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Grants officer, USAID/Burma Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship Program (Hybrid)

Institute of International Education

Job Title

Grants Officer, USAID/Burma Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship Program (Hybrid)

Organizational Unit

IIE Organization -> Chiang Mai-> USAID Programs

Location

Chiang Mai, Thailand (Primary)

Schedule

Full Time

Job description

The Grants Officer provides monitoring and administrative support to Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship Program (DISP) grantees. The individual is the first line of communication for prospective and selective grantees and will provide key support for accounting, invoicing, capacity strengthening and reporting. This position will directly report to the Grants Manager and support the Grant Negotiation and Development process, as well as the post-award management process. This position requires close collaboration with the Admin and Finance team.

Essential Functions:

• Manages all aspects of assigned grant portfolio throughout all stages of project development, implementation, and closure.
• Generates and reviews all aspects of grant agreements, including milestone schedules with grantees.
• Generates and maintains documentation of all grants including grant agreements, grant amendments/addendums, and other grants-related documents until grants close-out and proactively identifies errors and/or missing documentation to ensure compliance.
• Analyzes grant budget estimates for allowability, allocability, reasonableness, and consistency, and reviews and negotiates with grantees on grant budget line items.
• Participates in reviewing and analyzing the budgetary sections of proposed sub awards documents submitted to the home office to ensure that the budgetary sections are completed confirming the established guidelines and are compliant with IIE requirements.
• Reviews sub‐recipient financial statements and reports to ensure alignment of actual expenses and backup documentation; confirms payment requests are aligned with proposed activities; and verifies if necessary IIE prior approval was received. This includes reviewing sub‐recipients' expense reporting and financial account analysis. Performs, reviews, and issues policy-compliant contracts and purchase orders for DISP.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

The Institute of International Education ("IIE") has a hybrid work environment that allows team members a combination of in-office work and telework at any of the locations listed above. 

Job Requirements 

Work Conditions & Physical Demands:

Essential functions are performed in a general office setting with low noise. Job demands may require long periods of sitting; telephone work and/or computer work, as well as interactions with other team members and external stakeholders. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. IIE is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Contact: If you are interested, please submit your CV to the email, Wsoe@iie.org/NSung@iie.org