RTI International is a nonprofit organization headquartered in the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina that provides research and technical services.

Summary

The Grants Specialist will administer the financial, contractual, and compliance aspects of the grants for the project.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Manage all contractual responsibilities for subgrant agreements for project teams.
• Support in the various stages of the competitive selection process of grantees until completion.
• With support from the Grants Manager monitor upload and continuously update grantee information on the Grants Management System (GMS).
• Conduct periodic reviews of grantees’ compliance with the grant terms and conditions and the grant schedule, as well as conduct a review of timeliness and quality of technical performance.
• Using RTI’s best practices, develop tracking and monitoring systems to ensure timely receipt of all deliverables, adherence with terms of all agreements, and timely payments to subrecipients.
• Preparing cash requests for all grants ensuring amounts requested are reasonable and within approved budgets.
• Reviewing financial reports from grantees against approved grants budgets to ensure financial compliance.
• Work with project and grantee staff to ensure compliance with RTI and donor requirements.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Reporting: The Grants Specialist will report to the Grants Manager and may have matrixed reporting lines. S/he is expected to work closely with the Finance team and Office of Grants and Contracts.

Requirements

Required Experience

• Master’s Degree and 3 years of work experience or Bachelor’s Degree with 5 Years of work experience in business administration, public administration or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience with administrative and contractual management of USAID grants in non-profit organization.
• Proven project management, communications, report writing, and interpersonal skills including strong experience with client management.
• Demonstrated knowledge of internal controls and audit processes (e.g. procurement, local subcontract agreements, etc.)
• Excellent verbal and written communication; proactive relationship builder.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office software suite; ability to quickly learn financial systems/software.
• Strong organizational skills, high level of attention to detail, and effectiveness under deadlines.

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to plan, develop, manage, and evaluate projects of the scope and complexity described above is required.
• Proven ability to work under pressure, and with multiple concurrent demands