Senior Grants Accountant

A justice sector development project based in Ramallah seeks to fill the following vacant positions:
 

Senior Grants Accountant

The Senior Grants Accountant is primarily responsible for financial management of the project’s grants program.

Tasks include:
- Assist in conducting pre-award assessment of financial systems and internal controls of applicant
NGOs.
- Answer questions of applicant NGOs and provide guidance related to recipient preparation of subaward budget, financial reports and supporting documentation.
- Review and negotiate budgets of applicant NGOs to ensure budgeted costs are allowable, allocable and reasonable.
- Review grantees’ financial reports and supporting documents and ensure grantee compliance with USAID regulations and grant agreements.
- Maintain sub-award financial reporting files and documentation.
- Assist the finance department staff as needed with activities related to sub-award financial reporting and documentation.
- Additional duties as required by supervisor.

Related Requirements, Education and Qualifications:
- Minimum BA degree in accounting or a relevant field.
- Knowledge of USAID regulations governing grants.
- Minimum of three years of experience in a relevant field.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Strong Arabic and English skills
- Extensive experience about civil society organizations working in the West Bank.
- Knowledge of grants and grants mechanisms.
- Familiarity with the justice sector in the West Bank.
- Strong communications and interpersonal skills required
- Previous work on USAID or other donor-funded projects highly preferred
- Strong organizational skills required.
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in a relevant field
- Strong English skills; Arabic skill preferred



Interested applicants please send a cover letter and curriculum vitae (resume) to

, with the position title in the subject line, by Thursday May 31, 2012. Application packages will be considered on a rolling basis. Qualified applicants will be contacted for an interview