Grants Officer at Hivos East Africa

Job context

Hivos is the designated grants administrator for this fund hence it is expected to make available the requisite staff to manage the fund. One of the core staff members will be the Grants Officer, an equivalent to a Programmes Officer. The Grants Officer will be responsible for grantee identification and assessment, grants administration and monitoring as well as coordinating grantee learning events in the three countries.

Responsibilities for The Grants Officer Jobs:

• Prepare and publicize a call for proposals;
• Assess received applications;
• Undertake grantee institutional assessments and prepare grantee assessment reports;
• Prepare grantee contracts to NGOs and media;
• Monitor grants implementation;
• Training community media journalists in investigative journalism;
• Production and publication of investigative pieces;
• Measuring impact of investigative pieces;
• Grant making to non-traditional reporters/institutions;
• Monitoring of grantee perfomance and reporting on grantee activities;
• Grant making to tech-driven media content.

Qualifications for the Grants Officer Jobs:

• A Post Graduate Degree in Social Sciences;
• Track record in media development work;
• Strong networks within the media fraternity (journalists, government, media, development CSOs, commercial and community media houses);
• Grant making experience (desirable);
• Knowledge of key media development issues in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa;
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills;
• A self-starter, ambitious and self-motivated person;
• Excellent analytical skills;
• Ability to make and objective decisions;
• Great organisational and planning skills;
• Ability to act on own initiative and to organise, plan and prioritise own workload to meet deadlines.