USAID RHITES-EC Grants Assistant Job Careers – University Research Co., LLC (URC)

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Job Title:           Grants Assistant
Organisation: University
Research Co., LLC (URC)
Project Name: USAID Regional
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.
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.
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.
Key Duties and
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:
  • 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:
Human Resource Coordinator,
University Research Co., LLC – Centre for Human Services,
​Plot 10
Kiira Lane, Mpumudde Division, UGANDA
E-mail to: HR-RHITES-EC@urc-chs.com
Deadline: 31st March,
2017 by 12:00pm

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