About Plan International

Plan International is an independent non-profit organization that advances children’s well-being and equality for girls. Working in building powerful partnerships for children for over 75 years and present in 70 countries, Plan International strives for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children while working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners. Plan International Ethiopia is looking for Grant and Finance Manager to be based at Country Office. 

The Role

Plan International Ethiopia is looking for a Grants and Finance Manager for a five-year project, “PlayMatters”, funded by the LEGO Foundation. This position will be a part of the larger PlayMatters initiative to increase play-based learning opportunities for nearly 1 million pre-primary and primary school aged refugee and host community children impacted by the humanitarian crises in East Africa and living in Ethiopia and Uganda. This project seeks to build children’s social, emotional, cognitive, physical and creative skills through play in their homes, schools, and communities and will be implemented in partnership with War Child, Plan International, Ubongo, Behavioural Insights Team and Innovations for Poverty Action.

The position holder will be responsible to support effective implementation of Grant based projects by managing the overall financial management and monitoring of the LEGO PlayMatters project through coordinating, standardizing, and consolidating budget, donor reporting, capacity building on donor compliance and Funding Agreement Document (FAD) administration.  In addition, the position holder maintains the Grants Information System and provides grants-related financial analysis.

Qualifications/ experience essential:

• Education at First Degree level or equivalent vocational study in fields such as Accounting and Finance

• At least 8 years of relevant experience as Grant Accountant / Grant Finance/Grant Manager

• Experience of International NGO grant management systems and financial regulations

• Knowledge of Grants Administration especially system management and donor compliance in reporting of diverse institutional donors (EU, USAID, ECHO, UNICEF, GFFO, DFID etc.)

Qualifications/ experience desirable:

• Demonstrated knowledge in cost recovery principles and systems, experience in implementing a cost recovery system is preferable.

• Experience in managing performance and facilitating development of staff is preferred.

Languages required

• Fluency in English language is essential

• Knowledge of Local Languages is a desirable