Job title: Grants and Compliance Specialist Job at the Center for Clinical Care and Clinical Research
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Job description: The Center for Clinical Care and Clinical Research is an indigenous, non-profit organization that promotes best practices in health care delivery, medical training and research using locally adapted models of health systems strengthening. CCCRN has established a formidable presence in Nigeria. With the headquarters in Federal Capital Territory and field offices in its operational states, CCCRN built a vast network of health and allied professional staff, partners and collaborators.We are recruiting to fill the position below:Job Position: Grants and Compliance SpecialistJob Locations: Kano and Adamawa
Employment Type: Full-time
Organization: Center for Clinical Care and Clinical Research (CCCRN)
Project: THRIVE
Reports to: Regional Program Manager
Secondary Reporting: Grant and compliance ManagerJob Summary
- CCCRN requires qualified candidates to fill the under-listed position for a 5-year USAID award known as Transforming Health and Resilience for Individuals Through Vibrant Empowerment (THRIVE) Project, implemented in the 16 states of Akwa Ibom, Adamawa, Bayelsa, Bauchi, Borno, Cross River, Edo, Jigawa, Lagos, Kano, Kebbi, Niger, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara.
- The project goal is to improve the health and well-being of children living with HIV and reduce HIV-related risk among uninfected children, adolescents, and young people by providing a suite of social welfare and related services that mitigate the multiple, layered vulnerabilities they are subject to and, in so doing, contribute to sustained HIV epidemic control and resilience, also sustaining epidemic control by improving the health and well-being of children living with HIV.
Job Responsibilities
- Under the leadership of the Grant Compliance Manager, the G&C Specialist will be responsible for finance compliance support to allocated CCCRN local partners and related sub-agreements.
- Report Sub-Agreement commitments to be recorded in CCCRN accounting system.
- Review and process the issuance of project advances in accordance with CCCRN and Donor Policies and Procedures.
- S/he interprets USG regulations to local partners and CCCRN Nigeria THRIVE
Management. The specialist also assists with trainings on compliance, conducts financial reviews and follow-up of recommendations, and identifies training needs, and develops site-specific curriculum to address the needs. * Serve as principle point of contact on compliance issues with partners and program managers / officers
- Provide senior level technical support to the CBOs / local partners to finalize their annual budgets, conduct a review of budgets against project targets, budget notes and justification, making recommendations and follow-up implementation.
- Monitor monthly reports for liquidation, update budget analysis and advise the Finance & Account Director and Grant and Compliance Manager accordingly
- Monitor allocated partner agreements and budgets and ensure compliance with Compliance Manuals and donor guidelines.
- Conducts in CCCRN Internal Control and Monitoring / pre-award assessments as required.
- Ensure that partners keep supporting documents for all financial transactions, keep ledgers for Fixed Assets, Purchase Requisitions, Cash Receipts and Disbursements.
- Other duties assigned.
Qualifications and Skills
- B.Sc Degree Accounting, ICAN / ACCA Certification
- At least 5 years of post NYSC grants management experience in an international NGO
- Proficiency in the use of Quickbooks accounting Software
- Ability to work both in a team and independently and ability to transfer knowledge through formal and informal training.
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, required.
- Excellent analytical and information seeking skills, good decision-making skills.
- Should be willing and able to travel widely within the country
- Excellent English language oral and written communication skills.
- Proficiency in MS Office suite.
Key Working Relationships:
- Internal: State Program Manager, State Program Officers,
- Supervisory: The position has no supervisory role
- External: CSO Partners.
Expected salary:
Location: Adamawa – Kano, Kano State
Job date: Sat, 31 May 2025 22:47:44 GMT