Job Title: Grants Officer – West Africa Staple Foods Markets Programme
Employer: Development Associate, Inc. (DAI)
Location: Africa
Location Details: Based in Accra, Ghana – with travel to Burkina Faso, Niger and Nigeria
Department: Private Sector Development
Division: Economic Growth
DAI is an employee-owned global development company. For 40 years, we have worked on the frontlines of international development, tackling fundamental social and economic development problems caused by inefficient markets, ineffective governments, and instability. Currently, DAI is delivering results that matter in some 60 countries. Our integrated development solutions turn ideas into impact by bringing together fresh combinations of expertise and innovation across multiple disciplines—crisis mitigation and stability operations, democratic governance and public sector management, agriculture and agribusiness, private sector development and financial services, economics and trade, HIV/AIDS and disease control, water and natural resources management, and energy and climate change. Our clients include international development agencies, international lending institutions, private corporations and philanthropies, and national governments.
Objective of the programme: – The focus of the programme is on providing support to the production and trade in staple food markets between Ghana and Burkina Faso, and between Nigeria and Niger. The programme will work to enable policies that allow for equitable and efficient regional market development and will aim to tackle the cause of multiple market failures by deploying carefully targeted interventions across the region. The anticipated outcomes of the five year project are; better business models for agricultural production; better business models for agricultural marketing and; agriculture and trade policies and regulations rationalised and improved. – The programme consists of two main activities; 1) Challenge fund to provide finance to innovative business models in food production and marketing and 2) Policy Facility to provide evidence, analysis and advocacy for policy and regulatory reform.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Managing day-to-day administration of Challenge Fund and Policy Facility
• Contributing to due diligence of potential grantees – assessing financial and administrative capacity
• Training and coaching grantees to enhance their capacity in budget monitoring and financial reporting
• Contributing to efforts in meeting donor reporting requirements as well as reporting to London home office
• Tracking and documenting fund disbursement and forecasting future spending
Requirements:
• Master's degree (or equivalent) and at least 5 years of experience in finance, economics, development or related area and relevant financial management skills
• 5 or more years of experience working with the business community in a developing country context
• Experience in administering challenge funds or grants programmes
• Experience in fraud management
• Excellent communication skills
• Fluency in French and English (both written and oral) is essential
• Understanding of key approaches to monitoring and evaluation and the delivery of value for money
• Experience working in West Africa
Project Location: The Project will be based in Accra, Ghana with travel to Burkina Faso, Niger and Nigeria
Length of the project: 5 years
Anticipated Project Start date: October 2013
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