filing system for audits including hardcopy and
  electronic files
• Provides
  training to support team in charge of conducting pre-award assessments of
  potential grantees, processing of payments, determining grant/contract
  intricacies, and final review of grant results.
• Direct
  background searches on potential grantees that includes evaluation of the
  financials, organization leadership, grants management and administrative
  proficiency of grantees.
• Design
  and implement a process of conducting the final grant reporting and
  closure of grants in line with USAID partner guidelines and CAMRIS
  policies and regulations.

Supervisory
Responsibilities

The Grants
Manager/Specialist will report directly to the Deputy Chief of Party

Qualifications:

• Bachelors
  degree in relevant field; Masters degree preferred
• Advanced
  knowledge of agriculture and health
• Progressive
  knowledge and understanding of USAID rules and regulations as they relate
  to grants and contract management
• At
  least three years of experience working in Southeast Africa, preferably
  Malawi
• Excellent
  interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Proficient
  with all aspects of issuing grants
• Strong
  ability to work with Malawian government groups and coordinate with local
  partners
• Proven
  record of consistently outperforming targets.
• Professional
  fluency in English.
• Proficiency
  in Microsoft Word, Excel and Access required.

Work
Environment:
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely
uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing
cabinets and fax machines.

Physical
Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be
met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to
talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to
finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

Position
Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time position, and regular hours of work and days are Monday
through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Travel: Travel throughout Malawi is
expected. Regional or international travel may be required.

Please go to our
website at: http://www.camris.com/careers