<p> </p> <p><strong>Position Title</strong>: Senior Procurement & Compliance Officer</p> <p><strong>Location</strong>: <em>Nairobi Kenya</em></p> <p><strong>Department</strong>: Global Operations</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>POSITION SUMMARY</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Position Purpose</strong>: <br>The Senior Procurement & Compliance Officer has primary responsibility for the day-to-day activities within the Procurement Unit. </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Position Overview</strong>:</p> <p>This includes providing ongoing guidance to Winrock staff on procurement policies and procedures and compliance with funder rules and regulations. The Senior Procurement & Compliance Officer reviews and processes purchase requisitions, purchase orders, Independent Consultant Agreements (ICAs), subawards, and other contracts to ensure that the goods and services necessary to support Winrock program implementation are available. The Procurement & Compliance Officer will provide feedback/training to staff and participate in streamlining established routines for competition, acquisition, and procurement data management while ensuring procurement records are accurate and available. The Senior Procurement & Compliance Officer provides escalation to the Director, Procurement on areas of concern or potential liability, large procurements, and unique award requirements.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><u>Major Responsibilities</u></strong></p> <ul> <li>Reviews requests for proposals and quotations and coordinates publication and other solicitation methods for project and core purchases, independent contractor agreements (ICAs), and subawards, excluding the review and evaluation of subaward applications.</li> <li>Supports the preparation, review, processing, modification, tracking, and closure of Independent Consultant Agreements (ICAs), and Purchase Orders, including scopes of work, selection and negotiation documentation, rate and budget support, required approvals, deliverables, invoices, and agreement files in coordination with programs, finance, and other responsible staff.</li> <li>Supports the Costpoint entry, including amendments, monitoring, and closeout of Purchase Orders, ICAs, and subawards.</li> <li>Completes procurement reviews and checklists; verifies the completeness, accuracy, required approvals, and compliance of documentation for project and core purchases, provides concurrence within delegated authority; and documents and follows up on required corrective actions. Does not participate in the technical review, evaluation, or selection of subaward recipients.</li> <li>Supports then escalate large procurements, sole sourced procurements, and funder requests for procurement approvals.</li> <li>Understands and provides guidance on funder procurement requirements.</li> <li>Supports internal and external audits by retrieving and organizing requested documentation, confirming that procurement and agreement files are complete and audit-ready, coordinating responses with responsible staff, tracking open requests, and communicating identified documentation or compliance gaps.</li> <li>Provides support as needed to the invoicing team.</li> <li>Strengthen global procurement compliance and consistency by developing and delivering training for field-based staff on Winrock procurement policies, processes, tools, templates, funder requirements, and procurement standards.</li> <li>Analyzes procurement and contracting workflows and transaction data; monitors and follows on open or recurring purchase orders, active ICAs, and subawards; identifies recurring process or compliance gaps; and develops or updates templates, manuals, guidance, and job aids to improve consistency, efficiency, and user compliance.</li> <li>Other duties as assigned.</li> <li> </li> </ul> <p><strong>POSITION QUALIFICATIONS</strong></p> <p><strong>Education: </strong></p> <ul> <li>A bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, finance, public administration, or related field is required<strong>.</strong></li> <li>Professional procurement or supply-chain certification, such as CIPS, CPSM, or equivalent, is desirable.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Minimum Required Experience: </strong></p> <ul> <li>At least five years of progressively responsible, relevant experience in procurement, contracting, grants and contracts administration, supply chain, project operations, or a related compliance/operations function involving the review and processing of procurement or contracting transactions. <ul> <li>Relevant transaction experience must include independent consultant requests and agreements, service contracts, purchase orders, subawards, and similar contractual arrangements for donor-funded project mechanisms.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Experience applying U.S. government procurement and assistance requirements, including applicable FAR, 2 CFR 200 regulations and award requirements.</li> <li>Experience supporting procurement and subaward/subcontracting funded by the U.S. federal government and other bilateral, multilateral, foundation, or institutional donors, with familiarity working within donor-speci