Grants and Contracts Officer at Meliore Foundation

Grants and Contracts Officer at Meliore Foundation – Meliore Foundation Kenya Job Details

How you’ll contribute

• Performing the initial due diligence checks on new and existing organisations.
• Generating and processing grant and contract requests within our internal grants and contracts management system.
• Supporting the review, negotiation and processing of contracts with suppliers while ensuring alignment with organisational policies.
• Monitoring and following up on the contracting and reporting stages (financial and narrative reporting).
• Monitoring grant and contract closing activities.
• Maintaining a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of grant and contract related activities in your designated portfolio.
• Maintaining a calendar of deadlines to ensure team coordination.
• Contributing to process improvements and operational efficiency.
• Work collaboratively with the other Grants and Contracts Officers in the team, ensuring knowledge-sharing and ability to interchangeably support the Grants & Contracts team as needs arise.
• Performing other administrative tasks related to the grant and contract management process.

Our ideal candidate has

To succeed in this role, you will have the below qualities:

• Proven work experience in a comparable position within an Operations / Administration / Project Management team (or similar) is required
• Work experience, or transferable skills in grant and contract management
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy, with an ability to spot errors and flexibility to solve problems creatively
• Strong administrative and IT skills: familiar with cloud-based collaboration tools, and comfortable working with new software. Grants & contracts management system experience is a plus.
• An ability to plan ahead and manage deadlines, and to deliver high quality output within ambitious timeframes
• Fluency in written and spoken English, our working language;

Nice to haves: 

• Experience in engaging with various stakeholders with a friendly approach
• Discretion, and the ability to work with sensitive, confidential information
• Additional languages are an asset.
• A genuine interest in the mission of the organisation.
• Previous experience in philanthropy or development roles in nonprofit organizations is a plus.
• The disposition to work generously with colleagues in a high-trust global community of peers.
• The versatile and adaptable skills necessary to flourish in a fast-paced and wide-ranging work environment and work across time zones using tools such as Slack and email (Google Workspace).
• A commitment to an inclusive and empowering approach to facing climate change