USAID Kosovo Compete Activity
JOB DESCRIPTION AND STATEMENT OF WORK
Description of Project: USAID has awarded Cardno a five-year, $16.4M contract to promote resilient, self-sustaining market systems, and to facilitate the private sector’s improved competitiveness in local, regional and global markets. Through the Compete Activity, Cardno will work to empower firms, organizations and institutions to improve market systems. The Activity will focus in three key export-oriented sectors (namely, ICT, Wood and Food processing) to sustainably increase their competitiveness. By working to address constraints across the system, the Activity will enable scalable and systemic change to occur, stimulating job creation and growth and private sector increased ability to engage in local, regional and international markets. The expected results of the Activity across all three sectors are 1) market systems are strengthened to increase sector competitiveness and 2) market actors within those market systems are more productive and competitive.
Name of Position | Grants and Subcontracts Manager |
General Responsibilities
| The position is responsible for overseeing and administering Compete’s grants and subcontracts funds. The Grants and Subcontracts Manager is responsible for ensuring that all procurements and grants are provided in full compliance with applicable Federal Acquisition Regulations and other USAID rules contained in relevant Automated Directives System documents, and in Compete’s Procurement Operations Manual and Grants Manual. The position maintains completes files of all documents evidencing compliance with these rules, regulations and procedures. The Compete Grants and Subcontracts Manager works with technical staff to design procurement and grant agreements that ensure that the beneficiary is accountable, that capacities to implement the Grants/Subs activities are adequate and documented, and that deliverables against which payment can be claimed are clearly defined and appropriately timed. The position cooperates closely with Sector Leads, the Operations and Finance Director and Finance Manager to ensure that no advances are made prior to fulfilment of all conditions. |
Specific Tasks and Responsibilities |
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Minimum Education Requirement | Undergraduate degree or higher in finance, accounting, business or other relevant field |
Minimum Professional Experience/Capabilities |
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Period of Performance | September 2022 - August 2025 (Contract reviewed on an annual basis) |
Level of Effort | 100%, full-time (260 days per year) |
Supervisor | Chief of Party |
Supervisory role | Grants and Subcontracts Assistant/s |
Application:
To apply please submit your CV and a one-page cover letter in English.
Please send the requested documents electronically to the following email: [email protected]
All submissions must be received on or before Wednesday, August 31, 2022. Only shortlisted candidates will be interviewed.