Grants Officer, Environmental Governance, Indonesia

The grants officer works closely with program colleagues to manage grant awards made to partners. They are responsible for conducting the pre-award assessment/financial survey of shortlisted new partners, checking all partners’ financial reports following the checking guidelines in the partner audit policy, for financial accuracy, compliance with the sub-grant agreement terms, and the rules and regulations of the Foundation and the donors. This position ensures that the expenditures incurred by the partner organizations are within the budgets provided and that they are reasonable and relevant to the funded grant and provides training to the staff of the partner organization in accounting software. The grants officer is responsible for providing guidelines, and other technical assistance to partners’ understanding of financial accounting, reporting, supporting documents and filing responsibilities.

This position works with the program units in resolving partners’ financial accounting and reporting problems and checks amending letter of grant between partner organizations and the Foundation. They will be responsible for accounting for cost-share information provided by the partner and meeting with project external auditors, supplying all required documents and information, and responding to audit findings.

May be assigned in selecting auditors for external audits, negotiating the AUP, and timeframe for work to be conducted