Diakonia Grants Officer Job Vacancies

Grants Officer Jobs at Diakonia, Kenya

Diakonia is a Swedish Faith based Development organization that works together with local partner organizations for sustainable change for the most vulnerable people in the world.

Diakonia works for a just, equal and sustainable world to change political, economic,social and cultural structures that cause poverty, inequality oppression and violence. Diakonia’s work is organized in six thematic areas namely; Democracy, Human Rights, Gender Equality, Social Economic Justice, Conflict and Jusitice and Humanitarian work.

Diakonia is in the process of negotiating grant support from Sida to support the implementation of a Democracy and Human Rights Program in Kenya. The Program will be implemented in 19 counties and will for the time being be implemented by 12 civil Society partners with possibility of additional CSO partners in 2016 and 2017 and possibly in the future phases. The Program will be implemented for a period of 30 months in the initial phase with a possibility of an extended phase in the future.

The Democracy and Human Rights Program has two outcomes namely:

Improved access to Justice through effective key institutions within the justice sector that respects human rights and the rule of law. In realizing this outcome, the program will work with the police, judiciary, prisons and the DPP. The partners will work with the right holders and the duty bearers in these institutions for improved access to Justice.

Effective advocacy carried out by media and other stakeholders in civil society at local and national level in order to strengthen democratic culture and strengthened accountability. The program will contribute to the 2017 General elections by deepening cohesion in the country and outreach to the Faith and political leaders. Stengthening citizen participation and duty bearer accountability in public finance managent and service delivery will also be critical aspects for realizing this outcome.

To support this, Diakonia wishes to recruit the following positions to join the Kenya Country Program team. The recruited staff will have an inital two year contract that is renewable if funding for future phases is secured.

Grants and compliance Officer Job Qualifications and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in business related field (Commerce, Accounting, or Finance) or other relevant field.

Professional qualification as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA-K or equivalent).

A minimum three years experience in a busy accounts office.

Ability to maintain accounting records, analyse and prepare reports.

Ability to operate computer assisted accounting and other packages is also mandatory.

Sufficient knowledge of accounting and book keeping.

Working knowledge of computerized accounting and other computer application packages.

High level of integrity to be able to handle assets, cash and cash related transactions.

Attention to detail to be able to scrutinize budgets and reports.

Planning and organizing ability to be able to accomplish tasks, file and retrieve reports and accounting documents.

Effective communication both oral and written ( English).

Good organizing skills in order to schedule and prepare reports, classify, archive and retrieve documents within required time frames.

Ability to work with and support partners

All the above positions demand the following behavioral competencies and attitude;

Good interpersonal skills to be able to relate to people of diverse backgrounds.

A proactive individual who takes initiative and one who is self driven.

Ability to cope with tight work schedules and program demands.

Undivided attention and solid commitment to work and acheivement of results.

Attention to details to be able to scrutinize documents before decision making.

Ability to negotiate, communicate accurately and meet strict deadlines.

Willingness to work with diakonia values including respect for human rigths and diversity.

Commitment to team work.

Willingness to travel to the field.

Open minded individual with a positive attitude to work.

A person with a high level of integrity and respect for accountability

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply. Candidates should send their application letter and CV stating their current and expected salary to ess@fke-kenya.org by 3rd July 2015. Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Please note that the filling of these positions is dependent on Diakonia Signing a grant agreement for the Democracy and Human Rights Program with Sida.

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