World Resource Institute is hiring a
WRI Mexico is looking for a Grant and Contract Specialist to provide direct support in the areas of grants and contracts management and administration. This will include preparing, processing, reviewing, tracking and updating grant agreements and sub-agreements and other administrative, operational, and support tasks as needed. The Grants and Contract Specialist will work closely with WRI D.C.to ensure contract compliance, financial accountability and smooth project performance
Required Qualifications
Job Responsibilities
Review of grants or contracts offered to WRI, ensuring they entail no undue risks, and confirming acceptability of conditions; price/budget; and scope of work
Serve as responsible party and institutional resource for issuance of agreements establishing payments from WRI to other parties, such as contracts, subgrants, or subcontracts
Review for acceptability all nonfinancial agreements - Memoranda of Understanding, Non-disclosure agreements, Teaming agreements, and licensing agreements.
Advise Program staff on unusual terms or notable compliance matters, both proactively and upon request and stay up-to-date on changes in donor compliance requirements.
Ensure that agreements are established in line with WRI policy or that the necessary approvals or waivers have been documented, before recommending for signature.
In support of forming high quality and low risk agreements, maintain a library of preferred template agreements
Ensure correct linkages between proposals and received awards; solicitations and contracts awarded; and funding awards.
Regular discussion with WRI Global to ensure general alignment of operating principles, policies and approaches
Maintenance of award files, to ensure complete documentation in preparation for financial and compliance audits, in alignment with funder, legal requirements, and WRI policies.
Reviewing and approving deliverable submissions
Consulting agreements, Internal / file audits
Compliance process (follow up and monitoring of documentation, questionnaire tracking, reviews, etc.) for contracts and subgrants.
Review cost proposals (providing budget guidance if needed), solicitations, subgrants/subcontracts and related contractual documents, negotiate grants, contracts, and sub-agreements and ensure compliance with donor terms.
Administrative support to the Colombian team
Advice on labor contracting issues for Mexico and Colombia