Job Title: Grants and Contracts Officer
Organization:
Baylor-Uganda
Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Baylor-Uganda is a
private not for profit child health and development organization providing
family-centered pediatric HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment services,
health professional training, and clinical research in Uganda. Baylor College
of Medicine Children’s Foundation -Uganda (Baylor-Uganda) is an indigenous
not-for-profit child health and development organisation affiliated to the
Baylor College of Medicine International Paediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI), a
Network of paediatric HIV/AIDS care and treatment Children’s Clinical Centres
of Excellence and international program offices in 11 countries across Africa
and Eastern Europe.
Job Summary: The Grants and Contracts Officer will develop
and maintain a Grants management database to enable effective tracking of all
grants on board, ensure effective Grants management at all stages – startup,
implementation, and closure as per donor guidelines and within the stipulated
timelines, and track Baylor Uganda’s recovery from the different Grant
contribution.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
·
Ensure
up-to-date Baylor Uganda’s electronic registration for respective funders.
·
Ensure
compliance with all donor requirements, and provide regular reports to senior
management on Baylor Uganda’s compliance status.
·
Ensure
pre-award checks are done before any grant agreements or contracts are signed.
·
Reviewing
and ensuring that Project requests are in line with donor Guidelines and
approved work plans.
·
Prepare
Routine budget monitoring against work plan reports.
·
Support
the development of budgets as part of acquisition/business Development.
·
Make
Expenditure analysis reports on a monthly and quarterly basis, tracking project
unit costs.
·
Make
Budget against Actual reports to be reviewed by the line manager and shared
with technical area leads/Budget holders.
·
Prepare
financial projections relating to grants/projects to advise on likely financial
status in near future.
·
Review
partnership financial reports, and accountabilities for reasonableness and
allowability.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
·
The
applicant must hold a Degree in business administration or finance, with
exceptional spreadsheet construction skills.
·
Professional
accounting qualification (CPA/ACCA) is desired
·
A
minimum of two years of experience in grants administration from a reputable
organization.
·
You must
have at least a credit 6 in MATHEMATICS and ENGLISH at Ordinary Level (UCE).
How to Apply:
Applications should
include a cover letter, CV, daytime telephone contact, three traceable
professional references and certified UNEB certificates as well as certified
University Transcripts. To Apply, click the link below.
Deadline: 2nd August 2020
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