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Title:         Grants
Manager

Organization: John
Snow, Inc. (JSI)

Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda

Reports to: Capacity
Development Director

About US:

John Snow, Inc.
(JSI) is a leader in improving the health of individuals and communities by
providing high-quality technical and managerial assistance to public health
programs worldwide. JSI has implemented projects in 100 countries, and
currently operates from eight U.S. and 81 international offices for the past 30
years. The JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. ID a leading public
health research and consulting organization.

Job Summary:  The Grants Manager is a full-time position
based in Kampala, Uganda. S/he will be the point person for project grants
management and administration, and will report to the Capacity Development
Director. In addition to providing capacity development technical assistance to
local the facilities, the new project will also provide small grants, which
will further strengthen the capacity of the facilities. The grants will
prioritize improvements in the health facilities’ service delivery. The Grants
Manager position is contingent upon winning the award..

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Lead design of grants management
  program, including the project’s grants manual, granting process,
  partners’ scope of work based on assessed needs, etc;
• Assist in pre-award activities for grant
  recipients including training and orientation, review of grantees’
  applications, budgets, pre-award questionnaires, supporting documents,
  etc. and/or assisting in grant discussions and negotiations with
  counterparts;
• Lead monitoring of grantee compliance
  with grant award terms and conditions, including reporting, working
  closely with designated staff from each regional team;
• Along with regional staff and
  consultants, work with grantees to strengthen institutional capacity in
  finance and operations systems, compliance, and/or grant award management;
  
• Participate in organizational capacity
  building assessments (OCA/NUPAS);and collegial relationship with grantees;
  
• Review data in project grants database
  with uses the Salesforce platform to ensure grant information is captured
  accurately for the in-country grants portfolio;
• Follow up with individual grantees not
  meeting content or timing of reporting requirements to confirm appropriate
  assistance and/or next steps;
• Work with designated regional staff to
  review grantee work plans, reports, and other deliverables to ensure that
  they meet grant award requirements and work with project staff to improve
  reporting as needed;
• Assist to identify issues in scope or
  budget necessitating award modifications strengthening plans for grantees
  within portfolio;
• Assist in organizing grantee technical
  assistance and/or trainings in areas including finance, operations,
  compliance, organizational development, technical programming in the
  project’s focus areas, and/or monitoring & evaluation;
• Travel to conduct regular site visits
  for award management, finance and operations, review of financial
  documents and/or donor compliance;
• Participate in the development of
  institutional capacity building training curricula, other tools and
  materials for regional and in-country technical events such as
  assessments, workshops, trainings, etc.;
• Provide training and technical
  assistance to grantee staff on project database reporting requirements and
  procedures.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The ideal candidate must hold a Master’s
  degree in Management, Finance, Public Health, International Development,
  or related field preferred
• Five years of experience in grants
  management and/or programming;
• Five years of experience working on
  USG-funded projects
• PEPFAR funding and reporting, and/or
  public health programs;
• Demonstrated experience in institutional
  capacity building and/or training;
• Experience with US Government-funded
  projects and assistance rules and regulations;
• Demonstrated knowledge of granting
  procedures, from grant start-up, award management, to close out preferably
  USAID rules and regulations;
• Demonstrated capacity and experience in
  training and supervising project staff in grants management;
• Demonstrated competence to assess
  priorities, manage a variety of activities in a time-sensitive
  environment, and meet deadlines with attention to detail and quality;
• Demonstrated attention to detail,
  ability to implement procedures, meet deadlines and work independently and
  cooperatively with team members;
• Ability to work independently, take
  initiative and manage various activities in a team setting with minimal
  supervision;
• Strong time management/task
  prioritization skills;
• Excellent oral and written communication
  skills;
• Ugandan citizen.

How to Apply:

All suitably
qualified and interested candidates should send their applications online at
the link below.

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Deadline: 9th August 2019  

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