Grant Management Lead pre-award responsibility determinations Develop and analyze budgets for allowability, allocability, reasonableness and consistency for proposed activities in coordination with the proposed local partners Negotiate, justify, and seek supervisor approval for salary rates for local partner personnel and independent consultant agreements Follow up on budgets from partners, examine them and ensure they are received promptly and are authentic. Ensure partners are notified of any discrepancies in the budgets and supporting documents and they are rectified. Follow up on partner reports examine and ensure that they comply with grant agreements. Ensure that the subsequent grant agreements and associated paperwork accurately reflect approved activities. (Ensure that all grant activities are properly documented in in the grant files from the start of implementation to the grant close-down) Co-lead activity kick-off meetings with the assigned Program Officer Ensure partners are notified of any discrepancies in the financial reports in good time and that they are rectified. Verify that the financial reports approved from partners are duly uploaded or recorded in Fixt It. Ensure that the reports of the partner are well uploaded in FixIt and ready to support properly the payment. Monitor the grant financials to ensure that grant expenditures are in accordance with the grant ceilings. Take proactive steps to ensure compliance and prepare activity modifications as required Monitor the implementation of each activity, both through site visits and regular communication with grantees Provide regular updates for staff on grant implementation Draft grant-related correspondence (letters of receipt, rejection letters, close-out letters etc.) Input information into and ensure accuracy of project Activity Database and Diakonia management systems (FixIt)