Job Title: Grants Officer (Fresher Jobs)
Organisation: Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)
Duty Station: Kalisizo, Uganda
About US:
Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP) is a collaborative bio-medical research and service delivery organization. RHSP strives to improve the quality of life of the local population through a combination of community-based research, curative services, and prevention strategies in the districts of South-central Uganda.
Job Summary: The Grants Officer will provide support to the Grants office in managing third parties, budgeting and managing donor compliance.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Effective management of RHSP third parties (i.e. Sub grantees / Districts /PnFPs /CBOs /CSOs) for statutory and donor compliance.
- Ensure that all agreements and records, for third parties are well-maintained and updated.
- Support the capacity building of third parties in proper grants reporting.
- Conduct field monitoring visits to the third parties together with the Regional CBO programs officer and accountants, internal auditor, QC team.
- Participate in third party pre-award assessment activities.
- Review third party Budgets
- Submit budgets and funds requisitions for third parties in the share-point system.
- Produce third party monthly and quarterly reports in close collaboration with the
- Regional CBO Programs Officer and Finance personnel
- Update the third-party tracker.
- Prepare monthly pipeline analysis report.
- Participate in quarterly financial reporting for CDC.
- Prepare documents for funding downloads.
- Liaise with Forgarty trainees in share point and focal person for RHSP.
- Budget for forgarty trainees in share point and follow up their payments.
- Ensure that all grant files are properly updated with the current award documents, budgets, scope of work, payments etc.
- Support the budgeting process for grants.
- Update the grants portfolio tracker.
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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance / Accounting from reputable University.
- Full professional qualification ACCA, CPA.
- Evidence of excellent quantitative skills e.g. good grades in a mathematical field at O and A level.
- Managing grants or finances for Donor funds for at least two years.
- Proficiency in using and Administration of Navision accounting software.
- Knowledge of MS Excel, Word and other common financial software programs
- Strong Leadership skills and ability to work independently or with minimal supervision.
How to Apply:
All interested candidates possessing the above attributes can send their; applications including a cover letter, updated CV with 3 referees, and copies of academic qualifications/certificates (One document), addressed to the HR Manager to [email protected] Kindly indicate the job title in the subject line of the email. Only online applications will be considered.
Deadline: 31st March 2023 by 5:00pm.
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Any form of lobbying and canvassing will lead to disqualification.
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