Sub-granting Officer in Climate, Green and Digital Transition at We World

We World is seeking a Sub-granting Officer for Climate, Green and Digital Transition in Kenya. The role involves managing subgrants, ensuring compliance, preparing reports, and providing support to subgrantees. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of relevant experience. The position requires knowledge of EU regulations and experience with youth-led and women-led organizations. This is a full-time position based in Kenya.
Job Description

We promote and safeguard the rights to inclusion of women, children and teenagers in Italy and throughout the world, on the basic assumption that the safeguard of women’s rights is a mandatory condition to achieve respect of children’s rights and, vice versa, the protection of children’s rights is most important for the achievement of women…

Sub-granting Officer in Climate, Green and Digital Transition

Job Duties and Responsibilities

The Sub-granting officer will:
• Oversee and manage the distribution of subgrants, ensuring compliance regulations and internal and donor policies.
• Prepare narrative and admin/finance monthly, quarterly, and annual activity plans, action plans for monitoring of the subgrantees
• Checking that grants applications meet funding criteria
• Manage the grant application process from start to finish, including timelines, progress reports, and final submissions
• Oversee the process of launching Call for Proposals Cfp targeting youth-led organizations (YLOs), women-led organizations, civil society organizations (CSOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs).
• Overseeing financial disbursement, budget tracking, and expenditure monitoring.
• Conducting regular site visits to subgrantees to assess progress and provide targeted support.
• Assisting in the preparation of reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Providing capacity-building support to subgrantees on financial management, compliance and reporting.
• Managing the subgrant closing process ensuring the submission of the final report and financial statements.
• Coordinating with Project coordinator to align subgrants with the projects’ broader objectives in youth empowerment, climate action, green and digital transition in Kenya.
• Maintaining detailed documentation and compliance records and monitor the progress for all the subgrantees.
• Performing other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business Administration or a related field;
• At least 5 years of experience in grant management, sub-granting, or donor-funded project administration.
• Strong knowledge of EU regulations, financial compliance, and sub-granting mechanisms.
• Experience working with youth-led organizations (YLOs), civil society organizations (CSOs), and Women led community-based organizations (CBOs) is an asset.
• Proven expertise in budgeting, financial reporting, and compliance monitoring.
• Proficiency in grants management software, and financial tracking tools.
• Experience in capacity building and technical assistance for subgrantees on financial and programmatic compliance