Job Title: Grants Assistant
Organisation: University
Research Co., LLC (URC)
Research Co., LLC (URC)
Project Name: USAID Regional
Health Integration to Enhance Health Services in East Central Uganda Project
(USAID/Uganda RHITES-EC) Project
Health Integration to Enhance Health Services in East Central Uganda Project
(USAID/Uganda RHITES-EC) Project
Duty Station: Jinja, Uganda
About US:
University Research Co., LLC (URC) is a global company dedicated to
improving the quality of health care, social services, and health education
worldwide. With a non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services (CHS),
URC manages projects in over 45 countries, including the United States.
improving the quality of health care, social services, and health education
worldwide. With a non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services (CHS),
URC manages projects in over 45 countries, including the United States.
About USAID RHITES-EC Project:
University Research Co., LLC (URC) is implementing the USAID Regional
Health Integration to Enhance Health Services in East Central Uganda Project
(USAID/Uganda RHITES-EC) whose aim is to support the implementation of a
comprehensive integrated investment in regional
health, nutritional assistance and HIV/AIDS programs. The five-year
project targets 11 districts in East Central Uganda with an estimated total
population of 4.1 million through a district-based integrated package of
quality health, nutrition, HIV / AIDS and child development services.
Health Integration to Enhance Health Services in East Central Uganda Project
(USAID/Uganda RHITES-EC) whose aim is to support the implementation of a
comprehensive integrated investment in regional
health, nutritional assistance and HIV/AIDS programs. The five-year
project targets 11 districts in East Central Uganda with an estimated total
population of 4.1 million through a district-based integrated package of
quality health, nutrition, HIV / AIDS and child development services.
Job Summary: The Grants
Assistant will work closely with the Grants team to manage grants provided to
health units supported by the project. This includes the accurate maintenance
of a tracking record of grantee expenditures and advances, reviewing grantees’
financial reports, building financial management capacity among grantees,
ensure compliance with USAID rules and regulations, and orienting grantees on
sub-grant requirements.
Assistant will work closely with the Grants team to manage grants provided to
health units supported by the project. This includes the accurate maintenance
of a tracking record of grantee expenditures and advances, reviewing grantees’
financial reports, building financial management capacity among grantees,
ensure compliance with USAID rules and regulations, and orienting grantees on
sub-grant requirements.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Work in liaison with other members of the
grants management team to develop and implement grants management systems - Follow-up on accountabilities from
sub-grantees in a timely manner to necessitate processing of additional
funding - Work in liaison with the Finance team in
developing plans/budgets for the financial needs of sub grantees - Work collaboratively with the other grants
management team members in overseeing sub-grant functions and coordinate
preparation of grant agreements, monitoring of grant periods and close out
of the sub-grant awards - Keenly review liquidation reports from
sub-grantees - Manage the hard copy / electronic filing
structure and system for financial information and contracts related to
sub-grants - Coordinate the shipment of files for the
sub grants to URC headquarters on a quarterly basis - Offer technical support in tracking and
reporting of financial performance of grants - Work closely with Grants management team
to establish tools to track supervision visits to partners and provide
necessary updates to technical teams - Perform any other duties as assigned
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the USAID
RHITES-EC Project Grants Assistant job vacancy should preferably hold a
Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Management, Finance, Administration, or
other related field - A minimum of three years’ experience in
managing the financial and administrative components of grants,
grants-under-contract, subcontracts - Excellent interpersonal communications,
and organizational skills desired - Ability to independently plan and execute
complex tasks while addressing daily management details and remaining
organized and focused on long-term deadlines and strategy preferred
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates who wish to join the
USAID RHITES EC Project should send their cover letters, curriculum vitae,
copies of academic credentials and contact information for 3 professional
references addressed to:
USAID RHITES EC Project should send their cover letters, curriculum vitae,
copies of academic credentials and contact information for 3 professional
references addressed to:
Human Resource Coordinator,
University Research Co., LLC – Centre for Human Services,
Plot 10
Kiira Lane, Mpumudde Division, UGANDA
Kiira Lane, Mpumudde Division, UGANDA
E-mail to: [email protected]
Deadline: 31st March,
2017 by 12:00pm
2017 by 12:00pm
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