Job Opportunities in Ukraine
December 12, 2023
Expertise France
Київ
Grants and Finance Officer (M/W)
Expertise France is the public agency of French international technical cooperation. The agency operates around four priorities:
With an activity volume of 233 million euros, more than 400 projects in portfolio in 80 countries, and 63,000 days of expertise, Expertise France focuses its action towards France’s solidarity policy, influence and economic diplomacy.
Based in Kyiv, the position is under the direct responsibility of Shared Support Unit (SSU)’s Administrative and Financial Manager (AFM).
Missions
The principal missions assigned to the Grants Officer will be (not limitative):
Grants monitoring
In collaboration with the AFM:
Participation in the call for proposals process
Capacity building
External audit
Archiving
Ukraine has become one of Expertise France's countries of intervention. The agency implements national and regional projects and works on a wide range of issues (health, local governance, support for innovation and entrepreneurship, etc.).
Qualifications
Professional experience
Location: Kyiv, with occasional travel within the country
Type of contract: 30-month, Ukrainian fixed-term employment contract, renewable
Start date: January
Remuneration: according to EF salary scale and profile
Expertise France respects equal opportunities and strongly encourages applications from women.
- democratic, economic and financial governance;
- security and stability of countries in crisis/post-crisis situations;
- sustainable development;
- strengthening health systems, social protection and employment.
With an activity volume of 233 million euros, more than 400 projects in portfolio in 80 countries, and 63,000 days of expertise, Expertise France focuses its action towards France’s solidarity policy, influence and economic diplomacy.
Based in Kyiv, the position is under the direct responsibility of Shared Support Unit (SSU)’s Administrative and Financial Manager (AFM).
Missions
The principal missions assigned to the Grants Officer will be (not limitative):
Grants monitoring
In collaboration with the AFM:
- Develop and configure, the financial monitoring tools for grants (financial reporting file, expenditure tracking, etc.)
- Provide training and ensure the understanding of administrative and financial aspects of EF grants by beneficiaries of grants
- Act as the financial focal point for beneficiaries (responding to requests and inquiries, alerts) according to operational constraints
- Ensure verification and control of supporting documents submitted by partners according to operational constraints
- Check compliance with EF administrative procedures by the partners
- Verify and controls the consistency (accuracy of amounts, completeness, exchange rates, etc.) between expenses recorded in partners' expense journals and the supporting documents submitted
- Support the validation of partners' financial reports (checks, framing)
- Participate in defining and formalizing grant monitoring procedures
- Regularly develop and update the overall grant monitoring dashboard
- Compile and regularly provide quantitative and qualitative analyses of financial data concerning grants supported by Expertise France
Participation in the call for proposals process
- Participates in the evaluation committee responsible for selecting the grant beneficiary (analysis of the financial and organizational capacity grid, review of budget proposals in line with the technical proposal)
- During the contracting phase, supports the project in establishing the schedule for report submission and monitoring tools
Capacity building
- Coordinate EF's internal and external reflection (interaction with other Technical and Financial Partners) on grant management and capacity building of beneficiaries (networking) through short- and medium-term approaches
- Identify opportunities for activities and partnerships related to capacity building for grant beneficiaries (training)
External audit
- Assist in preparing external audits (gathering documents)
- Coordinate audits mandated with grant beneficiaries
Archiving
- Responsible for archiving all grant accounting and financial documentation
Ukraine has become one of Expertise France's countries of intervention. The agency implements national and regional projects and works on a wide range of issues (health, local governance, support for innovation and entrepreneurship, etc.).
Qualifications
- Advanced degree in accounting, finance or related field
Professional experience
- At least 5 years' experience in a similar position
- Proven experience in the grant management process
- Proven experience in the financial management of grants
- Knowledge of international donor rules (EU and others)
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office — Excel in particular
- Ability to work in a multicultural environment
- Ability to analyse and summarise
- Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills
- Excellent analytical and report-writing skills
- Fluent in spoken and written English; French would be a plus
Location: Kyiv, with occasional travel within the country
Type of contract: 30-month, Ukrainian fixed-term employment contract, renewable
Start date: January
Remuneration: according to EF salary scale and profile
Expertise France respects equal opportunities and strongly encourages applications from women.
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