Grants and Compliance Officer NGO Job Tax Justice Network
About Tax Justice Network – Africa (TJN-A)
The Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA) is a Pan-African organisation and a member of the Global Alliance for Tax Justice. Launched in January 2007 during the World Social Forum (WSF) held in Nairobi, TJNA promotes socially- just, accountable and progressive taxation systems in Africa. It advocates for tax policies with pro-poor outcomes and tax systems that curb public resource leakages and enhance domestic resource mobilisation. TJNA aims to achieve these by challenging harmful tax policies and practices that on one hand facilitate illicit resource outflows and on the other hand favour the wealthy while aggravating and perpetuating inequality. TJNA strives to promote the role of tax justice in the African Development Agenda. It further endeavours to provide a platform dedicated to enabling African researchers, campaigners, civil society organisations, policy makers, and investigative media to co-operate and synergise their efforts in the struggle against illicit financial flows, tax evasion, tax competition and other harmful tax policies and practices. TJNA engages in various activities that are aimed at promoting public awareness regarding tax issues in Africa.
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Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain an internal compliance dashboard for sub-grants and joint programming to track programmatic, financial, and administrative deliverables committed to by grantees and partners.
- Ensure complete understanding of joint-programming initiatives, including responsibilities of grantees and partners.
- Develop and standardize templates of contracts/addendums and other relevant agreements for joint programming and sub-granting in compliance with the Sub-Grants
- Policy, ensuring all documents align with donor regulations and organizational standards.
- Oversee and track the development of sub-grant contracts and memorandum of understanding (MoUs) with monetary value and ensure compliance on terms and conditions as prescribed in the contracts are fulfilled promptly and accurately.
- Assist with any adjustments to sub-grant agreements or MoUs based on evolving project needs, donor guidelines, or compliance issues.
- Regularly send reminders to sub-grantees on upcoming reporting deadlines.
- Actively participate in grantee and partner meetings and guide grantees/partners as required.
- Proactively lead the team in streamlining systems and processes to make sub-grant reporting and information sourcing more efficient in close collaboration with the Finance department and Project leads.
- Ensure the sub-grant budget and work plan information is received and shared with the Finance team and Project leads in a timely manner, and grantees are informed of changes and adjustments as required.
- Prepare relevant reports for project leads and the relevant finance team on the status of grant agreement compliance and provide recommendations where necessary.
- Prepare regular reports on sub-grant compliance status, highlighting potential issues and recommending corrective actions where needed.
- Ensure project partners and grantees understand what is expected of them on Financial and Narrative Reporting in consultation with the Finance Officers and/or Project Accountants.
- Proactively participate in Joint Programming Organisational Capacity Assessments and ensure grant management aspects are documented and gaps identified are addressed in consultation with the Finance team.
Professional Qualifications
- Degree in a relevant field (Finance and Project Management)
- Additional training and qualification in grant management and compliance will be an added advantage
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Required Competencies & Experience
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in donor compliance and project management, CPA – K
- Experience working with civil society or NGO setting.
- Proven experience managing sub-grants and joint programming initiatives, focusing on compliance, budgeting, and partner coordination
- Excellent verbal, written, and organizational skills to communicate clearly and concisely in person, by phone or by email.
- Demonstrated ability to assess priorities and work under pressure to meet deadlines with attention to detail and quality.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively to meet deadlines.
- Experience with and commitment to working in a diverse environment.
- Proven ability to work with people and willingness to support others.
- Skills and experience in report and proposal writing
- Strong communication, coordination, and interpersonal skills
- Strong analytical skills (data and financial)
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