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• Effecting 
  sub-grants / contracts
• Manage sub contract relationships
• Internal systems compliance, manage and
  track budgets and financial deliverables,
• Capacity building of partners on
  compliance
• Compliance support to partners
• Provide guidance and technical assistance
  to implementing partners in the area of grant management and compliance in
  line with the organisation’s policy, procedures and donor guidelines.
• Designs and implements internal systems to
  support the proper management of sub-grants and implementing partner
  deliverables.
• Develops and implements systems that
  support implementing partners to track budgets and deliverables,
  strengthen staff and implementing partner capacity in budgeting.
• Responsible for implementing partners
  submit all financial documents needed to donors in a timely manner.
• Troubleshoots and develops solutions to
  sub-grantee concerns and issues as they arise to keep project on track.
• Communicates regularly with Project
  Manager and Finance and Admin Manager to keep them up-to-date on project
  successes and challenges at the grants and compliance level.
• Provides technical guidance to
  sub-grantees to build capacity in grants management, financial management
  and compliance needs.
• Provides follow-up monitoring to the
  sub-grants administration systems.
• Trains finance personnel in partner
  organisations on donor compliance rules, broadening skills to ensure that
  personnel of the partners’ finance unit are aware of compliance guidelines
  for good accountability and transparency.
• Provides recommendations for improvements
  in terms of compliance, effectiveness, and efficiency in the
  administration/finance systems and their link to programme implementation.
• Ensures that Plan International’s global
  policies for Child Protection (CPP) and Gender Equality and Inclusion
  (GEI) are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and
  requirements of the policy including relevant Implementation Standards and
  Guidelines as applicable to their area of responsibility. This includes,
  but is not limited to, ensuring staff and associates are aware of and
  understand their responsibilities under these policies and Plan
  International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of
  work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the
  appropriate procedures.

• The applicant for the Plan International Grants
  & Compliance Officer – Safe and Inclusive Urban Uganda job opportunity
  must hold a Bachelor’s degree required, with a major in finance,
  accounting, business administration or related area
• At least five years’ experience in a
  financial management role with hands-on accounting and managerial
  experience, preferably with at least two years in a non-profit and/or
  international organization
• Comprehensive knowledge of the rules,
  regulations and policies associated with financial regulations and grants
  management.
• Knowledge of major donor rules and
  regulations.
• Ability to manage, support and train staff
  in a cross-cultural setting.
• Skills
• Developing and designing policies and
  procedures.
• Strong people skills and presentation
  skills.
• Experience handling sensitive and
  confidential information.
• Excellent communication and negotiation
  ability.
• Good office management skill
• Strong organizational skills
• Highly developed research skills and
  problem-solving ability.
• Proficiency with business software
  applications (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.).

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