Grants Officer, Climate Adaptation Program At Counterpart International

The Climate Adaptation Program is a five-year USAID-funded program that seeks to build long-term, locally-led resilience to climate change by promoting sustainable livelihoods and water security, which should result in significant environmental gains in the basin. hydrographic of Dajabón, beyond the province and in Haiti. By engaging communities, leveraging private finance and public resources, enabling data-driven decision-making, and creating diverse partnerships based on inclusion and market-based approaches, the Climate Adaptation Program will accelerate social, economic, and social outcomes. and sustainable environments.

The Grants Officer is responsible for managing all major grant partners, in addition to all applications and beneficiaries of the CAA’s competitive mechanisms (for example, the Private Sector Matching Grants Fund, the Water Governance Fund, APS and the Green Growth Innovation Fund). The Grants Officer is responsible for coordinating with project teams, donors, partners and relevant stakeholders to facilitate smooth grant implementation, financial management, reporting and compliance. The Grants Officer position is based in the Dominican Republic. This position will report to the Grants Manager.

Responsibilities

• Support the Grants Manager in the development, implementation and administration of the Project’s grant program.
• Support in preliminary evaluations of potential beneficiaries of subsidies.
• Support in the process of advising potential donors to inform them of the grant selection or execution processes.
• Support in the review and evaluation of applications.
• Support in the awarding of grants and review of the donation package under the guidelines and coordination of the central office.
• Support in the preparation of modifications to grant agreements that are necessary to meet the objectives.
• Support in the review of the counterparty of the beneficiaries.
• Conduct field visits to grantees to monitor grant activities.
• Maintain a backup copy of all process documentation in accordance with central office and USAID policies.
• Feed a database of donations with their respective numbering and status for adequate monitoring.
• Organize virtual files for each donation with all supporting documentation.
• All other tasks deemed necessary.

Qualifications

• Professional graduated in Business Administration, Economics, Accounting or other sciences.
• Minimum experience of five (5) years performing administrative/financial tasks in private institutions or cooperation agencies.
• Experience in contracting processes, evaluation processes, contract negotiation processes, preparation and editing of contractual documents with their respective modifications.
• Knowledge of the regulations and standards of international cooperation projects.
• Complete command of Spanish and English at an intermediate level.
• Skills in the use of Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong interpersonal skills and work ethic.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams.
• Organized, with good interpersonal relationships and used to working under pressure.
• Preferably experience in grant processes in cooperation agencies.